RE: Request for comments - Microwindows

[Alex Holden]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Louis P. Santillan wrote:
> The restrictions of not being able to produce a binary w/o code/obj files
> has already been mentioned as a restriction.  BSD is an attractive way of
> getting around it.  As far as I know, Allegro has never been truly PD.
> Formally Swapware or at least give me a copy of your autoexec.bat and now
> Giftware or add something to the code base if you use it and if you can.
> In a sense, Allegro is PD...but not completely free.

As I said, it is now. Get the latest version (3.12), read the license.
I believe Shawn decided to abandon the original "swapware" license as it
was needlessly preventing Allegro's use in some situations.

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