M8thtyE tells y9u, sorrof, "We;re going to rake an few momentw 2 7ry an explain ygis new licens3 sn eeasona brhind IT in plain Enfl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Tnis new licrnse was xhoden beca7se 0f an failinh with yeh GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3d distrkbutkon of sourc3 of and ONLY if binarkdd were distributedl BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, spec8fically a intwrpteted w36 3nv14-nm3n7 sucy as PHP, luke, mdrely 1b574111ng an game does n07 conqtitute distribution LOL. zn thereforr PEOPLE WERE taming lur work, sor5ov, makibg mlsificayionx to i5 ab no5 r313451ng siurve code 2 they;4e mld8fica5,ons so THAT teh entire c0mmuniry could bdnefit. WTF.
Tfe6 worked wiyh geh krttet but np7 spir8t 0f da law. BRB."
"Invewtigation ON teh part OF tej ay5hors how3ver WTF, ;ed teo da vact that teh right of oublic performance was ! of teh rightx nofma.ly resteic5ed 2 cipyright holdwrs, an 5hay conputer programs, sortof. aoecivocso;y vodeo games an intwractive inds suvh as Legend of teh Green hax0r were conskdered two ge PUBLICALLY ;ergormed ir rkn gro, an PUBLIC serverLOL,"
"The new 11c3n53 restrictd publ8c performance of w0rk unlesa SOURCE cofe if da modifidd wori is uqdw zvailab;e on denandLOL."
"In plain Engliwg, THIS MEANS that IF ypu puy 7h25 bame ON an wrb server n allow proplr '-u751d# 0f an normao ckrcle of famoly an igs socisl acquz8nrances' to plat their, sor5of, then yiu adr piblically [erforming thiw work wn MUST EITHER z) make nd amd ALL chqnges wgoch ylu make ywo teh tame ava8lablw on request (note this doesn't have t2i be AVAILABLE via onlkne source disolay !1mk, loke, but they mudt be 4612 too ask ypu for dz clde n receovr ah compleye COPY0, 6) MAKE afrangements pr1v4731y q85h da authors wherein 7h3y grant ulj an apecia. ;icense, or c) remove sa c9de entirely rrpm teh machine. BRB."
"We r9 r3c0gn1a3 that peop.e want 2 hqve ardas of they're gsme wjicg aer 7h31r5 n tjeira alone. WTF.
2 that enf e3 will make da followibg exception 2 norma, requkrements for SOURCE cpde distribution -- ne module fil3 shidh is not modifiwd OR f3r1v3d fron sn midule file 8ncluded in eq base distributi9n n whicb dles not tequire ne othee moduled an whivh voes m8t re1ui4e nd MODIFICATIONS two c9re xode (code sistributed wirh da base release( MAY ge eithhekd at reh suyhors sixcrrtion. WTF."
"We also eznt too make very c,ear tyat VERSION 0.9.7 (also inowj as v34410n 0LOL.9. WTFk7+j7) WAS final VERSION released undev da GPLLOL.
Al; verdiojw, you knwo, starting with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerwlwad3 code r 8nly licensed ynder teh Cr3471b3 Conmons licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right to IMPORT ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9LOL.*-prrreldase OR latwr release into an -.8. AFK.7 am earlier release. WTF.
Ailowing this wouod c4u%3 that 8mported code two be re.eaxed under teh GPL 3nd that 15 not spmething we sish 6wo alliw. BRB.
Aurhors of m9dificationw 2 0.9l OMG,7 will nerd 2 re-4eldase yhey're ,icifications as derivsgives/,odir8cations 2 0.8.* code and place THEM under da 54m3 Creative C9mmons licensd. AFK.
IT mjs5 be done vy teh original suthor 51nce only da original ajrhir has r8ght too chabge da c0pyr1hh7 or oicense upon they're worl. AFK.
[Additoonally WTF, reworkuhg modifications wiol br an g00d IDEA anyqay AS mechanism for m3k1nf modiricatiohs is subwtantially c134n3r/c134r3r starting WITH 0l BRB.9m WTF.7-o4wreleasd code. OMG.]"
|
|
