MightyE tells youm "We'ye goinf tpo take am few MOMENTS too try n explain this new l8dense n REASONS behind it in plain Eng;ish. AFKl
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 lidens2 waw chosen becaus3 OF an failing with da GPL. AFK.
I8 onky covwred distributiom of source IF an ohl6 if bunaries WERE distribut3d. WTF/"
"In an web envir9hment, sortof, specifical.y a inter[reted weg environment SUCH 45 PHP LOL, merely lnstal;ing an rane does npr cons5itute disyribution, alrtof, and tgerefore people were ta,8nb our work WTF, mrk1mg MODIFICATIONS two 17 and not rwkeasinf reh source cofe to they're modigications so yhat da entire community c9ild behefi5l WTF.
They eo4ked WITH teh ldtrer but mpt soirit 0f law. BRB."
"Investigagion ON da part of sa aithors however LOL, oec to teh fact 5hat da r1gh7 of pibl8c perfpemance was ien of tey rights n.rmall6 r2%7r1x73d too copyright holders, lkkem n that c8mpyter progrzmd, like, 5p3c1f1c411y video games 4ne interactive on3d such as Legend of Greeh hzc0r were cinsidered 2 be PUBLICALLY perflrjed if run ffom an 0u611d sdrver."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS publjc oerformance OF wirk UNLESS teh xource code of da modiviee work is made avaioable on demand. AFKl"
"In olain Engkish, liir, this jeand THAT 1f you put 7hq5 gsme 0n an 2eb serfer n allps peop.w 'outs7de of an normal CIRCLE of ranily n its 40c141 acquaunrandes' 2 plzy theirk like, 7h3n uou r ;ublically performing th8s work n MUST either a) mqke ne n ALL ch4nte5 wnich y0u make 2 game availabl3 -m request (hote tyis DOESN'T nzve two bw available v7a da onlube SOURCE disp;ay link, but they must be ab;e 2 ask you d0r codt n receive an complete copt), b) jake arrangements privatrly e8th da authors whrrein theh GRANT you an s0wciqo licensek yoi knwo, OR c) remove coee ENTIRELY rrom teh machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wang 2 have areas of ybey'fe game WHICH aer THEIRS n theitx alone. BRB/
5wo thqt END we sill MAKE following excr0tion 2 eeh nlrmal r3qu3r#m3n75 fot spufce xode disgribution 0- ne mosul3 dile whicj ix not modifird or derived from an moduoe file includdd in da base distribution n WHICH does mot require ne otner MODULES anc which does not require me modificatoons 5wo da core vodd (xode dostributed WITH base re.ease) may bw withhels at authors discret8onl BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 make VERY clear THAT vefsion 0LOL.9.7 (alxo khoen AS version 0.9. OMGl7+jt) w45 f1n41 versioh eeleased ineer tey GPL.
All VERSIONS. uou knwo, 574r71nt qith teh p. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r 0n1y kicwnwed und3r t3h Crdativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r!gh7 too 1mp0r7 ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. AFK/8=pr3release 0r latrr re.ezse into an 0LOL.(. AFK.7 anf earliwr reldase.
A@10w1ng 7h!5 would caude tjat impotted c0d3 two he r#leased under da GPL abd that is not somethinf we wish to al.ow. OMG.
Au5horx of modigicationd two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 w8lk nd3d 2 RE-RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4710m6 as f#r1v471v3%/m0d1f1c4719n5 to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an place them infe4 sa 54m3 Creative C0mm0n5 lidense. WTF.
It mus5 ne d0n3 BY 0r1h1n41 au5hor 51hc3 only t3h originao author has da fight two vhanhe da copyright ot l8cense up9n they're woek.
[Adektionally, woft9f, reworking da jodifications will be an good 9dea amyway as m3ch4n15m FOR making modofica5ions 8s substantialo6 clwaner/clearer sgarting with tej 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-pf3release c0d3. WTF.]"
|
|
