just on the word of one guy -- if he is stretching the truth, I and my bad spine, could be sued into homelessness -- the situation would have to be generally recognized by, say, the folks that hang out here. I can't help everybody that is annoyed. But if a major injustice is perpetrated, I would be glad to help. &gt;I beg a boon and humbly suggest that I have at least earned the right to ask this question... Do you have any "Hacker" ribbons left and do you think that I deserve one? Are you kidding me? I would been pretty sure you deserved one even before that comment. Hacker-nature (or its absence) tends to come through pretty clearly in a person's communications style. And you didn't have to "earn" any right to ask that question. Asking it isn't rude or presumptuous. Nor did you have to make any noise about being humble -- in fact, you shouldn't have; sounds too much like groveling, which is unbecoming (though I get that you didn't mean it that way). On the other hand, listing your projects was proper etiquette. :-) Actually, if a person that releases free software that is used by a for-profit outfit without permission, and gives them no credit or anything... the folks on Slash Dot are generally very sensitive to this sort of injustice. Pick whichever story is most to do with software or licensing or DRM or something and post your story. Some might mod