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Mr. Oliver, I had assumed you were intelligent enough to relize that my comments were in relation to public domain software, and that I did not need to spell out my entire philosophy for your benefit and to the detriment of others who are wading through all this. To use your particular brand of specious argument, might I ask if you think it's moral or ethical to sell said software to Khadaffi rather than give it to him? Don't bother answering that, I'm being facetious. It might interest you to know that I am a follower wherever possible of Ayn Rand's philosophies, but part of that philosophy states that in a true democracy, we are all free to do whatever we please, provided that in doing so we do not infringe the right of others to do the same. If you take that to mean that the distribution of PD software is somehow infringing upon your rights, then I fear you have not yet grasped the meaning of Objectivism. I only make the above disclosure reluctantly, as I do not wish to be lumped together with the more strident fanatics who take every opportunity to try to ram their misguided opinions down everyone's throat. As this is the last I will say in public on this subject, please leave any further replies to me in Easyplex.