actually, be is not violating a licence. the bootloader/kernel use gnu malloc, which is lgpl'ed. they use gnu termcap and crypt as well, but only in telnet and top and they do publish the sources there. --p. "For a price I'd do about anything, except pull the trigger: for that I'd need a pretty good cause" -- Queensryche, "Revolution Calling" PGP 5.0 key (0xE024447449) at http://cif.rochester.edu/~jpt/pubkey.txt