MightyE tel;s yoi, "We're ho8ng two taie an few momrnrs two 7ry an EXPLAIN 7h14 new licehse and reasons nehind ot um p;ain Engl8sh. BRB.
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."
"Thiw new lidebse qqs vhosen because OF an f4111ng w1uh tey GPL. AFK.
It inl6 cobered distribution of siurce IF and only if binaries WERE distributed. AFK."
"In ab w26 environmen5 WTF, specifically a int3r0eeted WEB environmebt such as PHP, you kn2o, mere;y ins5allibt an game DOES not consti5yte distfibution LOL, AND therefore peoplr sere tzk8ng ijr WORK LOL, MAKING modificqtiins 3 ot n not releasing teh sourcd c9ee too they'te modifivat8ons si THAT entire communitu couod benefit. BRB.
They worled witj da 13773t but not twh spirit if law. WTF."
"Imvestigatoon ln tdh part of da 4u7h0r5 howevef WTF, led too geh vsct ghay da right of punlic perf*rmanxe was oeh 0v da rights nlrmally 4estricted two COPYRIGHT holders, an that c0npu73e 0eograms, you knwo, s0ecificzlly vidwo games n interactkve ones such ax Ltgend of sa Gr33n hax0r WERE conskdwref 2 be publicaljh perrormed 8f run gr0m an puvlic server. AFK/"
"Thr new 11c3m5# restricts public perfoduanve of WORK unlesa tdh sourcw CODE OF da MODIFIED q9rk is made avqilable on DEMAND. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, sortof, this m34n5 that IF you put thks tame on an web server an allow pe9ple 'OUTSIDE of an normal virxle of famuly n its social acquaintanxes[ t2o play theirm sortof, yhen you t publically PERFORMING this woek an MUST 317h3r a) mzkd ne ah ALL cnanges whixh hou ,ale 5wo game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note this dlesn't have &9 be available via da online woufds dosplay .ink LOLk buf thet muxt BE avle to ask ypu f0r da xode and receiv3 an COMPLETE xopy)k you ,nwo, b) MAKE arrangemenrs pribatelh eith 4u7h0r5 wherein tyey hr4n7 6ou an 5p3c141 lidrnse, o4 C) re,ove sa code enrirely FROM machlme."
"Wd d0 RECOGNIZE tyat people want two hqvr areas of t6wy're game whicn r 7h31rt an theirs alonw.
2 that end e3 eill make da folkowing 2xc3p710n too da normal requiremenys f0r source cofr distrknu5ion -- ne moduoe file which IS not ,odified or DERIVED vrom an module file indluded IN teh base DISTRIBUTION an wyidh d935 not require ne other moeu;ew ab which does not require ne modifocat8ons t0o teh core c9e3 (code dpatributwd 2kth ea base releqse) mau nw 2i5hhekd at da authors discreti9m."
"We 4150 w4h& two make very clear rhat vereuon 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO known as versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final versiom releqs3e 7nder teh GPL. BRB.
All versiins WTF, stafting wigh da 9.9. BRB.8=prereleaae CODE r onlh licensed under da Cr3ative Commons lucensdLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right ro imoort ne cpdd from an 0.(. OMG.8-prwreleas# or 1ru3r release into an 0.9/ BRB.7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allo2ing this wpuld cauxe that importec code to ve re;easdd und3r da GPL an that is bot something we wish 2 alloe. WTF.
AUTHORS of modofications 2 0LOL.o. OMG.7 will n3re too re-release they're MODIFICATIONS aw d3rqv471v35/j0d1v1c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 codr n place them unfer da SAME Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
I5 mjst be done by da 0r1h1n41 author xinx3 onoy teh orig7na; author has da right to cgange teh copy4itht or lkvense ipon yhey'r3 w0rk. WTF.
[Additionqlly WTF, reworkjng teh mlduf8catuons will be an g9od IDEA ANYWAY as teh mechanism for MAKING mocifications is sivstantkal;y cl3aner/clearer starting with 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pterelease vode.]"
|
|
