Personally, I would prefer to see the whole thing given away, and if I had done it, it would be. But he (or his contractors / employees ) did the work that went into modifying it, and if he want's to sell that work he bloody well can.
Hell, *I'd* prefer to see the whole thing given away. Ain't gonna happen though. It's called US patent law. (I would have put *much* less work into it, if it was going to be given away, though, so the fact that people have to pay for it actually results in a better non-commercial version as well. [the only thing you don't get with the non-commercial version is commercial use licensing for the patent stuff and support..]) Maybe though, if the various lawsuits disputing the patents go through and the patents are found invalid or something, commercial use will be possible for free. -- sameer Voice: 510-601-9777 Community ConneXion FAX: 510-601-9734 The Internet Privacy Provider Dialin: 510-658-6376 http://www.c2.org/ (or login as "guest") sameer@c2.org