From:	Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: GPLing Allegro-based progs?
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 1997 20:58:19 +0100
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Nathan Thompson writes:
>I have no trouble distributing only /my/ source code and letting the
>user download the Allegro library seperately if she wants to
>recompile, but I'd like to distribute the binary under the GNU Public
>License.  I wonder whether your (Shawn's) Allegro copyright policy
>permits this?

Absolutely. As far as I'm concerned, you are welcome to distribute a
copy of the Allegro sources and put those under the GPL as well if you
want, although I can't think what the point would be! I'm not interested
in restricting what you can do with it, because I think in the long run
a restrictive licence ends up limiting the creator as much as any of the
users...


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