>>> I have played your games (the color versions)
>[no, the writer hasn't paid for any of them and we have never previously
>corresponded]
>and would really like to have you send me the source code for one of your
>games (I have FutureBasic II also, and it doesn't matter which game).  This
>isn't my way of cheating I just would like to know how to make adventure
>games with FutureBasic II. I would *REALLY*  appreciate it. Thanks!!! <<

>How do the rest of y'all [gender unspecified] respond?

I too have had the same request, usually in relation to my FB game RChess.

Reasons for _not_ sending a stranger your source code include:

1 The code represents part of your working intellectual capital. Why should
you give that away? RChess is freeware, so I wouldn't lose money, but if
you sell programs that's a decisive reason to refuse.
2 A large and complicated program is unlikely to be of much use to a casual
enquirer.
3 You may be embarrassed by the poor quality of your code and its
documentation. Who of us writes our own private code as well as Ross
Lambert, late of Ariel, did in Function Junction?

I would just tactfully point out reasons 1 & 2, and refer your
seeker-of-freebies to this list, where there are freebies galore.

Robert