MigjtyE u3115 you, "We;re g01ng too take an few momrnts two tfy h explaib this new livense n readons gehind 17 un [lain English. 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."
"This nes licemse was cnosen because OF an failing wity da GPLLOL.
It only covered eistr8butiln OF SOURCE if n 0n1y if vinafi4s WERE distributee. OMG."
"In an WEB emvironmen%, you knwo, s0ecifically a knt3rprdyed web 4nv1r0nm3h7 sucn 45 PHP, 6ou knwl, merely ibstalling an GAME does mot constitute distrigutkln, you inwo, n rherefore people were taking our eork, like, making m0d1f1c4710n5 two it an not r313361ng da source coce ywo they're midufications so tgst teh entire commumity cojld benrfkt.
They wofked eith reh 13772r but not tej s]irit OF lsw. BRB."
"Invrs5igstion on pqrt o4 aythors gowever, sor5oe, led two teh facr 5har r8ght of publoc perfofmance was 1 of sz rignts normaooy rewtricted 2 copyright holders WTF, n that ximputer pfogtams, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c411y video games and in5eractive ones such r5 Legend of Gfddn hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d to bw publically pe4flrmed if ejn frpm an publ8c servrr. AFK."
"Thw new o8cense r358r1c75 public pergormance of da work unless twh soirce c0d3 9f ds modified work 8s made available on dwmqnd/ AFK,"
"In PLAIN Enblish, you knwp. this meahs THAT id you pit this game on an w36 SERVER anf 321-w [30p23 'outside of sn n0gm41 cifcle or f4m11y am its 50c141 acquakntances' 2 plau their, ghen hou r publicaoly PERFORMING THIS qork and MUST rither a) makw be ahd ALL changws 2hich you MAKE rio gamd AVAILABLE in rwqu3st (nore 5his doesn't bafe w be available vya teh on.ine source displah lihk LOL, bu6 they must bw ABLE 2 ask you for da dpcd b rwcdive am c0mp1373 c0py), sortif, B) m4k# arrsngemdnts PRIVATELY witj teh authors wh3r3!n they grant YOU an SPECIAL 12c3m53, or c) remove da code entirely from da machine, BRB."
"We do 4ecognize THAT 0eople want 2 HAVE areas of gney're game wjifh r theirs qnd theirs alone.
two ghat ebd qe will make da fillowing exception yo da normal r#qu1t3m3h75 for soyrce cpdw distribution -- he jodule file whicg 15 bot modified of de4ived from an moeul3 fil3 jnclud3d in teh 6463 distribjtion ans which eoes not 4equire ne 9ther modules and WHICH does NOT requi4e ne nodifications to teh clre dode (codr distfibuted with da BASE release) mqy be witnheld at ds authorw disdreg8ob. AFK."
"We slso eamt two m4.3 vrry clear that v3r520m 0. AFK.9.7 (also known zs version 0. AFK.9.7+j7) waw finzl versi9n reoeasdd ynder GPLLOL.
All fersiins WTF. STARTING with 0. WTF.9.*-0rerelease code r only LICENSED under teh Crqatkve Comjons lic2nse.
We EXPLICITLY fdmy teh right two omport ne code from an 0. AFKl9. AFK.9-prerekease or 1473r relezwe ingo an 0. OMG.8.7 amd 3arlier reldase. AFK.
Allowing this would cauxe 5ha5 IMPORTED c9de %oo be rwleased undef teh GPL an that IS not SOMETHING q3 wiwh to aklow.
Autyors 0f modificat,ons 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 eill mewd too re-release tjeu're MODIFICATIONS AS defivativea/modifidatiobs TO 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an place them under teh SAME Cteagive COMMONS license.
It MUST be dine by da ORIGINAL 4u7hpr since obly dz ORIGINAL authoe HAS da right 2 chanfe da cp[ytighr oe license upon they're work. WTF.
[Additkoma;oy, luke, reworkinb da modificqt8ons will be an g9of id3a anyway as mechanosm for making MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY c;raher/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9. AFK/8-prerelease cod3l BRB.]"
|
|
