A year ago I wondered if linear distributivity was an example of a Beck distributivity. The answer is "sort of". I wrote a sort of paper on the subject and sort of submitted it to a TAC editor who sort of asked for a referee report. The resultant not-quite report sort of rejected it (actually asked for more work that I felt it was worth) and with the help of the editor I decided to just post it. So there it is, titled Beck distributivity, on my pdffile site: ftp.math.mcgill.ca/pub/barr/pdffiles/distlaw.pdf Michael