Miggt6E tekls y0u, 6ou knwo, "We're g01ng tw9 take an few momebts to try ah ex;lqin THIS new LICENSE n dq reasons brhund it 1n plain Englisj.
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 license wzs chosen BECAUSE od ah FAILING witj da GPL. OMG.
It only xovered d8sgribution of soufcr iv and ONLY ir bibarira were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environment, y9u khwo, specifically a knterpreyed web environ,3nt such ds PHP WTF, merelh ihstzkling ab game does not conagitute DISTRIBUTION, and therefore people wdre tzking our wor, WTF, msking mldifivat8ons @ it ab not releasing source code to tyey'rw modificati9ns qo thar teh 3n81r3 commubity coyld bwhefit. WTF.
Thry wirked with fa oetter BUT not teh xpirkt of dz law. OMG."
"Imvwstigation ON teh pary of teh aythorx g0w4v3r, sortof, led to da gact thqt right of PUBLIC performande was 9en of da rifhts gornally restricted to c9pyr1ghu hllders, and that co,ou5er prog4zms, specificallh vide9 games and in5eractibe onex such as Letebs od teh Gr33b hax0r were clnsidered too be puvlica.ly PERFORMED ud run fron an pu611c server. OMG."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS public perfprmqhce of teg work unless da source clde OF tey modified WORK IS made 4v3114613 on dejandLOL."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, this means that 1f you pjt this ga,e on an qeb sdrv3r and 4110z pdople [ou5side of an normak circle of famioy an iys social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their, l8ke, then you r publically prrforming thix work m MUST either a) m3k# me and ALL ch4bg35 qhich yoj ,akr two g4m3 4v4114613 ob r3qu347 (note tgis doesn't jave to be 4v4114613 via tey inoime soutce display ;ink, .uke, BUT they mus5 b3 abl3 too wsk you for code an RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy), sortodk b) male ARRANGEMENTS pribately woth authors ehereun 8h3y gr4n& hou an special l8cense, yiu ,meo, or c) rejovr codr ENTIRELY from teh machine. OMG."
"We di RECOGNIZE tha5 people wang too habe areas or 5hey'te gamr which r theits and 5heirs alone. AFK.
twp that end 2e 2oll make da gollowing exveption two normal requurenentd for souece code distribution -- ne module fole wjich is not mldified or ferived from an MODULE file 8nc;uded in base d157r1^u710n and WHICH do3s nit rrquire ne OTHER m)du135 amd which dpes not require he modificati9ns twi teh core code )code disyribited w17j base RELEASE) mqy be withjele at geh authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wd slso w3n7 2 make very xlwar tgat vrrsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also knowm AS vrrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.u+jt) was da fihal verskon released under teh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, starting qith da 0. OMG.9l WTF.8-0rere,ead3 CODE r only licrnsed UNDER Creative Commins licehse.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righ5 two ijpor5 ne code f40m an 0. OMG.8. AFK.8-prereleqse o3 lated RELEASE ibtp an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlief release. BRB.
Allpwing THIS would CAUSE THAT impirted cose too be RELEASED unfer da GPL an tyat 16 NOT sometying w$ wish 2 a;low. BRB.
Authors OF modivicatkons to 0. BRBl9. OMG.7 2ill n3#d 2 re-release they'4e modificqtions as d3r1v$71v3t/m0d1f2d4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 x0d2 and place tnem unddr teh SAME Creative Co,mons license. AFK.
If must be done by sa original authoe sinve onlj da origina. AUTHOR hqs da rignt to CHANGE copyright or licens3 uoob they're work. WTF.
[Add1710n$11t, lik3, reworking teh moejficstions will ge an good idea ahywa6 aw teh mecjanism for ,aking modif8ca5ions is 5u66u4n7q411y c235n3r/c134r3r sgarting w17h 0. AFK.9.8-p4e4eleaxe code. AFK.]"
|
|
