> > Very interesting how many people feel personally insulted when asking
> about
> > pricing policy. :-)
>
>     Because you didn't ask about pricing policy, you asked to what degree
> the development team was going to sell out their principles next time
> around. The subject "How much will Povray cost?" is an insult to those
> people who have worked hard both to keep Povray free and to honor the idea
> of freeware. It assumes that they will fail, and that soon. You could have
> said "Will Povray cost?" and it might have been seen as just an honest
> question, but no... you had to load it up with assumptions and emotionally
> laden adjectives.
>
>     You deserved what you got (which was mostly polite) and probably more.

Not really.

POV's increasing popularity will mean that at some point giving it away
becomes to expensive.


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Rick

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