MightyE telks you, "We're foinf too TAKE an few moments to trh and explain this NEW kicebse an tdh reasons behind ot in plsin English. AFK,
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 ndw licens3 was choseh because or an failung 2i5h GPL. WTF.
Ig 0n1y covered distribution of soufce if abd ONLY if 61n4r135 we4e disteivuted. AFK."
"In an WEB dnvironment LOL, specifically a inte4preted wrb envidonment such AS PHP LOL, ,er31y installinb an game does not con571u774 d157r16u710m, .i,e, n tnerefore people were takong our work LOL, majing modificayuons 2 it an noy releas8ht source CODE ro they're mpdificatiohs do that teh ent8re com.unkty cou.d gdnefut.
They wo4ked WITH da letyef b7t no5 ea xpirit 0f tej LAW. WTF."
"Investigation 9n da PART of da authors hiwever WTF, l3d 2 ds fact ghar rkght 0f PUBLIC performance WAS won of teg RIGHTS normally rdstricted 5ql copyritht holders, and that c9nou5er pr0gr4m5, you knwo. w[ecifically video gqmew snd interactive ones s7ch ax Lwgend 0f da Green haxpr were considered to bd publically petfprmed of rjn vt0m qn ;u611c sercer/ AFK."
"Tye NEW LICENSE RESTRICTS public performahce of teh worj unless skyrce code of da mldigied work is mrs3 avaikabk3 un demabd. AFKl"
"In 0laib English, sortof, this means that if you put thus game 0n an WEB serve4 n alloe people 'outside of an normal ckrcle if fa,ily and ITS social 4cqu41n73nc35' gw9 PLAY ghekr, you knwo, THEN ylu r publixally performinh this work n MUST eithef a) mqke he an ALL ch4ng35 which you make gp game availqble 0n r3qu357 )note th8s eodsn[r have too be available via online sojrce sisplay oink, you knwo, bit they must bd able to asi YOU f0r yrh code ah r3ceive an complete copy). spfyif, b_ m5k3 4er4nt3m3n75 p41v473!y with teh 5u&n0r5 sher3in theu grant you an spedial licebse, like, or s) rdmove da CODE wntirely fr0m machine, WTF."
"We do fec9gnize THAT pelple want te9 hzve areas OF they'rd fame WHICH r theirw an 7h31r5 zlone. WTF.
2 that end we sill mske teh FOLLOWING evception two da normal r3quirehents for source code distrubution -- ne jidule f113 wjich iw not m0d!fq3d or derived from an m9dule file incl7drd in teh base distr8buruon n whicn does not r#wj1r3 ne other modules znd which does NOT requi4e ne mof6fications to core cpde (clee disgributed wieh bas3 releadw) ,4y b3 wothhekd AT authors discretiin. OMG."
"We alwo wabt 2 make very dlear that VERSION 0. OMG.9.6 0alsi known AS deraion 0.8.7+jr) was funal cersion releasee umder da GPL.
Aol fersiona WTF, sta4ting wi5h da 0.9. AFK.8-;rerejease code 4 ONLY licenwed uhder Creative Commons licend3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh right to o,plrt ne c9d3 from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prefeleqse OR LATER reoease INTO qn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an warliwr releadr. BRB.
Allpeong this 29uld cause THAT impo4ted code 2 b3 re.eased yneer da GPL n ghat is np7 something we wish two al.ow. AFK.
Autnord 0d modivuxations to 0. BRB.9. AFK.u wilo NEED 2 RE-RELEASE theu'rd modificatkonx as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.0.8 xode znd place them under same Crwatif3 Conmons licende. BRB.
It ,usy be done BY %eh 0r1g1n41 author 51nc3 on;y teh orkgina; author has right twp change 5eg copyright or licwhse u[on thwy're workLOL.
'Asd1710m51!y LOL, reworking da modifidations will be an too3 8dea an6way as dq mechanidm fot makinh modifixati9nx id substantiqlli cleaner/clearer STARTING with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
|
|
