So we have ToME 4 packaged in Guix. Unfortunately it does contain some nonfree assets (graphical tiles):
All the medias located in all the "/data/gfx" folders are granted to use with the Tales of Maj'Eyal game only. Please contact [email protected] for more informations. However, it seems that the GNU FSDG is generally fairly permissive here: Non-functional Data Data that isn't functional, that doesn't do a practical job, is more of an adornment to the system's software than a part of it. Thus, we don't insist on the free license criteria for non-functional data. It can be included in a free system distribution as long as its license gives you permission to copy and redistribute, both for commercial and non-commercial purposes. For example, some game engines released under the GNU GPL have accompanying game information—a fictional world map, game graphics, and so on—released under such a verbatim-distribution license. This kind of data can be part of a free system distribution, even though its license does not qualify as free, because it is non-functional. https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data We were wondering, is restricting graphics to a particular game acceptable under this definition? ToME's statement doesn't say anything about it being only permitted for commercial or noncommercial use, only that it can only be used with that particular game, so I think the inclusion with commercial distribution part is fine. Thanks! - Christopher Allan Webber
