Darn, I think my reply got eaten. Bracka-frazzin' stupid... Anyway, I guess I'll try again. This string has had so many additions overnight, I can't read them all. I'm sorry, but my eyes will fall out. So, I'm just going to answer why I restrict, why I want to be asked even though I allow it 99.9999% of the time, and the lawnmower thing. Why I restrict? 1) A line I found in one of my older freebies readme sums it up pretty well. "Ya got for free, so give for free. It keeps the community healthy." A year ago, I was a poor college student who got Poser through a GREAT 4-program package deal at her univerisity bookstore. I love the art, but I couldn't afford to buy anythign else with it. The freebies were a godsend. I wouldn't have been able to do very much at all without them. My reason for making freebies is to help people in that situation, who are hobbyists who love the art, but don't have it paying for itself much less turning a profit. I'm not doing it to subsidize someone else's career. Maybe that's selfish of me, but that's my reasons and those are the consequences. 2) In many (2/3 at the moment) of my freebies, I don't have the right to allow commercial usage. "Chinderwear" is copyright Best Brains, Inc. The sitable tunic is based off of one of Gary Crowfoot's meshes, and he gave me permission to distribute it for free, for non-commercial usage. If you want to use either of those commercially, you have to ask those people, not me. I don't care; they're not mine to give. If I allow commercial usage 99.9999% of the time, why do I even want people to ask permission? 1) Maybe this is selfish, but I'd like to know. It gives me a chance to offer my congratulations, and ask if there's any changes I could make that would make the freebie even more useful to others. 2) That other 0.0001%. My religious beliefs do not allow me to help someone make money at or with certain activities. This screening may not be foolproof, but it gives me some influence, and recourse if they are used. Without this option, I would not be able to offer them at all, and I rather have them available for the other 99.9999%. If your neighbor gives you a lawnmower, what business is it of his if you use it to make money? What if his religion does not allow gifts to be used to make money? Now, what if his organized religion does, but his personal religious beliefs do not? Now, what if he just doesn't want to you, and that's his condition for offering the lawnmower? Where's the line drawn? Is there a line? I very much respect those who do not download or keep non-commercial-use only downloads to avoid using them by accident. I think that's a very mature attitude. I also think the flags are a great idea, because it saves your time and my bandwidth. What I do not respect is the small minority who insults me for putting those restrictions on my offerings, and the even smaller minority who ignore my wishes entirely.