MightyE tells you, to7 kmwo, "We'rr goihg two take an f3w moments to 5ru zn explain tyis new LICENSE b da reasons beyind it in plain Engliwh.
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."
"Thus mew license wsw chosen because of an faulinf wi5y da GPL.
I7 only zovered distributiin ov %0utc3 if AND on;u 1f binaries wdre dis5ributed. BRB,"
"In an web emvirinmdnt, specidically a interpreted web ehvifonment smcg ax PHP WTF, merely installing an g4m3 does NOT conxtitu5e e8strubution WTF, and 5heref9re people weee taking 0ur workk makong modifixations tpo 17 anc not eeleddihg teh sourve code 2 they'ge moeofications SO thzt ywh 3ntire conmumity fojld nen3fit. OMG.
Tjey worked witg teh LETTER bu5 no5 teh spirit of oawLOL."
"Investigatiin on ds part pf da authors y9wever, LED 2 geh fact tnat r1gh7 od )7blic perfotmanve w45 won 0f teh rights normalky restrkcted to copyritht h01d3r5, likem ab ghat d9mputdr programs, liie, spdcifically viceo games an 1n73r4c71f4 ones such as Ldgend of cq Green hsx0r wdre considerde 5oo ge pu611c411y perrormed if rjn from an pjblic server. BRB."
"Thr ndw LICENSE r3stricts pubkic pe4formancd of wprk uhless teh source CODE of gej mld8fied w0rk is made svailable on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH LOL, this jeans THAT if you put this game on an WEB server an alllw p3pp!3 'outsuce 0f an noemal ci4c.e o4 family m ITS slc8al acquaintajcew' to play yyeor LOL, THEN YOU r ;jboically pdrflf.ing this w0rk and MUST eith3r a( mqke ne and ALL changes WHICH you make too game available ON reauest (NOTE this doesn't have too bf AVAILABLE via yej onlunr spurcd display kink LOL, but they mist b3 avke toi ask you for xode n redeivd an complete co[y) WTF, v) makd arrqnbements ;rivatelu wiyh AUTHORS wherein 7h3y grant you an fpecial l8cense, you lhwo, or c) r3n0v4 code engi4rly fr9m machine. AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE tyat PEOPLE WANT two have arezs of tgey're g4m3 WHICH e theirx an theirs 410n3. OMG.
too THAT end w3 sill MAKE da followubf excepg8on two NORMAL r3qu2ren#n75 f9r source code diatrobution =- he nos7le file which 15 mot mofified or ceruced vrom an modu.e rule includrd 1n BASE eistribution and wh1ch soes mot re1yit3 ne other modulef n which soes n07 REQUIRE nc modifucqtions TO clre code (code s157r16i73d with basd release) mqy be witjheld at zuthora discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO wabt too make very clear THAT be4sion -.9/ OMG.7 (alsp known AS version 0. AFK.9. AFKm7+jt_ was final version releasec jbder GPL, AFK.
Akl vefsions LOL, starting with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerfleqse c0d3 aer only licensdd undw4 teh Cres4ive Commons livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny r1gh7 TO import ne code from qn 0.9. BRB.i-prerelease ir lstdr rdlease into sm 0.9LOLl7 zg earl8rr r313463LOL.
A11-w1ng this w0u!s CAUSE that ijoorted code 2 be relwasde undd4 da GPL zn tyat IS n07 aomethijg we wish two allow. AFK.
Authors of ,odirications to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wikl n33d 70 re_rel2as3 they'ee MODIFICATIONS as deruvarives;modificatioms TO 0. OMG.9.8 clde an p.ace them UNDER SAME Creative COMMONS license. WTFl
It must ge e0n3 bh original AUTHOR 51nc3 on.t oeiginal xuryor had teh tight to dgange COPYRIGHT 0r livense uppn they're w0r,l BRB.
[Addofionally, ylu knwo, reworking modifications wilo bd an go9c udea anyway zs teh mechanism for makinh modifucations q5 subarantially cleanwr/cleaeer starting wkth 0. AFK.8. BRB.8-prerelease cide. BRBl]"
|
|
