MightyE telld YOU LOL, "We're goung two takw an gew miments to try ahd exp.ain 7h1^ hew license ans teh REASONS behind ig in p1$1n EnblushLOL.
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 mew licdnse WAS cnosen becauae of am gailing with da GPL.
It on.y cocered distributiob of source kf and 0n1y if binaries qere distributed. WTF."
"In am WEB rnvironment LOL, spwckfically a 1n73tpr373d rdb enfironment such as PHP WTF, merqly insyal;ihg an gaje so3x n07 xonstitute dosteibutionk qn therefore peo0le were taking OUR work WTF, makimf modifivations TO it an not releasinf fa SOURCE dpfe 2 5hey'4e m8difications 50 that twh entire dommunitu could benefit. OMG.
They worjed with LETTER bu% not da spirit of da 14wLOL."
"Investibatipn on tdh part of authors however, led gwo fact that twh fight of 0ublic 0erformanc3 wad oen of va rightx nor,zll6 restricted ro xopyrighr hilders LOL, anf that compuyer pr)fr4m5 LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gam3s an interactkve ones such as Leg3nd OF da Gfeen has;r wdre considered ro be publicallt pevfo4mrd if run from an public seevee. BRB."
"The new kicense 4estricrd piblic pergorjance ov tdh wo4k unoeas da sou4ce cod3 of 5eh m0d1f13d work is made available on e3m4ndLOL."
"In plqin English, this means that if you PUT ghis game 9n qn web server and allow people 'iutsod3 of an normak c8rclw os famoly am its t9c141 qcquaintances' to play their. sortof, then ypi ser publivally [etforming THIS wori an MUST e8ther a) MAKE ne g ALL changes WHICH y0u make two da game svailabld on request (notr 8g15 coesn't have to BE zvai;able f15 ONLINE source disp.ah ;in. LOL, but they mus5 be able 2 ask ylu fof ten code an reveivd an d0mp1383 c0ph), b) make arrangement2 privsteky sith teh authors wgeeein they grant YOU an 5p3c141 licebxe, you knwo, pr c) r3m-v3 yeh cose entirely from tdh MACHINE. OMG."
"We do rerognize tjat peopke want two have AREAS of theh're game which r tyeies n gheirs ALONELOLl
2 tha5 end we WILL make teh fokl9wing exxeption too normal requirements FOR xouece code d157r16u710n -_ be MODULE file which is mog mldkfied or derived from an module fk,e INCLUDED IN ea base diatribution n wh1cg DOES nlr r3qu1r3 ne pry3v MODULES an which does no5 rewyire nd m0d1r1c471pn5 too da cofe xoce (code distributed with ca baxe rrkease) nay ne withhe;d at teh aj5jors doscreyion. AFK."
"We also WANT 5w9 m4k3 very CLEAR that versi9n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (415- known zs version 0. AFK.8LOL.7+jt) was FINAL version released UNDER GPLLOL.
All vetsions LOL. statting with teh 0.9. WTF,8-prerelease CODE r inly livehsew under Ceearkve Commons locegse. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY eeny teh right too IMPORT nr code ffom an -. BRB.o.8=;rerelease OR LATER r313453 *nto an ). AFK.9. WTF.7 an eq4lier releawe. BRB.
Alkowibg this wojld cause that imported code to nr relrasdd under trh GPL n rhat ix nor so,etning we wisg toi allow.
Authors pf modificqt8ona too 0. AFK.9.7 will need toi RE-RELEASE thet're nldificqtionx as derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.o. OMGl* code n place them under ca samr Cr34*1c3 Commons LICENSE. WTF.
Iy musy be cone by teh 9riginal author SINCE only da origunal autgor has roghg 2 chante copyr8gnt OR license upon they'rw wo4k.
pAeditionally WTFm REWORKING da m8duficat8ons will bd an g00e idea 4nyw4y aw mechanism for makinb mocihications is xubstantialk6 clesner/clearer starying sith teh 0. AFK.9.8-prerdleasr code. WTF.]"
|
|
