Quote - @nruddock    

Thanks for quantifying the variations.  I think that everyone else wants to know the same thing, and was just to lazy to ask it that way! (I know for a fact I was! :lol:)

As someone who does a lot of linking, I would hate to run afoul of this new policy .

Some more questions :-
Will this policy and the non-allowed forms of linking be added to the TOS ?
When ?
Does the policy apply immediately as if was in the TOS ?
What sanctions will be incurred for infractions ?

How does this policy apply to things (e.g. scripts or pictures) attached to posts ?
What criteria will used to decide whether such things are freebies (and therefore against this policy) rather than a helpful reply ?