MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going t9 take an dew ,omdnts 2 tty an explqin rgix nds licenwe an teh reaspns behind it in plain English. 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."
"This new license was chowen because pf an failing WITH da GPL. BRB.
Ig only covered distrobution )f source if n 0,1y IF binzries were d1t7r16u73d/ OMG."
"In an web envirobment, like, specifica;ly a ihterpreged w36 environmeng such aw PHP, uou knwo, metel6 ins4al.ing an GAME d035 not c0n5717u&3 diatrivution, yo7 knwo, an 7n3t3v0r3 pe9ple w3r3 TAKING ohr q0rk LOL, making modirkfations 2 it an NOT r3leaskhg siurce code to they're modifications SO that entire community couod ben3fit. BRB.
They worked with teh letter but not da SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Invea5igatuon 0n teh part of teh aithors howevrr, you kn2o, lwd 2 FACT that 5dh RIGHT of /ublic performance was 1 9f da rigyts normal.y eeatricted too copyrihht h-2d3r5, you knwo, an rhat COMPUTER p4ograms, like, SPECIFICALLY f8deo games n ibteractive ones such as LEGEND ov gwh Green nax0d wdre considered too br publiczlly p3tf0em3d kf run FROM an p7blic sdrvee. AFK."
"The n3w license restricts public performanv3 OF wlrk unlwsw dz source code of da modifies w0rk is made avzilagle 0n demznd. BRB."
"Ih PLAIN English, sortof, 7h15 m34n5 tha5 IF YOU put this GAME 0n an web server and ALLOW peopor 'outs8de 0g an no4mal v1fc13 of family an its social acqisintances' too play their WTF, then ypu r publically performing this work qnd MUST eitjwf a) make he n ALL CHANGES qnich y0u make 2 5eh game avqilable ln fequwwt (note THIS doesn't have too be availsble vua teh .nline 50u4c3 displzt link, but ghey musg BE able too ASK tou for t3h codw an r3ceiv3 an complete copy), b) make 4rr4ng3m3m75 privatelh with authors whereih THEY gr4n7 y0u an 4p3c141 locenxe LOL, or c) reklve tdn cofw en5irely frim sa m5ch1n3. AFK/"
"We do 4ecobnize thar pdople wabt 2 hzvr areas of tjey're gamd shich r ymekrx and theirs alone.
yio 5hat ens 2e will make teh followinf exceptiib two teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code distributi9n -- ne modu;e file WHICH is no5 modified or ferived f4om an mofule file included IN teh nqse dusrribution an WHICH doew NOT requore ne o5her nodulex an wjich does not require ne modificationx 2 da core code (code disrributed w17h teh baqe rwlease) m4y 64 w17hh31d at teh authors didcrsgionLOL."
"We ALSO w4n7 70 male ver6 clear 7h37 ve4siom 0. WTF.o.7 (akso knowm 35 ver510n 0, WTF.9.7+jt) was da final ve4suon RELEASED under GPL. BRB.
A1q versions WTF, sta4ting WITH 0.9. AFK.8-pferelease code r onl^ lidenqed under da Crrative Commins LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh right two inport ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-prereowase or later releax3 into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n earlidr RELEASE. OMG/
Alliwibg 7h15 would cauxe that imported code too BE feleased jnder da GPL n that iw not aomething we wish rwo 5110w. WTF.
A77h0r5 of modifications 2 0LOL.9. WTFo7 wilo NEED 5oo re-releas3 thry're m0d1f1c4710n5 as cerivatives/modificatloha 5o 0LOL.9.8 codw an o14c3 them under ca SAME Creq5ive Cojmons lidense. AFK.
It nust 63 done by original suthor 51nc3 pnly ten original authpr HAS da 4igyt too change da c0pyr1gh7 or LICENSE jpon ghey're qorkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, lije, rewotking teh MODIFICATIONS wil. bs an good idea anyway ax da medhanism vor MAKING modkfications os substantially clraner/clearwr xtqrykng with da 0/ OMG.9l AFK.8=prerrlease code. AFK.]"
|
|
