<snip>The law books were more interesting than the girlfriend...</snip> Ouch!!! But this does raise one of the issues I have with the GPL and the GPL family of licenses - the constant confusion around what is and what is not permissible. It's a gray area (possibly deliberately so), and most coversations end up with numerous opinions being offered, all prefixed with "IANAL, but..". It's that and the perception that the GPL ismore about ideology than software that lead me to prefer BSD-type licenses for pretty much everything. IANAL, IMHO, etc etc. Rory Rory Winston RBS Global Banking & Markets Office: +44 20 7085 4476 *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the=2...{{dropped:22}}