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Hello. I have a question about dmods. Is there a place where you can find dmods listed by license? It would be nice to play dmods that are debian free software guidelines complient.

There are none that exist under such a license.

I meant one of the licenses listed as acceptable at https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses

Hmm, I don't think dmod authors think much about stuff like that. In fact, I can't recall a single dmod that mentioned any kind of license. At most, there's a line or two in the readme about how the author feels about using their stuff in other dmods.

That list isn't comprehensive, as the website itself states. There are other licenses listed as either FLOSS (Free Libre and Open Source Software) or DFSG compatible.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reaction to Dink becoming zlib licensed in 2008 was more "yay, it's free (gratis) at last!" than "yay, a free (libre) zelda clone at last! Shame it took so long for the data to be liberated."

Ah yes, there's Karel Ende Elegast which is under the AGPL or similar. Have fun!

For what its worth, any of my d-mods can be considered covered by what FSF calls an "informal license" to do whatever you want with it. But that only applies to the parts that are my original work. Like many d-mods, most of mine include some art from other d-mods or resources on this site and/or modified art from the original game, as well as wav and midi files of sometimes dubious origin. So that could be a problem.

Last I heard, art from the original game was non-commercial use only, except for use in d-mods. Has this changed?

That sounds a lot like the WTFPL.

I think Beuc badgered Seth about changing the licensing to something he could include in Lunix distros and he eventually gave in.

The WTFPL is my new favorite license.

This is my favorite part...

"But profanity is offensive!

You know what? Duck your stance on profanity. Duck your priorities in life. The WTFPL is about ducking freedom and we mean it. Freedom means freedom to copy and modify and share works of art and science with the rest of mankind, but also freedom to be fabulous and marry and have crazy fabulous sex, freedom to have tattoos, freedom to say there is no God, freedom to take the pill, freedom to have an abortion. People die for being fabulous or atheists. Don’t tell me that there is something sacred enough that it must be protected from the mere existence of the word “duck”. If the F in WTFPL offends you, then duck you and your beliefs. Triple duck you."

Shouldn't that be WTDPL?

Don’t tell me that there is something sacred enough that it must be protected from the mere existence of the word “duck”.

I'm sure the ducks will appreciate it. They must be really tired of their species' name being considered an offence.

Triple duck you, everyone!

*quack quack quack*

Also, "people die for being fabulous"

Quack?

I apologize in advance.

Hey,

My entry from One Screen D-Mod Compilation is released under the GNU GPL license

About the FreeDink game data, check these for details:
README.txt
README-REPLACEMENTS.txt

(there's also the Debian recap here)