From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:00:41 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: George Foot cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Allegro license agreement In-Reply-To: <32efcee8.30651845@news.ox.ac.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, George Foot wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:28:20 GMT, mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca > wrote: > > >I would like to know what the licensing is for Allegro. I have not > >downloaded it, but am considering doing so after someone explains the > >licensing to me. Can I use the Allegro libs to produce COMMERCIAL > >software? Ie: Could I write a commercial game using allegro, without > >paying any royalties to anyone? (I'm willing to put plugs for it in > >though.) > > Quoting from the README.TXT: > > =================================== > ============ Copyright ============ > =================================== > > Allegro is swap-ware. You may use, modify, redistribute, and generally > hack it about in any way you like, but if you do you must send me > something in exchange. This could be a complimentary copy of a game, > an addition or improvement to Allegro, a bug report, some money (this > is particularly encouraged if you use Allegro in a commercial > product), or just a copy of your autoexec.bat if you don't have > anything better. If you redistribute parts of Allegro or make a game > using it, it would be nice if you mentioned me somewhere in the > credits, but if you just want to pinch a few routines that is OK too. > I'll trust you not to rip me off. Too cool. I'm DL'ing it ASAP! I don't really have anything that great to "swap" with the author, but he said "AUTOEXEC.BAT" was ok, so I'll send him that. Hope he likes 14k batchfiles. :o) Thanks for your reply. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca OpenDOS: Download it now! http://www.caldera.com/dos/dos.htm