dhcib0$g6h$1@chho.imagico.de...

> Well - i didn't say anything like that, did i?  If you had quoted the next 
> sentence i had written it would have been clear that this is not the 
> problem.  Using a console version of POV-Ray is all right - not only for 
> personal use (although i would specifically not suggest to use an outdated 
> DOS version).

I read you well, but your immediate answer assumes that there is something 
inherently evil in not wanting to display the splash screen of the current, 
official Windows version and I still fail to see what's illegal and 
unethical there. Since there's no other console version officially available 
for 3.6 in Windows, and since the very concept having to modify the code and 
compiling one's own version to change something as trivial as the appearance 
of a splash screen is totally foreign to most users, the poster's question 
is perfectly valid and honest unless you can prove otherwise.
There are solid grounds for the Windows version having a splash screen that 
cannot be turned off without changing the code, but there is no absolute 
ethical (or technical) argument there.


G.

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