Well...after making my post here went to another board that has an Acacia thread going & someone there had posted this link...
http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=778
"...The breakdown for sponsors and affiliates who are unclear about whether or not they need to license from Acacia is confusing...According to Acacia, the webmasters that don't need a license are the ones that don't have any audio or video access from their site and that send traffic only to a sponsor that is licensed by Acacia..."