How bout a program that would build a .upgrade file from the official SB .upgrade. It could also allow you to select what apps to install on your empeg. That way, there are no legal issues with distribution. Other successfull programs like 98lite do this to avoid the same issues.

In this application, all that would be required is extracting the player binaries from the official .upgrade file and inserting them into the new distribution. Then compiling a .upgrade file with that distro, all on the end user's computer.

With a .upgrade builder, you can still control the install locations and scripts for all the apps, as well as make it easy for those in linux-newbie-land to upgrade their player.

Do you think the suits at SB would have issues with that Rob?