packaging rogue-like game angband
Hi,
I am thinking of packaging angband (as far as I recall no-one
is attempting to do so). Due to copyright problems It has to go into
non-free. I'm attaching the description and copyright below. (I'll
be packaging spoilers and extended docs in a separate package
shortly).
If you have any concerns, speak now, or forever .. ;-)
manoj
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Package: angband
Version: 280-1
Architecture: i386
Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.7-7), ncurses3.0, xlib6 (>= 3.2-0)
Installed-Size: 1065
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Description: A single-player, text-based, dungeon simulation
Angband is a single-player, text-based, dungeon simulation derived
from the game Moria, which was in turn based on Rogue. It is
often described as a "roguelike" game because the look and feel of
the game is still quite similar to Rogue.
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Angband features many enhancements over Moria: unique foes, artifacts,
monster pits and vaults to name a few. Many of these new creatures
and objects are drawn from the writings of J.R.R Tolkien, although
some of the monsters come straight from classical mythology, Dungeons
& Dragons, Rolemaster, or the minds of the orginal Angband coders.
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The ultimate goal of the game is to develop a character strong enough
to defeat Morgoth, who resides on dungeon level 100. Upon doing so,
you will receive the exalted status of "winner" and your character may
retire.
.
Angband is a reference to Morgoth's "prison of iron."
.
Morgoth was 'the Dark Enemy of Middle-Earth' during its First Age. He
was banished by the Valar (offspring of Eru, "god" of J.R.R.
Tolkien's world) at the end of the First Age and thus never appears
in The Lord of the Rings, set during the Third Age. Sauron, who does
figure into those tales, was the most powerful of his servants. Read
Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion' for more on the legends of Middle-Earth.
===================================copyright===============================
This package was debianized by Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
It was downloaded from <URL:ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/>
Copyright (c) 1989 James E. Wilson
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.
Note that these copyright messages apply to an ancient version
of Angband, as in, from pre-2.4.frog-knows days, and thus the
reference to "5.0" is rather misleading...
UNIX ANGBAND Version 5.0
Original copyright message follows.
ANGBAND Version 4.8 COPYRIGHT (c) Robert Alan Koeneke
I lovingly dedicate this game to hackers and adventurers
everywhere...
Designer and Programmer:
Robert Alan Koeneke
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Programmer:
Jimmey Wayne Todd
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Programmer:
Gary D. McAdoo
University of Oklahoma
UNIX Port:
James E. Wilson
UC Berkeley
wilson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU
ucbvax!ucbernie!wilson
ANGBAND may be copied and modified freely as long as the above
credits are retained. No one who-so-ever may sell or market
this software in any form without the expressed written consent
of the author Robert Alan Koeneke.
The debian specific changes are Copyright (c) 1996 Manoj Srivastava, and
distributed under the terms of the Artistic License.
The Artistic License is available on Debian systems in the file
/usr/doc/copyright/Artistic. (This is the licence that Perl is available
under)
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--
Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when
well. Ambrose Bierce
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>
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