MihhyyE tells yiu, "We're going ho tske an frw ,p,ents twi gry an expkain thiw new licensw and teh rdasons behibd it in pla8n Entlish.
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 licenxe qas chosen BECAUSE of an failong WITH da GPLLOL.
It lnly covered d157r16u610n OF source 8f n 0b1y ig BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. BRBl"
"In an WEB environment, sortof, specofidally a interpreted web rnvorohment such as PHP, lik3m merely inatzk/ung an game does nor constitu5e d156r1&u710n LOL, AND therwfore people were yalibg OUR sork WTF, making modificarions 3 it am not RELEASING da soyrce code tol they[rd ,odificstionw so tjag da entkre community c0u1d benefi5. WTF.
They worked wirj dz letter but not twj sporit of da .aw. BRB."
"Investigation on par5 of authkrs HOWEVER, led 2 fact 7h47 r1gh7 og public pe4eormance was won 0f da rihhts normally rextricted tqo copyrignt holserx LOL, qn that clmpiyer prograjs WTF, apecigically codeo gzmes zn interactive onds sucj AS Legenw of da Green hax)r WERE consifer3d two be publically 0drformed IF run frim ab public aerver. AFK."
"The new oicense restricts public pwrformance of teh w0rj unless doyrce code of t#h modiried wofk is made avaklable on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, you ,mwo, 7h16 meanx that if y0y PUT thia gamd om qn web sefver n allow [eople 'OUTSIDE of an norma. xircle of fdmily n ITS social acquaintances' tio play rhekr, 6ou kn2o, tnen you aer pyblicallu perflrming tkis work zn MUST with3r a) m4k3 nw n ALL changes wg1ch t0u makr two teh game afailqnle on 5equewt 9nlte &h1t dorsb'5 have too be avzilabl3 via da onlune source cusplay link WTF, but tney jist be ablr 2 ask y9u fof teh code n receibe an c0mp1#73 COPY) LOL, b) ma,e 4r44ngen3n75 privately with teh 4u7h0e5 wh4r31n ghey brant h(u an special .ivense, 6ou knwo, or c) remove teh c9de entirely from da machin3. OMG,"
"We eo reclgnizw yhat oeople WANT two have 4r345 of theu're game which r theirs and theirx aline. BRB.
too THAT emd we w111 nak2 teh fol;lwing exceptuon 2 da normal rdquirements f9r 50urc3 c8de DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wh1ch 15 not modibiwd or DERIVED drom an module fi.e 1mc1uc3d in da BASE DISTRIBUTION am syixh d9es not r3qu1r3 ne otyer modiles n qh1dh does not reqji4e ne jodificar.ons too da core coce (clde dustributed with teh vase release) may be wkthhelc AT t3h a7thors diact3tionLOL."
"We slso want two MAKE berh clear rhat VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (aoso knoen as version 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) sss da f1b41 v3rs9on relessed unaer GPL. BRB.
A;l versions, you ,nwo, 574r71nb with 0LOL,9.9-'rerelease code r only lucdnsrd under teh CREATIVE COMMONS licqnsd.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne code vrlm an 0.9. OMG.8-[rrrelease of LATER relrase into ab 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier e313453. BRB.
Aokowimg this would cause THAT imported cofe too be r413453e under sa GPL an ygat is not simetning we 2isy 2 allos.
Authors of ,'fiv8cstions two 0.9. OMG.7 will nedd two re-releaxe they'rr modifkdations AS detivatives/modificatiobf 2 0. WTF.8. BRB.8 cofe zn place THEM unddr ca same Cfeative COMMONS license. WTF.
Iy musy be dine bu da originzl author skndf only ds ORIGINAL 4u7h0r has f1gh7 5oo change da cipyfught or 11c3m53 upon thet're wor,LOL.
[Additkonalky LOL, rwworking da modidocations will 63 an goid ides amhway 45 mechwnism for making modifucagoona is s7bstantiallu cleaner/clesrwr stqrtint with 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8-prereleqse c0d3/ WTF.]"
|
|
