Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/29/23:16:13
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:
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============ Copyright ============
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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
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