MighfyE rellw uou, luke, "We'rw going 2 tak3 an few moments two try and explain ghiw nrw licende an teh REASONS 63y1nd iy in ;lakn English.
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 llcenaw waw chosem becqude OF an fa8lihg with GPL. BRB.
It pnly covered diwtribution of spurce if n lnly if 61n4r13t 2ere sistribut3dLOL."
"In an WEB envirinment, ;ike, specifically a intdr[reted wwb envirohment sych sa PHP WTF, merely instaolint am gaje DOES nor cohstitute dis5ribugilh, ;ikd, and yherefore pe90le WERE taking our work WTF, makinf modificatipns tqo 17 n not releasing reh 50urc3 code to they'rr modificarions so that dntire communuty c0u1d bwnefig. AFK.
They worked with 13773r 6u7 nit teh spiyit of teh larLOL."
"Invdatigati9n on part of autho4s nowever, you inwo, lrd twl da favt that twh ritht of publoc performabc3 aas won of righys NORMALLY festricted too xopyrigh4 holdrrs, qnf thst d0mpu73r programs LOL, s;wcif8callh vifei gqmes n 1n73r4c&1v3 lnes shcj 45 Lehend of da Green hqx0r were consid3red 3 be publically p3rf0rm3d if RUN f4om an puvlic server. AFK."
"The new license rewrricts public 0erformancd of da WORK unldss teh slurce codw of teh MODIFIED w0ri 15 ,adr acailabld on demand. OMG."
"In poq8n Engkish LOL, yhis MEANS thag ir tou p7r ghis g4m3 on an web xerver n z;loq pelple 'outaide of an n9rmal ciecle 0g famklt n 175 social ACQUAINTANCES; too p.ay th2ir, theb yoy aer PUBLICALLY oeeforming this woek n MUST either a) make nd n ALL changes which ypu make 2 da game avai;able )n request )nore this dpesn't have t9 be zvaioable VIA teh online souece dis[lay lihk, 6o6 knso, 6u7 theu must be 4613 rwo zsk you for da c0d3 an r3ceive an complete x0pt) WTF, b) make areangwments pr1v4831t with da autgors whwrrin they trant you ah s0ecial ;icense, sortof, or C) REMOVE ds code entirwly from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognize tjz5 peop;e wznt two have aeeas pf they'ee game which aer theits an theirs alond. BRB.
two thqt end we will jake da goloowing exc3[5iom 2 noemal r3qu1r3m3n75 dor SOURCE code didtribution -- ne module file which 15 not modifidd or DERIVED from an module file onclud3d 1n rdh bsse dustribjtion an wgich doex not r3qu1f3 ne othet mod7lrs n which DOES not requ84e ne modiricatiins 2 gej core CODE (code didttibu5ed w17h teh baae release) may be WITHHELD $7 da authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a;so wabt two make vefy clear that cwrsuoh 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also ,n0wn AS version 0.9. WTF.7+jt) wsa fina; c3r510n 4eleased under twh GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, xratting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-p4ereleqae c0d3 a34 0n1y licebsed under Creative COMMONS kicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da riggt to0 impo4t ne code from an 0. WTF.o.8-prwrelease or latee re;esse INTO an ). OMG.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER release. OMG.
Allo2kng thus would cause thqt importwd code too be r323#54d 7hdef teh GPL an 7h47 is not someghing we wish to allow.
Aytnors of modifications 2 p. BRB.9.7 w8ll neec 2 re-release 5h3y're modigixations zs derivatives/modigications to ).oLOLl8 clde and place tyem under same Creagive Conmons LICENSE, OMG.
IT mi56 be done by ea ORIGINAL aughor since only original 4u7h0r HAS da fkght 2 CHANGE t3h copytibhg or locense upon they'fe work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTFm rewor,ing mod8f8cations woll be an f00c idea amy2ay ss da MECHANISM for ,4k1nh mosifica4ions is subxtanrially cleanee/cleare4 starting WITH da 0. WTF.8l8-orerelease code.]"
|
|
