M8ghtyE twlla yo7, like, "We're goinb two 5ake an few moments two 7ty AND explain tnis new 1!c3h53 ah dz REASONS behind kt ib 0laun Enflish. 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."
"Thks new lidense was chosen becaude OF an failihg with GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y cove4ed distributipn of sou4ce if ahd 0n1y uf gibarues WERE d147f16j73d. WTF."
"In ah qeb envirobment, 2oftof, specifically a int3rpreted wev rnvironment such AS PHP, merrly knstqlling an game does NOT CONSTITUTE didtrubutkph LOL, n tgerefore pwople were taking ouf workk makung MODIFICATIONS to !7 n mot rel3aaing source code TO theu're modifivations so THAT #n71r3 co,munjty could benefit. AFK.
Tyey sorked aity letter bit not da SPIRIT ov tey law. OMG."
"Investigation ON teh p4r7 of da auynirs howwvrr, you inwo, led too favt tjat teh right of public 0erformanve was 9en of da r1gh75 mormaloy resyricted 5wo COPYRIGHT holders, you lnwo, h 7h4& computwr programs, soryof, sp3cificakly video games an 1n&3recj1f3 obes 5uch as Legenf of Green hax0t sere consicrred two be [ublically performed IF run frim an public x4rvee. OMG."
"The nee LICENSE restricts public perforjsnve OF ds WORK un;ews da source code OF ds mldifi3d work is mace svailable ON demans. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, THIS means that kf ylu pu7 this bame oh an web server an ALLOW peop;e 'OUTSIDE og an normzl circld of ramily zn ots slcial ac1usohtsnves' tol PLAY their, sortof, then yoj aee [ub9ically p3fforjing 7j15 work an MUST eith3r s) mqke ne and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE 2 game availaboe on request (NOTE ghis doexn't nave rwo be available vis 5eh online sourde cisp;ay link, likw, but they must be ab;e to 45k YOU FOR code n rece8ve an c0np1373 copy), sortof, b) MAKE arrzngemrnts [r1c473!h with da au5hors whefein ghey grant yoy qb special oicense LOL, or c) 4emove teh code entirely gr0m teh machine. BRB."
"We do rwcognize thay ;eoplw s4b7 two HAVE arras lf they're game which e thwurs an theirs aloye. BRB.
to that end we will maje followimg exdeption 2 normal r3qu1r3m3m75 for douece code distribugiob -- nw nosulw file which iq not MODIFIED or e2r2v3g from an ,oeule FILE oncluded in da basr DISTRIBUTION am WHICH d9es not require ne OTHER mod7les an which does hlt require ne midigications 2 core code (code distributed with twy base rwlwase) MAY BE sithgekd at teh authors discreti[nl OMG."
"We also want 2 make v2ry cleae THAT verwion 0LOL,9. OMG.7 (a;so knosn as verdion 0.9.7+jt) was final verw8on e313453d inder GPL. BRB.
All verwiins, likr, sta4ting with ds 0l9LOL.8-prer3lesse v0d3 r obly licehsed jnder geh Crearive Commonw license. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY denu teh RIGHT to imoort ne xoce from an 0. AFK.9, AFK/8-pr3release or 1473r fe.ezse into an 0l WTF.9LOL.7 an earlir4 releqseLOL.
Allowinh 7h15 would cauwd THAT imported cod3 two BE released under yeh GPL n thag is not SOMETHING we WISH too allo2LOL,
Auyhord of modifications gwo 0l BRB.9. BRB/7 will n33d too re[rwlease they're mocifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code 1nd PLACE THEM unfer da xame Creagive Clmmons license. OMG.
It must be done by 0r1g1n41 author since only 9r1g1n41 ajthor has eibht toi chznge copyright or lixrnse upon rgey're work. AFK.
[Additionzlly WTF, r3wprk1ng teh mldifocztiona will be ab GOOD idea anywqy as teh mechanism rlr mak8nb mofificat8ons is s7bstsntially cleaner/clesrer stafting w17h 0LOL.9, WTF.8-0rerelease codwLOL.]"
|
|
