M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We'fe going t9o ta,e an few mojents w 7rt an explai, this bew 11c3n53 an da eeadons ndhond ig in plain English. AFK/
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."
"Thia new license sas choweh 62c4u53 of an faiking WITH da GPL.
It only coberef distfivuyion 9d source of n onky ir binarirs WERE d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an wdb environjent LOL, soecif8cal;h a inuetpretef web environment sjch as PHP LOL, ,er3ly ibstalling an game DOES no5 constitute distrib7tion WTF, and therefore 0epple were taking our wo4j, making modificatlons to it and not r#13451nh geh ao7tc3 cps3 too they're modificarions su yhat entore communi5y couod benefuyLOL.
They w0rk2d with lettdf bu5 not da spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Invesgifation on teh p4r7 of agthors hpreverm slrt9f, led to fact thay right of public perr9rmqnc3 wax wom of teh 4ifhts normzlly r3dtrictwd t2o copyrkghr holderx WTF, and tjat computer programs WTFk 5p2c1f1c412y video games an INTERACTIVE ones such ad Leyend of Gr3en yaxpr were considered roo be pugloczlky pdrformed if rjn FROM an PUBLIC setver. AFK."
"The n3w licebse 4estruxta public ;efformance 9v teh WORK unless teh SOURCE d0d3 0f da MODIFIED wiri is mac3 available on demznd/ OMG."
"Im PLAIN Englishm sortof, this m34n5 that if you put thus game on an web SERVER amd allow peoplw 'oubside of an nirmal circoe od family an 18% social avauaintandes' 2 p14y their, like, tgen you r PUBLICALLY peff9rmibg this w0rk an MUST 417h3r a) make he n ALL changew wh1ch you MAKE too da gqne afailable on requewt (h073 this DOESN'T HAVE too 62 availab;e VIA da onlobd aource eisplat link LOL, but rhey must bw ABLE 2 ssj you for da code znd redeive an d9,plete COPY), b) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS provatel5 s1jh teh 4u7h0r5 whdrein they grant you qn sprcial license LOL, or c) rempfe c0d3 enti4ely drom teh madgine. AFK."
"We DO rdcognizw thq5 ;do0le want 2 have AREAS of they're game whicj adr theirs qn yhei5s aloneLOL.
t2o thst end WE will MAKE da fpllowimg exceotiom two nornal REQUIREMENTS gor source clde distrinution -- ne m0du13 FILE which 15 no5 midified or derifed from an module dile 1nc1ud3s in 6453 distribjtoon abd which does n09 rewuire ne other m0ejq35 an WHICH does not requ8re ne m9d8dicati9ns too da core CODE )code dustribured witn BASE 5eleas30 may ve withyeld ay authors discretion. OMG."
"Wr qkso wqmt ro make VERY clwar thqt vers8on 0. AFK.9. BRB.* (ALSO known ax vrraion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS da final bersion RELEASED unfer teh GPL. WTF.
All versiond WTF, startibg qith geh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prer3lezse c0f4 r only l8cens3d under teh Creativw Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy eight two import nw cide from sn 0LOL,9. AFK.8-prwrelease ot later release 1n70 an 0. AFK.9LOL/7 4nd earli3t reoease. BRB.
Al;owkng 5his would ca7se THAT impoet3d coce too be released undef GPL n that is not sometjong w4 w15h too ALLOW.
Auyhors of modificati9ns two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 WILL need to re-release they're m0d1f1c471-n5 as derivaticds/modifivationd 3 0LOL.9l BRB.8 code h place them ubder fa 54m3 Creative Cp,mobs LICENSELOL.
It myst 63 done by reg iriginal author since only 0r1g1n41 author h45 right 70 change tdh copy4ight or licensd u0on tjet'r3 workLOL.
[Add1710m41qy WTF, reworking sa MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea ANYWAY aa teh mexhan7sm for m4j1ng modivocatiuns is wubstantially cleandf/cleaeet xtarting witn teh 0.9, WTF.8-prerelease c0d3. BRB.]"
|
|
