Please let me state here that nor myself or my crew will be drawn into any legal argument,but I will highlight a few points......

1.Mbrola is for non commercial use only.This is a commercial use in the eyes of the law as the script was going to be used in a app that could be remodeled in the future to become a payed,ie commercial,app.

2.The Mbrola script cannot be used with any other application without the authors permission,thus the 5 figure request.

3.And because it cannot be used with any other applications it cannot be used as the back-end of eSpeak,as was our original plans.

4.And the author,even though is asking for a 5 figure `copyright release`,also wants a 22% cut on everything if it goes commercial,wants his name in lights and a host of what I refer to as `legal ********`added to the script so you,the community coders,developers,and users cop a 6 page legal document every time you apt-get !!!!!!

As Australia's favorite bushranger,Ned Kelly, stated...`Such Is Life`