@Chip Bennett ~ I don't think I would go so far as to class that kind of behavior as "immoral", but it is certainly dumb. But there again, maybe there are some very dumb software authors out there, who don't read the license under which they grant use of their software, and just think they can make it up as they go along ~ a la Chris Pearson ~ I really don't know. One thing I do know is; this topic seems to be generating more noise than signal, which I find strange as the GPL license has been drafted at no small expense by legal professionals, to be unambiguous. What's there to discuss? If your software isn't GPL, who cares what you read, but if it is, better read that license until you are best friends.