>  JD> And that may be a problem.
 >
 > why? once one knows the name of the missing routines, they can 
 > either be replaced or recreated... it may even be that there's 
 > already a replacement library for the commercial one that was
 > used...
 >
 > either way, the missing routines /can/ be replaced if they are 
 > truly necessary...
 >

 JD> I'm not a programmer, however, if there is not such a replacement,
 JD> or permission can no longer be obtained to use the old ones, I
 JD> would think thst should you attempt to write such a library, you
 JD> better be careful that you do not use similar code.  Enough of that
 JD> copyright crap going on already

similar code is OK... exact results are definitely OK... exact code may not
be OK unless it is common and there's no other way...

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