"Very nice of you but why does one have to register? Thanks, Marque " Registration is required for your convenience and our ability to effective monitor our bandwidth. Our site is now set up so that you only have to register once for both the store and our forums. This is done through the store, as that's pretty much the way the software works. It's no different than, oh, say, registering at Renderosity to download freebies. "As far as I can see, you can only register by providing full personal details, address, telephone, the lot. This is extreme and quite unnecessary." Since we do currently offer burnables that are shipped via surface mail, and because we anticipate offering additional shippables in the future, and in any event due to the software requiring such, that information is required. In any case, the information is retained in the database. Our privacy policy is followed strictly, and it is available for review on the site. In summary, it is thus: assuming you do not opt out of the newsletter (which we don't have yet, though maybe one day we will), the only time your info is used or even considered by anyone is when we need to contact you regarding your purchases. Should the software in use ever allow us to operate without requiring that data, we will consider doing so. It's still unlikely. in any event, the end result is this: to obtain the freebies hosted at ODF, you must register. To upload freebies at ODF, you must register (and yes, we will host files of 2MB or less). If one wishes to be semantically inclined, one could note that they are therefore not free, just as one could note about the same here at renderosity, but that's obviously not much of an issue since to read this you must have already signed up. TANSTAAFL, folks -- you get out of it what you put into it.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)