Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
> 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.

No.  Maybe that wasn't completely clear from my first reply but there is 
nothing wrong in wanting to run a render with POV-Ray without a splash 
screen being displayed and i clearly said that:

> If you don't like this (and i can think of good reasons for this) don't use the GUI
version.

I find it inconsequent to want to use the GUI version of POV-Ray (which 
is designed for interactive use) but to not accept that when the program 
is started it displays a splash screen.

> Since there's no other console version officially available 
> for 3.6 in Windows, 

I am quite sure if there was demand for a console version one could be 
offered.  I am the wrong person to approach about this though.

> 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.

Well - i think i tried to answer it as good as possible.

Christoph

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