From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
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Subject: Re: Allegro license agreement
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:30:41 GMT
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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.

(end quote)

George Foot