well that helps explain why someone hasn't just decompiled/changed a few lines/recompiled a few of the scripts that seem to have been forgotten by their developers :)
interesting that for other files, the download link underneath the changelog allows you to download older versions, and that the download link under the LSPD:FR changelog lists the older versioned files to download, and lets you select them. It isn't until you've chosen one of the older files that you find out (from the filename) you're being sent the latest version. so it's different for the LSPD:FR main download than it is for other files on the site, which is why I thought maybe there was a bug.
thanks for the speedy response! I'll keep poking developers of scripts that didn't post source code/haven't updated their mods for the latest version (which may just require removing hard coded version checks!)