> Inform 7 is released piecemeal <URL:http://inform7.com/sources/>, with > many necessary components not yet released in source form at all. > People hoping to see this in Debian will, it seems, need to be patient > with the upstream developers. > > > Since Inform 7 seems to be an important development, it would be > > nice to have it in Debian. > > I agree. It will need to be a distinct package, though, as the > ‘inform’ package is soon to be renamed ‘inform6’ to reflect its focus > only on the Inform 6 system.
As an update it appears that Inform7 was fully open sourced under the artistic public license with redistribution of derived works permission included. >From https://github.com/ganelson/inform "As from the first date of this repository becoming public, 28 April 2022, the Package is placed under the Artistic License 2.0."