MightyE tells you, dpr5of, "We're t01ng @ take an rd2 momenys 2 try n 3xp141n this new licenae ame teh reasons BEHIND it ih ;lain 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 new .jcense was CHOSEN becausw od an failing 2ith t3h GPL. AFK.
It only covered distfiburiom of soutce if h inly if binaridd wer3 dixtributee. AFK."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm#n7 WTF, epdcificalky a 8nterpreted seb 3nv1t-bm3n7 such as PHP, likem ,erely instal;8ng an game does not constiyyte distribyrion LOL, and ther3f9re [eople were taking our 20ek, making modofica5ions to it n no5 releasing 5eh 50urc3 coee to they're m0d1f1c47q0n5 sp yyat tey emtire communiry could bdn3fitLOL.
They w0rk3d with lwtter but not teh xpi4it of teh 14w. AFK."
"Investigation on part of 4u8h0r5 nowever LOL, .ee to teh dact that fight of phblic PERFORMANCE eas won OF rights nprjally rwstrictre 70 coputuggt holders. dortof, n thst domputer prohrams WTF, 2pecifically vidro games n interactife om3s such as LEGEND of teh Green yax0r WERE considered 2 be puvlica..y perfoemed if run from an pubkic server."
"The new lixebse rrstrixts public perforuancr pf teh work unless source cpde or nodifiwd work iw made avaioable on DEMAND. OMG."
"In 0oain English LOL, thos means 7h47 kf you put this gams on ab web server n al;ow peop;e 'outsidd .f an nir,al xircle 9g family an itw sodiak avquzintances' to play th@8r, then YOU awr puglkcw;ly performing this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjanges which you MAKE two game availsble on request (NOTE this soexn't HAVE too be avzilable via da 9n11n3 soirce display link LOL. BUT tgey .u57 be 46!2 twp 45k tou FOR da code qn receive an compleye copy), b) MAKE arrangejents ;rivatepy with teh aythprs wherein they gtany you an SPECIAL licensek sortof, 0r d) remove c0d3 3mtirwly ffom machimeLOL,"
"We do r3c0gm1z3 that ;30p13 want to gave AREAS OF they're gane WHICH r theira anc theifs qlone,
2 that end ee w111 MAKE FOLLOWING exception go dz hormal e6quirwmengs fo4 sojrce vode dis6ribut8on -- ne mofule gile wh1ch IS not mod8fied or derived from an module file included IN bzse distrubition an which does nog REQUIRE n3 07h3e j9fuors and which doex not rwquire ne modificati9js 2 teh c0r3 clde (CODE DISTRIBUTED with da base releaxe) may BE wirhyeld a5 477h)r5 coscreti9n. WTF."
"We also wsnt to maow v3ry c.ea4 thar version -. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known AS VERSION 0. BRB.9l OMG.7+jt) was fimal v3f510n rel3ased undrr GPLLOL.
ALL versions, li,e, stae5inv with 0. BRB.9.8-prrrwleawe code zer onlu licebsed 7nder Creatkve C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight too impo4t ne CODE rrim an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease or 14734 release int9 an ). WTF.o.7 amd earlief RELEASELOL.
Allowing this qojle CAUSE thag imported cpde 2 BE 4eleasee under GPL and that ic not 50m3uh1ng we wish 2 alli2. WTF.
Authors of ,odificatoons too 0LOL.9.7 w8ll need tp9 re-r3oeasw thry[re moeifications as ferivayives/,odifications too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cide and PLACE them unfwr sa xame CREATIVE Comnons licehse. OMG.
IT mush be done by trj 0t1g1n41 autgor since 0n1y teh kr8ginal author h4% da right 3 ch$ng3 twh copyroght 9r licenwe upob they're WORK. BRB.
[Addi5ionally, sortof, reworking ,odifications will BE zn bood idea anyway as m3chanidm ror majing m9dificqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134r3r staetkng with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-p4erelease code. BRB.]"
|
|
