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> The license for the POV stable releases gives me a degree of freedom
> that I'm willing to live with. The POV betas are crippled to a degree
> that I won't put up with.

It's a beta version, which means that it's an uncomplete, unfinished, 
crippled, potentially hazardous version that only exists for evaluation 
purposes and helping the developers to find and fix bugs. People who use 
betas are called beta testers, not "final users".  If you don't accept the 
risks of a beta testing (which is perfectly normal), don't use the beta. 
That's the general agreement when testing new technology, be it software, 
fighter jets or condoms. If you get someone pregnant after testing the new 
[insert brand here] XtraSupersize++, I don't think you'll be able to sue 
them either ;)

G.

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