On Sunday 25 November 2012 17:35:35 Ralf Mardorf did opine: I stayed out of this one till now because I don't have a dog in this fight, but I'll give Fons a +1. A well worded, well thought out answer. However if our driver isn't up to it, but yours does make a perceived contribution, then having access to the source means that a few more sets of eyeballs can walk around in it, and 15 days later our driver is the one taking names and kicking butt. We generally are a likable bunch, with the inevitable differences of opinion inherent in any group of more than one. But there is a sig line I'm seeing more and more of: "If you can't fix it, then you don't own it." And TBT, at my age, I am not capable of fixing it unless the error is a: in a language I understand, and b, slap you in the face obviously wrong. I know just enough C to be dangerous, and do the majority of my programming in assembly on much smaller machines than this one. No amount of cash changing hands will ever change that. We are well aware that the GPL is a double edged sword that boils down to you can't charge more than the media & a couple bucks for your time to copy it for it, and if you change someone elses code, you are legally to give those changes back to anyone who has a copy of the original obtained by legal means. So you can't 'hide it under a basket' and expect to get much more than a very cursory look from 90% of us. I'll get me coat now. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Fifth Law of Procrastination: Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do.