awesome-gamedev/wall-of-shame.md

# Wall of Shame #

This is a list of everything that did *not* make the list, or made the list and got cut. It is divided into two categories - one is stuff that *seems* free, but actually has severe nonfree dependencies, while the other is simply not clearly indicated one way or the other.

If you find anything on awesome-gamedev that should be put on the Wall of Shame, please let me know!

This is released under the GNU Free Documentation License - its text is provided in the LICENSE file.

Pretends to be free, but isn't
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* Bfxr - relies on a proprietary runtime. Use sfxr/jsfxr instead.
* Bridges - only works on a proprietary platform.
* Canabalt - only works on a proprietary platform.
* Citrus - relies on a proprietary runtime.
* Codename Lumberjack - relies on a proprietary runtime.
* Dash - relies on a proprietary compiler.
* Ejecta - only works on a proprietary platform.
* EKG Runner - depends on a nonfree library.
* Ending - relies on a proprietary runtime.
* Farseer - depends on nonfree build tools.
* FlashPunk - relies on a proprietary runtime.
* Flixel - relies on a proprietary runtime. Use HaxeFlixel instead.
* GenesisEngine - relies on a proprietary build system and OS.
* Grit - depends on libCG.
* Hotfix - depends on a proprietary engine.
* MightyEditor - says it's 'open source', uses nonfree license.
* Monkey - graphics module is nonfree
* PuzzleDash - depends on a proprietary compiler.
* Sandbox Maker - based on free software, says it's 'open source', uses nonfree license.
* Starling - relies on a proprietary runtime.
* TransCube - depends on nonfree libraries.

Unclear
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* Blend4Web - Doesn't specify GPL version in program.
* coffee-snake - Doesn't specify GPL version in program.
* Hextris - Doesn't specify GPL version in program.
* JiGS - Doesn't specify GPL version in program, has 'all rights reserved' components.
* Jitter - claims to be free, no clear licensing terms found, built for .NET (which doesn't hold much hope).
* Lichess - relies on questionably-free components.