Re: [AD] giftware license

[Michal Molhanec <michal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

   Hello all,
because I think the debate about Allegro licence was useful and made 
some things clearer I offer you this small documentation patch. Instead 
of modifying the licence it adds licence mini-FAQ. Somebody with good 
English should correct it :-).

--
Regards,
    Michal

--- readme._tx	2004-09-25 00:00:55.929068800 +0200
+++ readme2._tx	2004-10-01 00:23:54.228300800 +0200
@@ -188,7 +188,50 @@
    would be nice if you mentioned Allegro somewhere in the credits, but you 
    are not required to do this. We trust you not to abuse our generosity.
 
+@heading
+Formal licence mini-FAQ
 
+   The Allegro licence is absolutely clear unless you are lawyer.
+   However it's written quite informal so this mini-FAQ tries to
+   make some things absolutely clear.
+
+<div class="faq-shift-to-right">
+@@   Does the licence mean that Allegro is public domain?
+      No. Every Allegro contributor holds its copyright for the code he or
+      she wrote.
+
+@@   Can I use Allegro for comercial purposes?
+      Yes.
+
+@@   Is Allegro compatible with licence XXX (e.g. GPL) ?
+      As Allegro licence has no restrictions on use you can combine it with
+      any licence you want. You only cannot distribute it as a part of
+      public domain program.
+
+@@   How are licenced modifications of the library?
+      You can modify Allegro and distribute the modified Allegro under
+      any licence you want, however the original unmodified parts will
+      be still licenced under the Allegro licence. However it is
+      expected that if you offer your modification to be included in
+      the official Allegro distribution (e.g. by sending your 
+      modification to the Allegro developers mailing list) you 
+      automatically agree with licencing the modification
+      under Allegro licence.
+
+@\   I don't see any disclaimer here. I will sue you because Allegro has
+@@   destroyed my PC!
+      Sorry, look at the beginnig of this page. The disclaimer is there.
+      If you think it's not enough, read this:
+<blockquote class="text"><i>
+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.
+</i></blockquote>
+</div>
 
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