Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Moria, The Ultimate Crusade

[Loic Dachary]

address@hidden writes:
 > 
 > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
 > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
 > 
 > 
 > Dark God <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
 > License: other
 > Other License: Copyright (c) 1997 Ben Harrison, James E. Wilson, Robert A. 
 > Koeneke
 > 
 > This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research,
 > and not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement
 > are included in all such copies.  Other copyrights may also apply.
 > 
 > All changes made by Ben Harrison and Robert Ruehlmann are also available
 > under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.  Note that this doesn\'t influence
 > the current distribution, since parts of the source are still only
 > available under the old Moria/Angband license.  Until all parts of
 > Angband are distributed under the GPL the only valid license remains
 > the original Moria/Angband license.
 > 
 > 
 > As you can see it is not gpl, tho it is a free licence. But the goal ofthe 
 > current angband maintainer is to get it to be gpl, which will then also 
 > applies to Moria, Ultimate Crusade
 > Package: Moria, The Ultimate Crusade
 > System name: ucmoria
 > This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
 > 
 > This project will aim to renew the old Moria game by making it rebirth from 
 > it\'s successful descandant, Angband.
 > Because of that it shall be very portable and customizable(as angband is).
 > This project is not yet started, but will soon be ;)

        I'm confused. The original license forbids use for profit purposes
and therefore is not a Free Software licence. Am I missing something ?

        Could you please submit the project again clarifying this ?

        Thanks in advance,

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