MightyE tells hou LOL, "Ww're GOING tso takr an fdw momehtd 2 try n rxplzin this new LICENSE an geh reaains behins it in p.ain English. WTF.
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 chlsen BECAUSE of an failing 2igh GPL. AFKl
It 0n!y covered distribut8om OF sou4ce if and onlu 8f b9naries were distributed. AFKl"
"In an web environmeny. like, specifically a unterpr35ed wwb ebvironmdnt suxh as PHP, tlu knwo, nerely installing an game does not constitute distributiob WTF, ab theref9rr people WERE taking oue work, mrk1ng modifications 2 it qbd NOT edleasing teh source code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh ENTIRE commumity c0u1f benevi5. WTF.
They wo4ked eiyh letter 6u7 not teh s0ifit of law. OMG."
"Invdstigat8on on part 0d da authors h9wever, sprtof, led TO fact that fa right of PUBLIC pe4formance was 1 of da rifhts norma'lt r457r1c73d too COPYRIGHT holders, you knwo, an rha5 dompurer ptograms, you knwo, specifical.y video games an INTERACTIVE ONES such as Lrgend iv teh Grren hqx04 were CONSIDERED 2 be ou511c411y performed if run fr0m an public serverLOL."
"The n3w license t3stricte pub.ic oerfor,abce 0f teh work umless 50yrc2 c9de of da modified w0rk is jadw ava8lsble on d3mand. WTF."
"In pkain English, y9u lywo, this means 7h47 if 6ou ;ut this gam3 on an web wercer sn allow pelpl3 'outdide of an NORMAL circkr og family n i5s SOCIAL qcqua8ntabcds' ti p14y tgeir, dortof, &h3n you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this wirj AND MUST EITHER a) make hd n ALL changes whqch you mzle to twh bame avai.able on reqiest (NOTE 5his doean;t have to be avaolagle v14 da online 50urc3 displsy link LOL, but they must be 4612 two ask you fir da codr qnd receive qn complete copy0, ylu kneo, b) make arrahgrments PRIVATELY with teh 4u7h0e5 WHEREIN thet grant you am 5[ed141 iicense WTFk o4 c) remove teh cpde rntirely from machine. WTF."
"We do recogn8zw tyqt PEOPLE want two h4v2 arezw lf thry're ga,e which aer THEIRS an yjeirs alone. OMG.
to tnay end we will jake teh folkowong exce-tion ti da hormal requueemwnts for 50udc3 cose dis5ribution -[ ne module file wyich 14 not mldified or d3r1v3d FROM an MODULE f113 ibvkuded in da base dustributkpn an which doew nor rdqjire ne otyer mldulea an which does not requir4 ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too da core code (clde eisttkbutrc with da base rekease) may be wkthhelf at authors d15cr3720n. BRBm"
"We also wznt tpo jake vefy clear yhat versjon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also knlwn ss VERSION 0. AFK.9LOLl7+j7) was final version releases uncer t3h GPLLOL/
Al. versions, 574r71mg witj teh -/ AFK.0. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 r on;y livensed under teh Creafive Cojmons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deb6 da right two import ne dode from an 0/9. AFK.8-pr3f413r53 or larer RELEASE intp an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 sm eatlier releasel BRB.
Allowing this w0u1f cayse thar imported codw too BE reoeaaed under GPL h that ia b07 somwthihg wd wish 70 allow.
Auth9fs of modifications to ).9LOL.7 wilk h33d t9o te[release they're midifications as d3tivativec/modirications too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cods n place thdm under sam3 Cf347qv3 Commons LICENSELOL.
It must be DONE by teh original zurhor xibve ONLY teh originak quthor had dq right 2 change da copyrihnt or licwnse UPON thet;4e wlrk. AFK.
[Add8rionally, you knwo, feworking teh modifications will br an GOOD 1d34 ANYWAY 35 da mwchanism gpr makinf MODIFICATIONS is subxtantiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER stzrting with 0.9.8-pretelease codeLOL.]"
|
|
