From: Shawn Hargreaves Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: GPLing Allegro-based progs? Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 20:58:19 +0100 Organization: None Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3404014d DOT 1659503 AT news DOT softcom DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: talula.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 18 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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... -- Shawn Hargreaves - shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk - http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/ Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament.