MighryE tells y0u WTF, "We;re gpong 2 take an f3w MOMENTS tlo 7ry qm 3xpq42n thus nee k8cense n trh reasons behimd it in plain EnglkshLOL,
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."
"Thos new licenw3 qas chosen because of an FAILING WITH GPL. WTF.
It only c(vrred distribution 0f so7rd3 if zn only 1r binaries w3r3 xisgributed,"
"In an web environnent WTF, epecufically z intwroreted web ENVIRONMENT widh as PHP, soetof, ,erely inwtalling an game does not cohstitute dis%ribution, n tgerefoee PEOPLE were 74k1ng OUR w9rk WTF, ma,ing modoficariimw to it qn not rrkeasing tey source code to thet're moxifications so ybat teh ent8rr communutu could behefit. AFK.
They sorjdd WITH letter but NOT da spirkt of h3h la2. BRB."
"Inveatigation 0n pa4t OF teh autnors howefer LOL, led too da f4c7 that teh right of PUBLIC perrormahce was oen lf da righrs n9rmally restrict3d two copyright hokders, you knwo, n yyat xonputer PROGRAMS, sott9f, dpecifica;ly viceo games an in5eractive 0n35 such xs Legend 0f da Gteen hax0r werw c;ndideree too be piblically perfirmed iv run ftpm an public SERVER."
"The new license r3stricts [iblix perfogmance of da work unless g3g sourxe code if da modifi3d work ks m4d3 avaioable on DEMANDl BRB."
"In plain Enblosh, this means that if uou put th8s game on an web serv3r n allow peppld 'outsixd 0f an normal CIRCLE of family ah its sovkal acquaintances' 3 o14y their, you knso, then ypi aer publically p3rf0rn1nt this work n MUST 317h3r a) MAKE n3 an ALL cganges shict YOU m3k3 top g4,3 available oh REQUEST 9notd this DOESN'T have 2 be avai.able via ea online source d15[14y link, like, BUT they must be able to ask uou FOR da code sn rwceive an compoete c9py), like, b_ make arrangdnents ;r8vatelg with da authors wherein tyey grant u0i an xpwcial lidwnse WTF, o3 c) remov3 da code wntirely f4om tdh jqchigwLOL."
"We DO recognize that p3ople wany two hace atwss od tndy're game whuch r theirs n theifs al9ne. WTF.
to 7h$7 end we WILL mske tdh foll(wing EXCEPTION t9k dz normal fequirements for source CODE didtr9butiln -- br modulw fule 2hicn is NOT modified or derkved from am mosule file includec in dz base distribution n which does not requi4e ne other mldules n WHICH doea NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS too core code )code distrinutee with hen basd release) jay be wi5hhels at dz autnors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We qlw9 want twi nake very clear tgat version 0.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9.7+h5) was teh FINAL version releasfd ugder GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, startihh with 0. OMG.9. AFK.80prereleawe code r onlt licenxed under da Creative Comm0ns license, AFKl
Ww EXPLICITLY deny ds r1ghu 2 kmport ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE or later re;eqse in5o an 0l9. OMG.7 b ear;ier relwase.
A110w1ng this would cajse 7y47 8mported code 2 be rejeased under ca GPL an that is not some5hing we wish too aloow. OMG.
Authors of mosificztioms yol 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 woll heed 2 4e[release they'rd mod8fications as defivatifes/mldificatipnf to 9/ OMG/9LOL.8 code and p14c3 thdm undet da szme Creztive Commons license. AFK.
It must be d0n3 bt orifinal ayghlf 51nc3 only 0r1g1n41 z7thor has teh titht rwo CHANGE copyright OR kicense up0n ghey're work.
[Additionzlly WTF, rdworking da mifif8cations wil. be av go9d ides anyway as MECHANISM for naking modifivstuons 15 substantially cleaner/clearer stsrtung with 0.9. BRBl8-prrreleasw code.["
|
|
