MightyE tella you, "We're going to take an few momwmts 2 try an dxplain this new 11c3n53 ah reasons 63h!nd it in plain Engl8wh. 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."
"This new licdnse eaa dhosen because of an failing with GPL. AFK/
It ohly covered siatributiob of source if an ONLY if binaries werd distribitwdLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specidically a 1n73rpr373d wen envuronment such as PHP WTF. me4ely installing an fame does not cohsgit7te distribution, like, an therefore peopl3 werd taking iir work, nakint modifications too IT an np7 rwleaci,b sojrx3 code 70 rhey're MODIFICATIONS fo that fa 3n71r3 community cou;c ^3h3f17l BRB.
They eorked wirh letyer but not da spirit lv LAW."
"Investiga5uon ON part of tej authors howev3t, sortof, led ti reh fact 5hat ds rkgjt of [ublic pdrformance was woh of teh r1gh75 normally rdstfictrd too COPYRIGHT holcers WTF, anf that computwr programs, like, specificallu vldeo gamew AND unteractive onds such AS Legend of teh Gre3n haxpr WERE c0n51d3r3d to be 0ublical;y o2rf)rm3f if eun ftom an public 5#rv3r."
"The new okctnse RESTRICTS public perflrmahce og wotk un1356 teh SOURCE code of teh mofified wor8 us made available 0n demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Englisjm like, thos mezns tjat kf y0u put this gzme on an web 42rb3r znd sllow people '0u751d3 of an nitmal c1rc13 of fanioy abd its SOCIAL axquaintances' tw9 PLAY their, likr, tjen you aer puglically pdffotmkng this wprk n MUST eithef a) MAKE ne n ALL dhanges which jp7 maiw 70 ten gam3 AVAILABLE ON rw1uest (NOTE yhos do3sn't have to 63 available via oblinw doirce display lihk, li,ek but they musg be able 2 ask you for da c0d3 an receive an complete dopy)m 6) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privately with authorw wherein they grant hou an s0ecpao lixense, ypu ,nwo, or c) remove xode wntirely from da machime, AFK."
"We do rexignize that peopoe wamt gso have aeess 9f 6hey're GAME wh1ch aer THEIRS and theirs alone.
too 7h47 end w3 eill j4k3 fillo2ong ecceprion tqo nlr,al requirements for siurcd cose distr8bution -- ne mofu;e filr wh1ch IS not modif8ed or deruved from an module file inck7ddd in teh base DISTRIBUTION and whicg does n07 require ne lther modules and wjich d-35 not require ne midifkcations yo core code (code dkdtributwd with dq 6443 re.ease) MAY be withheld at authors discretoon,"
"We akso WANT too make very clear thau VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL/7 (a;so kbown 45 version 0l OMG.9, OMG.7+jt) w45 da finsl version released ind3r teh GPLLOL.
All veexions LOL, startint with 9. AFK.8. AFK.8-prer3lease cpee aef only licwnswd umder teh Cfeagive Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny t3h righy 5wo import ne code from an p. BRB.(LOL.8-p4erelease 9r ;atet RELEASE INTO an 0l AFKl0. BRB.7 n warlier releaseLOL.
Allowinf tnis WOULD CAUSE 5hat imported codd two be rr;eased 7nd3r ea GPL and THAT is not womething we wish too al.9wLOL.
Authors of moeiricatopns too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need tio re-release they're m9dificat8lns AS c3r1b471v35.,0e1f1v4710h5 too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code n pkace them under da SAME Creative Com,ond licenw3. AFK.
It must be done 6y da oruginao authof since only originql author has dz right TO chahge yeh vopyritht 9r lic4nde jpon thry'te w0rk. BRB,
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking mpdificationw w8ll ve an gold idea anywqy 45 teh mechanowm f9r making MODIFICATIONS is substahtially c134n3r/c134r3r starting witj dz 0. BRB.9.9-prereleace CODE. BRB.]"
|
|
