Marelli
As a further thought, my biggest worry (besides the server getting swamped with trolls, which is always a risk when access to the server is being made easier) is that with trial accounts now being permanent, all the names will eventually get used up, and even hardcore roleplayers will be forced to name their characters xXBeauhind6345Xx :P
I think that's exaclty what ryzom needs (at least a little): nasty trolls. In forums and ingame. Those trolls can keep the server live while they play as zombies with nothing more to do than "interacting with players". Maybe someday could be a reason to create a "troll hunting" party and such, hahaha that would be fun xd
Anyway, making Ryzom Free2Play is a great idea. Altough I want to keep paying not just for reach someday lvl 250, but to support this business model with free (libre) software.