Proposition: Download, install, and use IdeaFarm (tm) Piggyback Distributed Operating System for free.

The Catch: I am a professor of morals and a defender of our freedom to speak. While using the free software, you will be subjected to "thought steering" that encourages you to live unselfishly. The thought steering comes at you in a form similar to the advertisements which appear on Google. I want IPDOS (tm) to become the preeminent worldwide "free speech zone", a true marketplace of ideas bursting with beneficial thought steering and devoid of predatory "thought assault". Most of the messages are "civic speech" designed to encourage you to live wholesomely connected. Some of the messages are provocative, even incendiary; these messages are designed to give voice to supressed ideas, to dispell apathy, and to stimulate constructive dialog and civic participation. Occasionally, a message will invite you to become an IdeaFarm (tm) Associate. These invitations are the only messages that involve money. IdeaFarm (tm) Operations is a for profit enterprise with a civic mission; donations are neither solicited nor accepted.

What is IPDOS (tm)? IPDOS (tm) is a general purpose piggyback operating system, which means that it runs "on top of" another operating system. Application programs can be written for IPDOS (tm). A few applications come "bundled" with IPDOS (tm). When you download IPDOS (tm), you also get the bundled applications and can begin to use them immediately. Click "download" above to see a list of the applications currently bundled with IPDOS (tm).

No Other Catches: This is not "crippleware"; no capabilities are disabled and there is no enhanced flavor available to those willing to pay. This is not "nagware"; you will not see messages asking you to purchase IPDOS (tm). This is not "trialware"; what you download will not disable itself after a trial period. This is not "spyware"; it has no hidden agenda and it does only what it purports to do. IdeaFarm (tm) Piggyback Distributed Operating System does not scan your computer or upload personal information other than anonymous usage data and performance telemetry. My respect for your privacy far exceeds that of the typical corporation.