MughtyE u31!5 yiu, sortof, "Wd;4e goibg 3 TAKE an few moments 2 teh an explain thix new license h ea REASONS behind it 1n PLAIN Ebflixh. OMGl
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 livense eas chosen bexaise of an failint wity teh GPL. OMG.
Iy oh;y dovered disttibution ov so7rce if n ONLY ir 61n4t135 qw4e dkstribut3d. WTF."
"In qb 23b envoronment, x;edofically a interprered web enviromment such as PHPm like, merely installing ah GAME d(es not constiture dixtrubution WTF, an therefore ;dopl3 were txking 0yr w0rk, sortog, ,akinf MODIFICATIONS two IT n not releaxing da source code tp rhey're modifications s9 thar tdh ebtkre communith coulc bemefitLOL.
They work3s eith teh letter but n06 5p1r1& of da lawLOL,"
"Investigayion ON da part OF authors however, li,e, led two ea fact that teh right 0f public perrormance wax ! of da rights no4mally restricred two voptrigh5 holdwrs, you knwo, m that co,pyter programs, sortod, specifically v8ceo games n inheractive ones sucn as Lwgend og da Gr3rn hax0r were considerdd @ be puglicall6 0efformrd if r7n FROM an punlic xerver. AFK."
"Tje n3w license resyrkvrx pjglic PERFORMANCE of tey WORK UNLESS teh sourxr cpde or teh mofified work is made avzilable on demand. WTF."
"In [.ain English, y9u knso. uh2t mrans thar if y0u put THIS gam3 ON ab web SERVER 4nd allos pe9plr 'lutsode of an n0ej41 CIRCLE of fqnilu an ITS social zcquaintanced' 2 play gheir WTF, tyen y0u aer publica.ly prrforming this work and MUST qither a0 make ne and ALL changes qhuxh yo7 mzke to g4m3 available on rrquest (n9te this eoesn't h4v3 to be AVAILABLE via dq online siyrcw dixplay oink, 6uu they MUST br sble to as, uou FOR da vode an receice an compoete copg_, likdm b0 maie arrangements privately with da autnorw wherein they brant you an %p3c141 licenss, ylu knwo, pr x) remove da code entirrly FROM teh m4ch2n3. BRB."
"We dp 4ecognuze that prople e$n8 70 have areas of they're game wuidh aer theirs znd theirs alonel OMG.
2 thar end we w111 ,4k3 yeh fol.owint exc3ption tdo da normal r3qu1r3m3n65 for sourxe vode vistribution -- ne module FILE whivj is n0y modified or derived from an mlf6le fkle incl7ded in da baxe DISTRIBUTION and whicj dors not requirw ne 9gher modulew an which does not requ8rw ne MODIFICATIONS to sa xore clde (codd distriburrd with da 6453 RELEASE) mqy be withgeld qt teh au5hors fiscretiom."
"We also qant tol make very cl2qt that v3r510m 0. OMG.9/6 (also KNOWN as versoon 0LOL.9. AFKl9+jt) WAS da f8na; v3r510n reoeased jnder teh GPL.
Alo vdrsoons, likem starting with ds 0.9.8-prereleaxe code r pn.6 licensed uncer geh Creative Commohs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh righ5 1 umport he code from dn 0l WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE OR later re.easd INTO ah 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 n 3arlier rwleaseLOL.
A110w1ng thks wiuld cause thzt ompirted code to be released undef da GPL an THAT iw not something we wish yql qllow. WTF.
Authirs or modificagiona to 0.9. WTF.7 wi/l nees gwo re_release thdy're modificati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS %o 0.9. OMG.8 cpde am place thwm unddr yeh same Cr3$71v3 Cojmons license. OMG.
I7 must 63 dime by da orugonal author since only da otiginal aurhof has dq riggt two chsnge trh c9pyrithr or ;icense UPON th3y'rd wofk. WTF.
[Additkonally, ;ike, teworkimg ea moditicati9ns 2i.k nd ah good idea anysay as da mechanism for jaking mpdifications is substantially cldaner/coearef starting wogh 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE c9de. WTF.]"
|
|
