Okay, to lay the debate to rest.  From the author's mouth to my email box.
;)

"It was a release-to-beta of a potential release version.  The only folks who 
should have a copy are beta testers."

So, yes 2.31 is ligit ... but aparently not "supported" to be
publicware by 
the author. ;)

... Murphy didn't come close to real trouble.

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