MightyE 73115 you, luke, "Wr'fr goinh 2 tqke ah few moments w try an ecplain &h1% new license n reas9na behind it kn plain Emglish. BRB.
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 license w45 chos3n becaise ov an fail8nf wirg GPL. BRBl
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source 2f n only of 61n441#5 werr distribyred, BRB."
"In an WEB envirohmeng, yoy knwi, xprcifkcally a inteepreged web ehvironment s7ch AS PHP, like, merely installing an ga,e does not CONSTITUTE dkxtribution LOL, m therefore peoole WERE tzkjng OUR work, yo7 lhso, making modificatiins 2 it ah noy releasinb source code too they're nodificarions so tgat ENTIRE community could brbefit. AFK.
They WORKED with geh lettwr but bot teh spirit of yeh lawLOL."
"Inves5igat8on on da part pf teh AUTHORS h9wever, you knwl, ked t2o fac5 that da ribht of public perrormance w4t q or rights nlrmally r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT holdersm tou knwo. h that com;uyer prohrams WTF, spedirically video games and interactive ones sudh as Legend of teh Green hax0r were considerec 2 be pu612c411y performed of run from qn [ublic server. BRB."
"The new oivenxe r35urqx75 pyb.ic performance pf teh w0rk un2355 soyrxe code OF tdh modifies WORK is made availabld oh demand."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, lo,e, this means thqt 1v 6ou put this game on an w36 server $nd allow people 'outside of an normal circle of family ab its slcoql acquaintancrs' to plat the8r LOL, thwn you aer oub.icslly [erforming 6his sorl sb MUST rith3r a) make nd an ALL changew wh1ch you make too teh hamw availzble on requedt (noy3 thix doesn't have too b3 abai.ablw fia teh lnline SOURCE display lunk. sortor, 6u7 uh3y mudt be ABLE to awk you bor teh code ab r3c31v3 ah cpmplete cooy), b0 m4k3 arrangemebts p4ivately woth authors wh3rein they grant you an s;eciao license, sortof, or c) remove sa code dntiteoy from da machine."
"We do recognize thar ;eople wqnt 2 hsve afeas of they;rd game wh1ch r THEIRS n theirw alohe. BRB/
to THAT end WE will make follosing exception 2 dq bormal requirements for qourde co3e distrivutipn -- he m0du13 file eg1ch ix not modified or DERIVED vfom an module v113 INCLUDED IN yeh base distribition an which d025 n07 require nd othrr modules an wh1ch DOES n9t teqjirr ne modificariims to da core coxe (c0d2 DISTRIBUTED qi5h fa base r3134530 may be withheld at autjo4x disc5etion."
"We akso want too make v3fy clear thag verxion 9.9LOL.7 (slwo known 43 versiih 0.9.7+jt) w45 dz fima; v3r510n RELEASED under tey GPLLOL.
All ver2ionx, likq, s5ar5ing woth ea 0.9. WTF.8-prere;ease clde r only licebaed uncer ca Creatife Commonx license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rithr too IMPORT ne CODE from an 0LOL/9. WTF.8-0r3t313453 or latet f313453 1n&0 an 0. BRB.9LOL.u n 35r113r RELEASE. BRB.
Allpwing this w0u1d cause that imported c0d3 roo bw rdl3ased under t3h GPL qn that ix not aomeghing w3 wisj 2 allow.
Authors of jodidicati9ns 2 0LOL.9.7 will NEED yqo re-ewleasd ghey'rw jocieica5ions aw derivatovrs/mldificstions two 0. WTF.9.8 codw an place thej inddr teh sam3 Creative Commons lkc3nse. OMG.
Iy must br DONE 66 teh ORIGINAL ayth.r sinxe onl6 tdh 0r1g1b41 ajthor has teh right 2 change cophrifht or 11c3n53 upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS wilo be an gopd IDEA anyway as da mddjanism fo4 making modifucztuins is 5u657$n71412y cleaner/vlearer 574r71nb sith da -. WTF,9. OMG.8-prefelease cpfe.]"
|
|
