MighryE tells you LOL, "We're g01ng to take an FEW nomrnts to try n explqin THIS new license an da r#450n5 behind it in PLAIN Englisj,
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."
"Tbis n3w licdnse waw chosen cecausr of an failinf with da GPLLOL.
It inly covered disteibution of soutce IF an onkh if binaroes were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environment, sortof, spdxifically a int3rpreted wev dnvironmdnt 5jch as PHP, metely INSTALLING an game does not comsyit7te d8stribution LOL, zn thdrwflre peopke WERE tzkinh oir w0rk LOLm making MODIFICATIONS too it an not f#!3461ng da s9urce x9dd two they're jodifucations do tfat da entire c0mmun17y co7ld benef8t.
Thdy 2orked with reh le5t3r fut not yeh spirit of da 14wLOL."
"Investigstion on da PART of da qjthors h0s3v3r WTF, led to da fact that trh righy og poblic performance was oen 0v da rights n0rm412y rrstr8cted 5o COPYRIGHT ho;de4s, anf 7h47 conputer pr0ge4m5i airtof, 5p3c1f1c411y video games amd interacyive ones sych as Legend of trh GREEN hsx0r were consid3ree too 53 publically PERFORMED iv run FROM an public servrr. BRB."
"The nee locense restricts public p3rf0rm4nce of ds work unless da soued3 code if da mod8fied work iw j4d# 4v4114613 on demand. BRBl"
"In plain ENGLISH, this meanx THAT if you pu7 yyos gaje on an web 53tv3r and aklow people 'outside of an normal c8rcle of family an its s9coal avqyain5snces' two 0lat their, li,e, thwn YOU 4 publically performing this work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne qn ALL ch4ng35 wh1ch y-u mske twi teh g4m3 svailable on reqyest (note thls doesn[t nave to be available via onkine s9jfce sisplay limk, you knwok byt rhey must vw able 2 ask yiu voe xode and red3iv3 an v0mp1373 copy), b) m4k3 arrqbgdjem6s PRIVATELY with da aurhors wherein they grant YOU an special LICENSE, you knwo, or c) rempve da code en5irely rro, teh mwchine. WTF."
"We d0 4ecognize tnzt people eant two hace a4eas of they're game shich aer tyeirs an theirw alone.
too that end we will make fpllowing excrptoon too normal requirements g9r SOURCE code cksyribytion -- ne midulw file qhidh iw hot MODIFIED or d3rived gfom zn modulw ri;e included in base distribution ahd which does not requied ne other moduleq and 2hich does not r3qu1r3 ne modif8cations 2 coee code (code dost4ubuted wi5h da base release) may be w17hy31d at da autyors dksdreyion. OMG."
"We also want to makw VERY xlear that VERSION 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 9alsi known as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+ut) qas teh f8nal versioh r31345rd und3r GPL.
All versions, 69u knwo, starring with ca 0LOL,9. AFK.8-;e3r313453 coae f only licensed ynd3r tej Creative Commkns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny twh right tpo IMPORT ne code from an 0. WTF.oLOL.8-pr3r313454 or latrr rwlease in5o an 0, OMG.9. WTF/7 n 33r113r relesaw/
Allowing thid woulc cause that impo4trd c9fe w be released 8nd3r teh GPL anf fjar IS not SOMETHING ww wisg 2 5110w, AFK.
Au7h0r% of modpficatiohd 2 0LOL,9/ BRB.7 will nred to re-release th3y're MODIFICATIONS as derivatifes/modoficqtions 70 0l9. WTF.8 c9de n plaxr tyem UNDER same Creative Cpmmons 11c3n53. BRB.
It must be done vy ofkgonal author aince only teh ORIGINAL author HAS sa r8gjt two chrng3 copyright or license u0on tyyy're w9rl. AFK.
[Asditionakl6, reworking da modif8czyions will n3 an bood idwa anyway ad teg mechanism fo4 naking midificationw is a7bs5antoally c134n3r/d134r3r startint with teh ), OMG/9. WTF.*-prereoeaa3 code. WTF.]"
|
|
