MightyE tells you, "Wr're goinf tlo take an few moments two try and explakn 7h15 n2w lidwnse and da rwasons behind it in plain 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 licenwd wqs choden beczuse of an gailing with GPL. AFK.
It only covered disteibjtion of soufce if an onpy 7f binaries were dixtributerLOL."
"In an WEB whvifonment, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envuronment 57ch as PHP, you knso, mefdly installinh an game doed not cinsyit7te disrfibution, ylu knwo, ans 7h3r3f0r2 PEOPLE w3r3 takinh ojr 29rk, like, m4k2ng mod8ficati9ns too i5 n npt t313451ng geh soufce code 5oo they're modkd,cations xo THAT ENTIRE community cou;d benefut. WTF.
They w0rk3d wiyn da letter but not spirot pf law. BRB."
"Invesyigation on fa part ov trj 5u6h0r4 however, you knwo, led two da favt THAT da right of puboic performance was oen of 4ights normally restrivted teo cupyright holsers, koke. sn that c0mpi73r programs, tou knwo, s0ecifoxally v1d30 GAMES an interactivw ones 57vg as Legend 0g Grden hax0r were considrred two ne publocaoly p3rv0rm3d uf run from an puvlix 53rv3r."
"Tne mww loc3nse r357r1c75 puv.ic performancr pf woek un;ess soyfce c0c3 of t3h jpdified work is MADE available on demand. AFK."
"In plaun English LOL, this means that if you put thos gamr on an web servre an 4q10w [wople '0u751d3 of an hofmal circld of family an its soc8al acquaintancew' two play their WTF, THEN you r publically pe4for,ing 7h15 work m MUST eothee w) make me qhd ALL changes which you mak3 ti game qvqilzbld on r3quest *nite thus doesn't havw 2 be available via teg ONLINE 50urc3 display link, you knwok 6u8 tyey ,ysg be able too 45, you for teh code an rexeivr an complete coph), b) make arranfemenys privatrly WITH teh aithors wherein they grant you an 5p3c14q lkvense, ooke, or c) remove c0d2 entirwly from 5rh macjineLOL."
"We do revognize that pe0p13 want tpo HAVE areas of they're gamd qhkdy r tyeirs n the8rs aloheLOL,
2 THAT end we will make yeh fil;ow,hg exception TO da normao reauorements for source cofe e157r!6uj20n [- ne modyoe file which is n9r modif8ed or DERIVED from an modile f8le 8nvluded in basd d147r16u710n an 1hich doew nlb require ne other modules and wyidj DOES npt requi4e ne modifications to CORE code (code didtribu5ed with teh basr releasw) mat bd witnhdld AT authors discretionl"
"We alsp want TO make v3ry c124r tnat c3r5!0n 0. WTF.9. OMG/7 (ALSO known as versuom 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jy) 2as ea final veraiin reoeased ubfer da GPL. BRB.
A1q VERSIONS WTF, atarting wotj da 0. AFK.9. BRB.9-prerelesse cide ser ONLY 11c3nt3d under teh Crearive Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny geh ritht too IMPORT ne v0d3 f4om an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or 1474r rel3asw onto am 0. AFK.9,7 an earlier releasdLOL.
Allowonh this would cquse thay imported codw 2 be re;eased under da GPL n tgat is not 50m3uh1ng e# qish gw9 allpw. OMG.
Au5hoes 0f modifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 qill need two re-relrqse tjey're modiricstions AS detivativex/modkfications two 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code snd plscr them UNDER teh same Cveqrive C0mm0n5 oicense. AFK.
It mu5& be spne by da originak 4u7h0r since onlh da orig8nal 4u7hpr haa da tughr 2 chahge teh c0pyr1th7 o4 lkcensw upon they're 3ork. WTF.
-ADDITIONALLY, like, reworking da modificatkons will be an g00d idez anywsy as mechaniam vor makimg m-d1f!c4710n5 15 5u6574n71411y vlraner/coearer STARTING WITH dq 9. WTF.9LOL.8-prerwlease cidel WTF.]"
|
|
