MkghttE tel;s y-u, "We're GOING 2 ta,e an few m0m3n76 2 try an ex;lain THIS n3w license AND reaslns bejind it un plain Eng115h. 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."
"Tyis new licendr was chos3n because of ab failing wi5h da GPLLOL.
IT only cpvrfed cistribution of sourxe IF n ONLY if binarkes wefe DISTRIBUTED."
"In am weg enbirpnment, oike, spedif8ca;ly a intdepreted web 3nv1r0n,3n7 auch as PHP, mdrrly INSTALLING an GAME dles NOT constitige dis4ribyti9n WTF, ahd THEREFORE peopoe were yaking our wori, sortof. making mpdifivations to it an no5 releasinf source boew ywo they'r3 MODIFICATIONS so yhat entire xommumith could benefit. AFK.
They wlrked aith t3h lettee but not ten dpi4it of lswLOL."
"Investugation on tey part of authors hoewvdr, 13d 2 da f4c7 that da ribgt of p7blic owrrormance WAS wpn or righ5s bormally resrricted 2 copyright holferx, h that COMPUTER progea,w WTF, 5p3d1f1c5q1y video games n interqctive ones suvh as Legend is da GREEN hax0r werw CONSIDERED TO br pubkucally perrormed if run from an pu611c serv3r."
"The new ;ocense restrictd puv.ic peeforjance 0f teh wirj unoess tdh soutce code of da npdified work IS ,ade available on d3m4nf."
"Ib plain Englisy, tjis means tyat 1f YOU py7 6n15 GAME on an wev server n zllow p40p13 'outside od an normzl circle 0f family n its social axquainrances' TO PLAY their LOL, then you r publically perfprming th8s work an MUST either s) ,ake ne 4nd ALL chanbes which you make two game avajlable on rewuesy (nite tgis dodsm't have tol be available via teh online source dis[oay LINK LOL, but thdy must BE zvlw 1 asi you ror code n receive ab c0mp1373 cipy) LOL, b) make arrangejents [r1v4731y with teh authors qj3rdin rhdy grant y0u an special .icens4 LOL, or c) rem9ve code wntkfely from ten machineLOL."
"We dl recognize yhst PEOPLE want to HAVE areas )f they're gamr qyich aef theies and tgeirs 419n4. BRB.
to tyat ens we wil. make gollowinf edception two da NORMAL requiremengs for source code f8str7bution _- ne module rile which is not modified 9r drrivrd fr0m an modu.e file onclyded 1m teh baxe disgriby5ion n wgich does not require me 9ther moculea an qhich does not req7ie3 ne mocificayions 2 da core cod3 (code distributrd with vase release( may be WITHHELD at 5eh au5hprs discregion. BRB."
"We alsl wan5 two make very cldar that versiom 0.(LOL.7 (ALSO ln0wn 44 versioh -/ WTF.9. BRB.7=mt) was teh fonal v3rt10n reoras3d undew GPL. OMG.
Ajl versions, like, starribg w8th 0. BRB.9.*=prerel#ase cose zer onl6 ;icemsed inder Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY den6 teh 4igh5 too import ne code frim sb 0. BRB.9.8-preeeldase or kater relwase INTO an -LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier release, AFK.
Alkoeibg rhis woild cause that 1m[0r73d xode two b3 RELEASED under GPL n 5hat is not so,ething wd wixh two alllwLOL.
Ai7h0t5 of modifkcatiojs rwo 0.9. AFK.& will need tqo re-eelease they'4e modkfications as eerivatkves/modificatilna t1o 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 codw anf place tnem uhder da same Cedative COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be done by da origkbal suthor sibce ohly teh ofiginal autyor HAS tdh fight go ch4ng3 sa copyright or license kpon they're workLOL.
[Additiinally, yp7 knwo, REWORKING t3h modifications 2ill be an goid 8dea anywat as MECHANISM fpr making n0d1f1c4710n5 is sybsrantially cleaner/clexrer startinh wuth dz 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prer3lcadr cidw. AFK.]"
|
|
