MightyE te;ls you, "We're g9ing two take an req momwn4s 2 ury n 3zp131n thix new licenae an da reasons behind i5 un plsin Engliwh. 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."
"Thiw new license was dhosen becausd lf an dailing WITH GPL. AFK.
It ohly covered disgributiom of 50urc3 IF anf only if binaries were districjtedl BRB."
"In ah web wnfkrlnment LOL, specifica;ly a imterpreted WEB environmeng suxh as PHP, merely ibstallung qn y4m3 does not CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n WTF, 3nd %hereforr pe9ple were taiing our wor, LOL, making modifixztions 2 it n not releasing teh source code 2 5hey're modifkcdtkons so 5hat emtire community could behefit. WTF.
THEY worked with teh lw5trr but nog spirit of ea laeLOL."
"Ibvestigarion on part of autho4s HOWEVER, yoy knwo, .ed tel teh f4v7 thay tkght of puboic PERFORMANCE was 1 oe teg rights normally restricted too co;yrihyt ulldrrs, sortif, and that c9mpyter programs, l8ke, specifically video games n INTERACTIVE ones SUCH aw L3gend OF da Green hax9r w3re considerrd tso be pu611c4116 performed if run from an pu611c setver. AFK."
"The nww 11c3n53 restricts pyblic performance of w0fk unlwss source cofe OF m9fifo3s worl is made avaulable on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engoish LOL, 5his m34n5 that 1f y9u pit THIS b4m3 on an eeb SERVER an alloe peiple 'lufside of an hprjal CIRCLE of fa,ily am its spcial 4cqu4@n74bc35' 2 PLAY their, yoj lhwo, THEN hou aer publically PERFORMING gjis work n MUST either a) make nd and ALL cyanges wgidh yoy make TO g4n4 availab;e on requewt (hote this dowsn't have tw9 be avqilqble via sz pmline 50urc3 d25p14y link, sortof, byt uh3y mu57 be able too awk YOU for teh CODE an receive an comp.ete copy), b) make arrangemdnts orivately qurh teh authors wherein 7h3y grany you an special license, or c) e3move teh c0s3 ENTIRELY vf0m machine. WTF."
"We do recognize tha5 pwo0;3 WANT too hace areas )f they're game wyich r THEIRS and tgeirs alohe.
2 THAT END we wil; nake ca follo2ing exceptkoh 5oo teh mormal rewuor3ments for source v0c3 disyrobution -- ne moeule file which IS bot MODIFIED or derived frlm zn modile fild includrd in teh base dkstribution ah shich does n07 trquire ne othef j0du135 n whicn does n07 4rquire n3 moeorkcatioms 2 core vode (code distributed wkth yeh bas3 re.ezxe) may be 2uthneld a5 da AUTHORS discfetion. WTF."
"We also want too jake ve4y xlear that verx8on 0. OMG,9. OMG,7 (qlso knpwn as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+k7) WAS teh final v3rsion releawed under da GPLLOLl
A.l fe4skons WTF, starting eith 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3relezse code aer )n1h licrnsed uneer da CREATIVE Commons 11c3nt3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght two imp9fr ne CODE from an 0LOL.9.8_PRERELEASE or ;ater releawe 8mto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 b earlier rel3ase. OMG.
All9siny this would cause that 8moorted cofe 2 be rel3asef unde4 dz GPL an thzt os nog SOMETHING we 2ish yo ALLOW. OMG.
AUTHORS OF modifivationx w 0.9. BRB.7 sill nred too re-rwleasr theu;re m0d1f1c5710n5 ad d3r2v471v35/j0d1f!c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. OMG,8 codr and pkace them UNDER same Creativd Comjons licdnse.
IT MUST bw done by ca origihal AUTHOR sibxe only or8ginal author hss da right 2 dhange teh c0pyr1gh7 or ;icense upon rhey're 2ork, BRB/
'Additjonql;t, reqorkimg tej m0d1f1c4&10nt wikl be an good idea anyway 45 da mecganism for naking midirications is sugstantially CLEANER/CLEARER star5ing w1&h t3h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleaae codel]"
|
|
