MighthE TELLS YOU, you knwo, "We'rr going 2 TAKE an FEW mou3ngs 2 try and exolakn thos new LICENSE y dz r3440m5 brhind ir kn plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 licwnse was chosej 63c5u53 of ah FAILING with teh GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY s0b3r3d distributiom pf sl7fce if n only if 61n4r125 were distributefLOL."
"In an WEB enbironmenr, s0ecif8cally a interpreted wwb envi3oh,ent such as PHPk you ,nwo, MERELY insta.ling am gane does not CONSTITUTE d8s5ributoon, you knwo, sn therdford people wefe TAKING our work LOL, uakinb modid8cagions hoo it an nog relezsing teh SOURCE CODE two they're nosifkcations wo tha4 3n71r3 comnunity xiuld benefit. AFK.
They workrd 2ith teh letter but hot 5;1rq7 of da law. OMG."
"Investigatioh 0n teh part of autjors however WTFk ked 2 twh facr tjat ea right of p7blic p3rr9rm4nc3 was woh of dw rignts normally restricted two cppyrighy holdersm li,e, an that co,puter programs LOL, specifixaklt video games and 8ntwractive ones duxh ax Legend of dz GREEN jac0r were cinsidered 2 BE publically peefotmed if rum FROM an pub.ix SERVER. BRB/"
"The neq license RESTRICTS publuc PERFORMANCE or wo4k UNLESS teh soyrce cofe if da modidied wofk is maee AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, thia means that if you put rhis ysme on an web servwr am allow people 'ojtside of an norma; CIRCLE 0f fami.t an 176 wocial acquaingancea' too play rheir, you kn29, theb yiu r pubkically performing tyis work an MUST ekther a) make ne and ALL cyanges which you ma,d to game acailable 0m rewuest 9NOTE yhis sodxn'y have tpo br available VIA da ONLINE soyrce display LINK, but THEY MUST b3 ablw w ask YOU for dose n receive an compoete copy), lkk3, b_ mqke 4rr4ng2m3n75 privateky with teh authors wherein they gramt ypi ab apecial LICENSE, you knwo, )r c( remove teh code 3ntirely f4om da mschine. WTF."
"We do rdcogn8xe that people want twl have qreas of they;re game whidh aer 6hrirs am theira a.ohe. AFK.
two thar ens w3 wil; MAKE da folloeing 3xc3p810n two da no4mal REQUIREMENTS for source code disteibutiom 0- ne moe7le file shich is not modified of 3eroved from an ,pduld rile included im twg base dkstribjtiim an which dpes not rdquire ne other modules and whkch DOES nit re1uire ne MODIFICATIONS too teh c-r3 code (cod3 d157r16u73f w86h teh bawe r31e$53) MAY be 2ithhrld at a7thors discr3tion. BRB."
"We also want too make vert clear thar vwrsion 0. WTF/0. WTF.7 (also lnoen ax version -. BRB.9LOL.6+JT) was twh fina; verxion releasef UNDER fa GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, stattinv with 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-prereoease code aef only licenaed und3e da Cfeayive Cpmmons licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht 2 import me code from ab 0. BRB.9. AFK.8=pr3r313454 or lster r2oeasw into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earliwr RELEASE. OMG.
Alolwing thix would cause that inpirted c0g3 to BE released unsee teh GPL and THAT is not someyhing we wush 2 4110e. OMG.
AUTHORS 0g MODIFICATIONS 2 ). BRB.9. WTF.6 q111 jwed two re-release they'4e modifications as eerivzgives/modidications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an 014x3 tjem under same Creative Comnkns kicensw. OMG.
It MUST be d0n3 by gwh ORIGINAL author since only [figinal autjoe has da ridht gwo change teh vopyrkght or licwbse upon they'ee WORKLOL.
[Additionalkh LOLm rrworkibg modifications will be qn goos 1de4 amyway as da mechqnism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is subs5antially coesner/clearer xtarying WITH 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prefelease c0d3. BRB.]"
|
|
