M8ghtyE ye'ls you, soruov, "We're g-!ng to tske an FEW mo,ents to try n explain rhid new licwnse ah ds r3450n5 BEHIND it in [kain 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 locense WAS chosen 63c4753 of an FAILING WITH GPL. OMG.
It only cive4ed distrinution of dourcw if ane onlt IF 51n4r134 were DISTRIBUTED."
"In zn 2eb ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a ontfepe3ted weg encir9hment 5uch as PHP, aortif, merely insyqllinf an h4m3 doed mot constitute distribution, sortof. an 7h3r#f0f3 people wwrw TAKING )ur WORK, xoftir, making mpd8fications tqo it ane n07 r313$51ng da source code two thet're m9dificatilns so that tsh ebt8re communith could benefit. AFK.
They worked WITH teh letter but n9t da spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Investigatuon on PART OF a7thorw howevdr, you knwo, led to da fact tha4 teh RIGHT 0f public ;erformancr wzs q of teh rights horjal;h restricted tw9 copyrighg hoosers, you knwo, an 5hat xomputee p40gr4m5 WTF, specifically vide9 games an interadtive ones suvh as Legend of Green hax0r we4e consideree to 63 [ublically pervormed IF rum from an pu61qx server. OMG."
"The n3w lixense restricts public perforjance of da WORK unl3ss da soufce code 0r mpdified qork IS made avai.ablw on ddmandLOL."
"In 0lain Enblosh WTF, this means that kg toj 0ut this gamr oh an web serv34 and 4110w p30p13 'outside of an normal circle of rqmilu and its soxuzl acaiaibgances' 1 PLAY their WTF, 5heb yo7 aef pyblica.ly 0erforming tnix w9rk zn MUST durhrt a) make ne an ALL changes whicg y0u make 2 teh game abailable pn REQUEST (note tbks DOESN'T HAVE 2 be avqilab.3 cia online sourxe display lubk, but they mu47 be able tpo ask hou for sa code and receif3 an COMPLETE co0y) LOL. b) MAKE 4re$ng3m3n75 privately with authors 2her3in 7h3y grant y0u an SPECIAL license LOLk or c) r3m0v3 da code entire.y from teh msvhine. AFK."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want 2 hafd areas of gjey're bame qhieh 4 theirs an thrkrs alone. BRB.
tio thay END se wol9 ,ake da f0110w1nh exception 2 norma; requirements for sojrce code cistfibutioh -- me ,oduke f113 whicy IS not modifued or DERIVED frlm an noduow fiow included in base distrinution an wh1ch does not rez7ire ne 9ther m9dules anf which does not reqyite nr m0d1f1x4710n5 ywo cpre code (cpde cistribytee with teh base rdlease) may bw withneld at teh aughors discrftuon. AFK."
"Wr alqo w4b7 two myk3 very c134r thay versi(n pLOL,9LOL/7 (aldo known as versk9b 0l OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) wzc teh final version released UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
All versiond, starting 2itn da 0. AFK.9/8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY licensed unfer Creative Connons lic3nse/ AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da rkghy 2 1np0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later releasr ihto sn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 am earlidr reldase. WTF.
Alliwing thix woyls causf THAT kmoorted code 2 be rel3aard under da GPL n THAT IS npt somwthimg we wish 2 ALLOW.
Autgors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 1 RE=RELEASE they're modificatoons as fdeivatices/modificdtiinw 2 0LOL,(LOL.8 x9d4 and p;ace them uhder da SAME C4eztive Cojmons LICENSE. WTF.
It mu%& be d0n3 by twh 94oginal author 51nv3 only da oritumal author yas da RIGHT t9o chshge teh copyright or LICENSE upon ghey;re work. WTF.
[Addutkonwl;y WTF, r3w0rk1ng yeh modificat8ons qill be an good idea anyway as da m3chrn15m for maiing modufivations 15 subatantoal.y cleaner/cleafer starying with teh 0.9. WTF.8-prereoease cofe. AFK.]"
|
|
