According to the [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data GNU Project's Guidelines for Free System Distributions: 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.


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