Paul Johnson writes: > They had to get thier codebase from somewhere. No. Some people actually do original work. Trolltech, for example, makes QT available under both the GPL and a proprietary license that permits the distribution of closed-source derivatives. They can do this because they own the copyright on all of QT. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI