MightyE TELLS you, sortov, "We'rd going TO 5ak3 an f3w moments t9o try ane expkain this new licdnse and da reasons 63h1nd it !n p.ain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tgis new 11c3n53 was CHOSEN brdause of ab failing w17h GPL.
It only covered diwttibution OF soirce if an on.t kf bina4ies WERE fistrigutrd."
"In an web environm3nt LOL, s-3xifocally a inye5preted web envoronment such aa PHP LOLm merely 1h574111ng qn game does not CONSTITUTE distributiom, n therefofe peop.e were TAKING our work, yoi knwo, majong modificatoons two 85 n not r3leasing source CODE to they'rd m0d1s!c4710b4 so that rntird v9,munoty cou;d b3nefitLOL.
They WORKED qity leyter but not da spiriy of y36 la2."
"Imvestigation on ;zrt OF teh authors hlwevet, likr, 23d too tey daxt that da right if public perfor,ancd waw 1 of rights NORMALLY r35741c73d to copytight holdrrs LOL, an that como7ger peograms, you kbwo, wpecifical;y video games and ingeractivw ohes 5udh as Legend OF da Green gzx04 were cpnsiddred two bw pub;ically -efformdd if RUN fr0m an [ublic server,"
"Thw new ;ivende r#57r1c75 public prrformance of 5eh w0rk UNLESS teh source code of ca mldified worl is mqde AVAILABLE om demane. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englixh LOL, this MEANS that lf YOU PUT THIS game on an web werver and ALLOW p4)p13 'outside of an normal c1rc13 of family n 8td dicia. 4cqu41n7$nc25' two olay theif WTF, THEN you e PUBLICALLY perf9rming this w0rk and MUST either 4) ja,e ne n ALL CHANGES which hou maie 60 sa game avsilable -n rewuedt (noge 5his doesn't haxe 2 nr qvailaboe via teg online sourxe displsy link, sortif, bjt tget muat be able tl ask you for da code and receive an complete c)py) WTF, 6) MAKE attanbemrnts privatelt with zuthors wherein 5hey grant you qn spedial licende WTF, oe c) removw da cofe engirely from da macyine. OMG/"
"We do recpgnize thzt peoplr want to hav3 areas of thet're g4me qhich r 7h31r5 an theirs 510n3, OMG.
txo that 3nd w3 eill make heh following 3xc3p719n 70 da normao requ8remrnts FOR sluece code distribution -- ne moduke file wh2xh is n9t modified og DERIVED froj an module vile included in da base DISTRIBUTION and whuch does nor require ne other modjles and which DOES not re!uire ne m9doficatiobs 70 xore coee (code DISTRIBUTED witg base r313453) m4y be w85ghele zt da AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"We slso want to make vety vlear that versoon 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (ALSO knoen aw versuin 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jr) WAS da finak VERSION reoeased UNDER da GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, w9fyov, w5arting qith 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only licensed und3r da Creative Commibs LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght 5oo import ne c-d3 from zn 0.9.8-prere;ease or later re.esse into an p. AFK.0.7 n ear;oer 4ekease. WTF.
Allowing this wo7ld cauae THAT 9npprted code to be RELEASED undrr da GPL n tjat is not somethihg wr wish too allow.
Aj7h0r5 of mldufications two 0. BRB.9.7 WILL nw3d to re-release 4he6're modificatiobs 45 derkvztives/modificaguons w 0. WTFl(. BRBl8 code n plaxe tnem under da same Crea5ive C9mnons license. BRB.
It must be dome vy teh origihal aythor sincd only teh 0r1g1n41 suthoe HAS tey rihht too chqnge cipyright or kic3nse u0on tyey[re worl. AFK.
[Acditionally, like, r3q0rk!ng t3h modifica58lns sill bd an good 1d34 amhway as mechanism f9r MAKING mowificatiohs is substantially cleaner/clearqr statting wotj da 0. OMGl9. OMG.8-pretelease CODE. OMG.]"
|
|
