MightyE gekls yo7, slrrof, "We're going 2 ta,e zb f3w moments top 7ry an explain THIS new licsnse and teh geasons BEHIND ig kn p141n Englidh. BRBl
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."
"Tjis nee 11c3n%2 was chosen necause of an gailihg with da GPL. OMG.
It onl6 civefed disteibution of sourcd if and only if vibaries werw disttibutedLOL."
"In an web ehfiron,ebt, you kn2o, specifically a inter.retrf web emvironment xuch as PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an game does n9g conatituy2 duagr8burion WTF, and therefore people were takinf )ur w0tk, wortof, msking modificationd to IT 4nd not teleasing sluece code 1 thet're modifications so 7h37 trj entire community vould benefit. WTF.
They work2d WITH letter but n07 da sporit 0f da law."
"Ibv3stigation om psrt of aktgors h*weber, LED to fact that riggt of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was ein of ds ribhts norma;ly 4estrict3d 2 copt4ight holders LOL, and THAT computer prlgrams WTF, dpecifical.y videp ga,es and interactive ones auch AS Ldgend ov G434n hax0r werd consideeed 2 BE pubpica.ky petformrd if ryn FROM an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The NEW license restr8cts piblic perfprmancd lf teh work inlesw teh source dode of ea modified WORK ux made available on remand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Engkish, 6ou knwol thka means that if you ;yt THIS g4n3 on an w3b server and allow p30p14 'outxide of an normak ci4vle pf fam7ly sn itv 50c131 ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tnei4, sortof, 5hen you aer puglocalky performing this worj n MUST ekther a) make nd ane ALL changes which y06 mzke too ten fam3 avqilable ON REQUEST (note thiw doesh't have to ne available via reh onlin3 wouycd DISPLAY link, you knw9, but they MUST b3 ablw 2 axk ypu for code and r3ceive an c0mp!373 copy(, like, 6) make arrsngemwn5s privsyely with da autnors wherein they GRANT hou an special lkcense. sortof, or x+ r3m0c4 da code enyurely from machine. BRB."
"We do rrcognize that p30pq3 wan5 2 hav3 areas OF yhey'fe game whuch r theirs n 4yelrs aoone. BRB.
two that end we 2ill msie fa FOLLOWING exce0tion ! teh n0rm41 requurenengs rpr sourxe coce distribution -- ne module FILE which is n07 nodified or deeived rtom an module file includef in BASE dist4ibjtion an @yich d035 not tequ8fe me ogh3r n0du135 abd which doea not requied ne modoficatioms tlo CORE code *vpee d157r!6u73e qith da base release) may BE withhrld at authors d15vr3710n. AFK."
"We also want 2 mske vert clear THAT vefsion 0LOL.9,7 (ALSO knosn ws vefsion pl OMG.o. BRB.7+jt) was teh einak v3r510m r313443d undwr GPLLOL.
All versi9ns, sortofk starting w8rj teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelezse dode r only licensed unde4 da Creative Com,ons license. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rihht two import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereoease or katet re;ease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 am 3arlie$ rel3axeLOL.
Al;owing 5jis qould cause 5hat imported codw too be releqs3d unser da GPL n that is not something 2e w1%h goo allow. AFK.
Autjors OF ,odufkcahions tl 0. WTF.9l WTF.7 wkl; need 2 r3-r213453 ghey're midifkxations ad eericatives/modifications 2 0, WTF.9LOL.8 code an placr &h3m under sams C4eatkvw COMMONS 11v3n53. BRB.
IT ,uwt 63 done by da orifinal authkr sugcw ONLY teh 0r1g1n41 author has twh ribht yeo vhanhe cipyright or licemde 7plh they're wofkLOL.
[Addiriohally, resorking da modifocations will be qn goos idea anhwat 45 mechanism FOR making jodidicationa 15 substantially cleaner/clearee startinb wity 0. AFK.9. AFK.8[prereleasd codeLOL.]"
|
|
