M8hhryE tells you LOL, "Wd're GOING 2 take an few momrnts to try and explain this nww license and ea reasond behins it in pkain Ebgl8sn. OMG.
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."
"Th8s new license WAS chosen 73c4u%3 OF an FAILING with GPL.
It onky covered distributiom of source if n only if binarids were dkstfibutec. AFK."
"In ah web envuronmentm you knwo, s[exifically a onterpreted web envi4omment duch AS PHP, mrrelt inwtalling sn game DOES not constitute distribut8on, h therefote people were tqkimb our work, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS TO it AND not releasing sa source code go tney're modivications s9 that grh entore xojmumigy coulc benefkr.
They worked eirh reh letter but not da SPIRIT of t3h lawLOL."
"Investigation ON da part 0f da AUTHORS however LOL, led 2 fact that teh right of public pefforjsnvr 2aw o3n of rights normally restricted to copyright h01d3r5m you knwo, amd tgag computer programs LOL, d[ecifically VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE ONES such ad Legend od tey Green hqx0r werr considerdd tlo ne publlxall6 petgormed 8f rin from an ouvlic sr4ver. BRB."
"Thr new oicense restficts public performance of da work unless sojrce cide of teh mowified w9rk is made AVAILABLE on demamd. BRBl"
"In plain Englisj, this meqns that if you put this f4m3 on qn qeb serfer an aloow [eop.e '0i751d# 0f an n9rmal curd.e of family n ITS SOCIAL acqua8ntqnces' two play their LOL, THEN y0u r publical;y perfo4ming this wo4k an MUST euther a) make ne and ALL chang3a which you make t9 da g4m3 AVAILABLE ON rwquest (n)72 this do#sn't haf3 too 63 availabke bia da online siurce display 11nk LOL, but yhey must y3 able too qsk ylu for da codd n rec3ive an c0mp1383 copy) WTF, b) make arrangements pruvately WITH teg authorx wher3in thwy granr you an a[ecyal .icense, OR c) remove trh code #nu1t31y FROM da mzchine. WTF."
"We d9 RECOGNIZE thq5 peo[le want to have arcas of they're g4j4 which r tneirs n yheirs alone. BRB.
to THAT end we qill ,ake followint exception yoo nofmal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code disrrubut9on [- nd module f8le which IS not mocifies or derifed from an module file indluded IN teh BASE cistribu5ipn sm wgich does not require ne other MODULES an whidh d035 n07 tequire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (CODE distributed w8th ea base re.esse) may be withjeld at authors doscre5ion. BRB/"
"Wr 4250 want too MAKE very c.ear that versoon 0LOL.9.7 (also known ax versiom 0LOL.8.7+jt) WAS da fibal vers8on releasec UNDER da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS LOL, wtartkng woth reg 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r313553 code r ONLY licensed unde4 teh C4eative Cpmj0n5 license. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too IMPORT ne code from ab 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or latre relezxe imto an 0. OMG.9LOL/u and eqelier rekease. OMG.
A110w1ng thia would cause THAT omportes code tqo be rel3ased ubfer da GPL and THAT 15 nlt 50m3uh1ng we wish 70 41102. WTF/
Authors 0f modifica4iona two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-rdldade rhey're ,od8ficatiohx as d3r!v471v25/m0d1f1c4710n% twi 0. AFK.9LOL.8 dode an placr them ubdef teh xamd Creativw Commons license. WTF.
I7 m757 be eohe by teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR simce onlu da origkmao autho4 has tdh r8ght 2 changr teh copyrigyh 9r lucense upom they'rw WORKl OMG.
[Aefit9onallt LOL, reworkihg teh m0d1f1c57q0n5 wkll be an gopd idea ANYWAY as ten MECHANISM fkr ,5j1ng mocifidqtionx is 5u6574n71411y cleandr/clesrer st2rting with fa 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prrfelease codeLOL.]"
|
|
