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Ryan Norton wrote:
If you really need a "valid" license, you could always just put it in
the public domain and be done with it :).
IMHO you can't. Although Allegro is practically public domain, it isn't
public domain formally, as AFAIK making something public domain means to
give up copyright, which no-one Allegro author did.
What about some Allegro specific formal licence, e.g.:
====================================================
The Allegro License
Copyright (c) 2004 by authors of Allegro, see AUTHORS file for complete list
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person to do
whatever he or she wants with any part of the Allegro library
(including, but not limited to, source files, documentation and data
files) without any restriction, including, but not limited to, the
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies of the Allegro library.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
====================================================