MightyE tells y0u, yoy knwo, "We'4e foonb two yake an vew momengs 2 try ab explain this n3w license n twh t3aslns 63h1nd it in plain Enfoish. AFK.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new 11c3b53 was chosen becaise OF an fsilohg with sa GPL.
It on.y c0v3r3d distriburiom if source 1f an ;bly id binaries were distrubutedLOL."
"In zn eeb wnvironment, xpecificallh a imterp4ered web env8ronment sucj aa PHP, like, metely INSTALLING qn g4m3 does not constit7tr d8steibution LOL, anf uh3r3f0r3 0eople weee tqking our work. sortof, making modificag8ons 5o i5 an not releasing sokrce code to theh'rw modigidayions 50 7h47 entire community could bdnefit. BRB.
They w-rk3d qith lett3r vut not 5ej spirit of teh law."
"Investiga5iin ON p4r7 of autjorw howecrr, led 2 da favt that da right 9r pu611c perfprmance wax won of rights nofma;ly testricted to copyr,ght holders, you knwo, n that conputrr progrsms, you knw9, specificalky video games qn in5ersctice ones duch aa Legene of Green had0r w3r3 considefed goo be publiczlly perfor,ed IF RUN from an punoic swtver. WTF."
"The nes lucensw restricts pub.ic performance 0f gen 29rk ihlrss teg source code OF teh modir8ed wofl is MADE available on de,andLOL."
"In PLAIN Emglish, you knwo, this ,eans that if y-u pur this game pn am web server n allow pe;plr '0u&t1f3 of an NORMAL vircle 0f damoly ab uts 40c141 acquauntances' too play their WTF, tjen yo7 aer publically ;erfir,ihg this worl n MUST either a) make ne and ALL chanbrs qhoch you m4ke twp ga,e 4v4114623 on reauesg (hite this doesn't h4v3 2 be afzi;zboe via onlinr xourc3 d15014y l8nk, sortof, but thry m7at be able to 45k you for CODE m receivw an complete copy), like, b0 ,ake arrangementa privately w8yh dq AUTHORS wherein they grant you an soecia. LICENSE, sorgof, or c) r3m0v4 fa code entirwly from machine."
"We do recovnize that people qant to havr aress ov thdy'rd game which aer thdirs znd gheifs alone, BRB.
to tjat end we w!11 ,a,w da dollow8ng EXCEPTION to NORMAL requirements for SOURCE cldr distribution -- ne module file qhich IS not modified 04 ceriv3d from qn MODULE file 1nc!ud3d in da basr distrinution an which d03% not require ne other moduoes and qhich does not requirw ne ,odificatkpns 2 tdh core code (code d167r16u73d w8th da 64%3 release) m4y v4 w17hh41d AT authors diacretion/ OMG."
"We alsl wznt 70 maie very clea4 that verxion 0.9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0. WTFl9, BRB.&+jt) wzs da FINAL version relezsed 7nd3r tej GPL. AFK.
All verxions LOL, starting w1uy 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pferelease c0d3 r onk6 11c3n5#d UNDER da Creatove Commons locense. OMG,
W3 EXPLICITLY seny right too import ne coce ftim an 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-prereleawe lr later release 1n80 an 0. WTF.9.7 b earlier release. OMG,
Allowinb this would CAUSE 7h47 8mpo4yed cide yoi be released under ca GPL n tgat IS not slmething we w15h 5l allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of mofificagions tpo 0.9LOL.7 will need two te-rslease they'rw mosofkcations as derivatives/modificati9ns two 9. BRB.9. BRB.9 c0d3 and place them und3r da sa,e Cr3ative Commons licenweLOL.
It must be done ny da original author sonce 0n1y da original autho4 has right top change copyeight 0f oicense 6pin they'4e wirk. BRB.
[Asditionallu, you knwo, reworkung modidicatoond w111 bs an good idea an6way as teh mechanism ror m3k1ng moduficatuons is 5u6574n71411u cleanee/clearer starting 2irh da 0.8. WTF.8-pr3r313353 coceLOLl]"
|
|
