Talk:Angband

While doing research on Angband for this article, I noticed that the modern license file (here: https://github.com/angband/angband/blob/master/copying.txt) mentions some things that would make this game non-free: In light of this, I think it is safe to say that Angband in its current form does not have free media, and thus is not a fully free game. Perhaps someone here knows more about the Angband project than I do. Is there an official version that does not come with the non-free tiles or sounds? I was not able to find any mention of one myself, as the only version available for download on the official site (http://rephial.org/release/) comes with all sounds and tilesets. If no official, fully-free version exists, I think the only course of action would be to delete this article.
 * The sounds that are distributed with Angband are licensed under the non-free CC-BY-NC-SA
 * The 64x64 tileset that is distributed with Angband is explicitly stated to be for use with Angband only, and disallows modification

I will hold off on adding a delete template to the page for a while in hopes of hearing from someone who knows more about Angband than I do. Cheers! Magellan (talk) 23:41, 29 June 2018 (CEST)


 * It has been quite a while. I have gone ahead and added the deletion review template. I still feel that the media situation with Angband makes it a non-free game, and the article here should probably be deleted. Magellan (talk) 04:48, 21 July 2018 (CEST)

There is a version in the libre repositories of Parabola GNU/Linux that does not contain nonfree artwork and sound effects (https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?name=angband).

Similarly, the debian package does not contain sounds nor the large tiles: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/all/angband-data/filelist Man of Letters (talk)