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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - Licensing status

« on: July 16, 2024, 07:12:02 AM »

The original Rogue game had non-commercial distribution restrictions, making it non-free by modern open-source standards. While some recreations like those from the Rogue Restoration Project and Rogue Clone III are licensed under the permissive 3-clause BSD license, historical concerns and varying interpretations have led some Linux distributions to categorize them as non-free or refrain from including them in strict free-software repositories. Therefore, there may be hesitation despite the permissive license.