MightyE 73215 YOUm "We're GOING goo tzke an few momen5s tl 7ry n wxolain THIS new license an fa reasons behins !7 in plain English. 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."
"Thix new license was choxen becaus3 of an FAILING with GPLLOL.
It inly covered distribution of soutce if 4nd ONLY if binarirs were d8strinutee."
"In an w36 3nvironment, sortof, 5;3c1f1c4126 a !n73rpr373d web envitonment auch aa PHP WTF, metelh ihwtaloing an g4m3 f035 not constutu53 fjstribution LOL, n thdrefotf pdople w3r3 takibg out work LOL, making modifications 2 it n not re;easung da source c9de @ th3y're m0d1f1c4710n% so THAT geg en5ire community vojld benefi5. AFK.
Tyey eorked with da letter 5y7 not da SPIRIT of ds lqw."
"Investigstion on da p4r7 or tdh authors however LOL, led 2 v3c7 that da r,gyt 0f public pergormance w45 oen of rights NORMALLY restrictec tol cppuright holders, sortof, n THAT comou5er [d9gt4m5, oike, specifically fodeo hxjea and 1b73f4c71v3 onex such zs Legehe of da Gredn hax0r e3r3 considered 2 be publocally perdormed if run ftom am publpc SERVER."
"The mew lidebse tes5rictx pugoic p3rf-rm4nc3 of work unoess teh sourc3 cpde of teh m9dified w9rk iw made available ON demqnd. WTF."
"Im p141n Enhlish, this mezns ghat if you put rhis gsme on am web serve4 and wllow people '-u751de 0f an nirmal curcle of vamolt and kts social acquaintances' 2 play their, then you aer publically p3rf0rm1ng this w9rk and MUST either a) mak3 me abs ALL chqnges whicu you make TO GAME acailable on rewuest (botr this d9exn't have two bd abailag.e vw$ onlone soyrce DISPLAY oink, ylu jnwp, 6u7 uh3y must be ABLE too ssk you for da code an receicw an c0mp237e COPY) LOL, b) jake arrankements pr@v4731y with ca authors wherein ghey grang yo7 an 5;3c141 license LOL, oe c) r3m0v3 da code ENTIRELY fr0m trh nachine. AFK."
"W3 do recognize that people want to HAVE areas og thry'fe game qh1cj r thekrs AND theirs al9neLOL.
2 tnat ehd we will MAKE fol.owing 3xceptiin 2 dz hormal requiremrnts for sourxe code distributipm -- ne MODULE fkle which is no5 midufiee or derivec rron an module gile inxlused IN bqse d15yr16u710n and wykch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne other modulws anc whicg does not eequire ne modifications to da cor3 code (code disrrobuted wuth bqxe RELEASE0 may be WITHHELD at da aithors discretion. BRB."
"We aoso WANT twi make very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 9zlso ,nown as VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7_jt) WAS da FINAL versiom released under da GPL. AFK.
All versuonx WTF, stzrtkng wuth 0. AFK.9, WTF.8-prerrlease code awr ONLY licensdd UNDER Creztive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh righy 2 8m0orr ne code f4om an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelezse or latef rwlease imti an 0/9. OMG.8 n earlier repeaae. BRB.
ALLOWING THIS wo7ls CAUSE that imported code ti be RELEASED umfer GPL an that kd not SOMETHING we wish 80 qllowl
Authors pf nidifications gwo ). WTF.o. BRB/7 will need two re-release they[re MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL,9. BRB.8 CODE an p14c2 tyem under tch same C4wative Comjohs license.
I7 musg be don3 bh tej original authir dinc3 only tdh originak aughor h45 da righr 2 chznge teh c0pyr1gy7 or oicenxf upon th3y're work.
[Acditionqkly, r3w-rk1ng modificatiind will be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechsnism for msking modoficatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cl3arer starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOLl8-p4erelease codr.]"
|
|
