From: apothegm AT no DOT spam DOT net (Nathan Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: GPLing Allegro-based progs?
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 03:03:26 GMT
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[I'm posting this to the newsgroup instead of emailing Shawn directly
because I thought this question might be of general interest.  If it's
already covered somewhere, I apologize - I didn't see any information
about it in the Allegro docs, however.]

I'm planning on writing a simple flowcharting (ick!) program using
Allegro's drawing routines and GUI, and I'd like to GPL the result.  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?  I /do/ plan to send you something as per your copyright
restrictions (probably a copy of the program, since I have no money to
speak of).

(By the way, anybody know of a standard way to print simple (ie.,
flowchartish) graphics?  A public domain/GPLed library, perhaps?)

TIA.

Nathan Thompson
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