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2 * IMPORTANT: Due to the on-going relicensing, we ask for all future *
3 * contributions you submit to be dual licensed under the old Crawl license *
4 * and the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher. *
6 * Note that if you prefer some other license, anything that is GPL *
7 * compatible (ie, nearly all Free Software licenses) can satisfy the second *
8 * requirement. For the time being, though, you need to allow the old Crawl *
9 * license as well as it doesn't allow mixing with code under any license *
10 * other than itself. *
12 * Also, you are encouraged to put tile graphics into the Public Domain / CC0 *
13 * so they can be contributed back to the rltiles project. This is merely *
14 * a request, tiles contributions under the regular dual licensing are fine. *
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17 Crawl General Public Licence
20 (Copyright 1997-1999 Linley Henzell)
22 Yes, this is an almost exact copy of the Nethack Licence, but has
23 obviously been adapted for Crawl (under the 'terms for other
24 programs' portion of paragraph one). Crawl contains no code from
25 Nethack in any shape or form.
27 Based on the NETHACK GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE
28 (Copyright 1989 M. Stephenson)
30 Based on the BISON GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE
31 (Copyright 1988 Richard M. Stallman)
33 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of
34 this licence, but changing it is not allowed. You can also use this
35 wording to make the terms for other programs.
37 The licence agreements of most software companies keep you at the
38 mercy of those companies. By contrast, our general public licence
39 is intended to give everyone the right to share Crawl. To make sure
40 that you get the rights we want you to have, we need to make
41 restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask
42 you to surrender the rights. Hence this licence agreement.
44 Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
45 away copies of Crawl, that you receive source code or else can get
46 it if you want it, that you can change Crawl or use pieces of it in
47 new free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
49 To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you
50 to deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you
51 distribute copies of Crawl, you must give the recipients all the
52 rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or
53 can get the source code. And you must tell them their rights.
55 Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone
56 finds out that there is no warranty for Crawl. If Crawl is modified
57 by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that
58 what they have is not what we distributed.
60 Therefore I (Linley Henzell, the copyright holder of Crawl) make
61 the following terms which say what you must do to be allowed to
62 distribute or change Crawl.
66 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of Crawl source code
67 as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you keep intact
68 the notices on all files that refer to copyrights, to this Licence
69 Agreement, and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other
70 recipients of the Crawl program a copy of this Licence Agreement
71 along with the program.
72 2. You may modify your copy or copies of Crawl or any portion of it,
73 and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of
74 Paragraph 1 above (including distributing this Licence Agreement),
75 provided that you also do the following:
76 a. cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating
77 that you changed the files and the date of any change; and
78 b. cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish,
79 that in whole or in part contains or is a derivative of Crawl
80 or any part thereof, to be licensed at no charge to all third
81 parties on terms identical to those contained in this Licence
82 Agreement (except that you may choose to grant more extensive
83 warranty protection to some or all third parties, at your
85 c. You may charge a distribution fee for the physical act of
86 transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer
87 warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
88 3. You may copy and distribute Crawl (or a portion or derivative of
89 it, under Paragraph 2) in object code or executable form under the
90 terms of Paragraphs 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of
92 a. accompany it with the complete machine-readable source code,
93 which must be distributed under the terms of Paragraphs 1 and
95 b. accompany it with full information as to how to obtain the
96 complete machine-readable source code from an appropriate
97 archive site. (This alternative is allowed only for
98 noncommercial distribution.)
99 For these purposes, complete source code means either the full
100 source distribution as available from my web site or updated
101 copies of the files in this distribution used to create the object
103 4. You may not copy, sublicence, distribute or transfer Crawl except
104 as expressly provided under this Licence Agreement. Any attempt
105 otherwise to copy, sublicence, distribute or transfer Crawl is
106 void and your rights to use the program under this Licence
107 agreement shall be automatically terminated. However, parties who
108 have received computer software programs from you with this
109 Licence Agreement will not have their licences terminated so long
110 as such parties remain in full compliance.
112 Stated plainly: You are prohibited by the terms of this Licence
113 Agreement from using Crawl for gainful purposes. You are permitted
114 to modify Crawl, or otherwise use parts of Crawl, provided that you
115 comply with the conditions specified above; in particular, your
116 modified Crawl or program containing parts of Crawl must remain
117 freely available as provided in this Licence Agreement. In other
118 words, go ahead and share Crawl, but don't try to stop anyone else
119 from sharing it farther.