ZZT game world licenses
This is a list of ZZT game worlds which permit at the very least free redistribution, split into a few categories:
Free cultural works - games which satisfy the criteria of “free culture”; for example, works under the MIT license, or CC BY/BY-SA licenses.
Freely redistributable - games which have clear language signifying that they may be freely distributed,
Non-commercial - games which have clear language signifying that they may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes.
Controversial - games which satisfy one of the above categories, but have some objections preventing their free redistribution.
Free cultural works
Games
| Name | Author | License | Content warnings | Description |
| David: Beast Wrestler | PogeSoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | Short action game |
| Metal Saviour Bia | PogeSoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | Action/engine-heavy sci-fi adventure game |
| The Quest for Coffee | PogeSoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | Short adventure game |
| Cyber Purge | The Green Herring | CC BY-SA 4.0 | References to Nazi war crimes
(if in-game content filter is disabled) | Action/puzzle game |
| Hell's Fury | The Green Herring | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Descriptions of violence/corpses, Satanic imagery | Short action game |
Other
| Name | Author | License | Content warnings | Description |
| Demonstration World | Tim Sweeney | MIT | | Official engine demonstration world, originally bundled with ZZT. |
| Play-Pen | PogeSoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | Experiments collection. |
Freely redistributable
Games
| Name | Author | Terms | Description |
Other
| Name | Author | Terms | Description |
| Neil C. Obremski's Worlds | Neil C. Obremski | CC BY-ND 4.0 | Assorted worlds compilation. |
| ZZTHIN | PogeSoft | CC BY-ND 4.0 | Art collection. |
Non-commercial
Games
| Name | Author | Terms | Description |
Other
| Name | Author | Terms | Description |
Controversial
| Name | Author | Terms | Issue |
| Game of XYZABCDE | zzo38 | Public domain | Usage of trademarks and content from a fiercely protected franchise; license permits editing them out. |
Discussions
Discussion
Game of XYZABCDE – licensing issues (
<1625034661.bystand@zzo38computer.org>; HTTP view)The list is made with the intent of making people confident in the inclusion of them as part of software repositories and other such projects; as such, fangames and games with otherwise unauthorized references must be marked appropriately.
This list may become deprecated anyway, if the Museum of ZZT implements a License: field.
I agree with what you are saying, and I am not disputing it.
Rather, I am saying that if someone might want to produce a modified version which gets rid of the unauthorized references in order that they can include them in software repositories and other such projects, I am willing to help with any questions someone has about the game if necessary (or maybe I will even do it myself later on; I don't know). One thing is knowing what to replace it with; other is to find anything else including minor things that might be worth correcting.