Is it free ?? or just free to download?? i hear you only get 15 days free.

That's not my understanding, and I did a little research (on my own, for what it's worth). I guess in 14 days we'll know. If I try to register it, it tells me I already have and asks if I want to change my registration to a new email ID. And yes, I checked the privacy policy. :)

It used to be available in a trial version with a purchase pop-up after the trial. In additon, Picasa had been working ov v2 of the software, and I suppose it's entirely possible they might sell that once it's baked, assuming it's stil lin production.

There's lots of rumors floating about free vs. pay and Google can afford it and whatnot, we'll just have to see.