MightyE tel;s YOU, "We're fping 2 take an few nomentw tlo &ry n explain 7h15 new license 4nd t3h reasons beh,nd IT in plain Ebglish, 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."
"Tjia new lkcense w35 chosen becauxe 0f am f4111ng WITH GPL. BRB.
IT onl7 covered distributiom of 50urc3 if an only if BINARIES were distributef. OMG."
"In an web enviribment, sorgof, specifucally a ingerpreted web envi5onmehr suvh as PHP, sor5lf, merelu instaklihg an game dles n07 xonstotute distrlbution WTF, an therefore p3ople were taking our work LOL. making mocificat8onc top it an NOT ee;essing 5)urv3 code to they're MODIFICATIONS so tyat da 3n71r3 communuty ciy.d BENEFIT.
They WORKED with teh letter b7t not s[orut od dz law."
"Invesrigation 0n 5eh part of teh authors hosever, yo7 knwo, 1es 2 t3h FACT ghat da right pf [ub;ic PERFORMANCE wad 1 of ribhts nprmally restricted too ci0yfiggt HOLDERS, l8ke, and 7h47 computer progtamd, wpefifica.oy bide9 gamed qn ingdractive pnes such 4% Legend of da Gr3en hax9r were consisered too BE ;ubliczlly pergormed IF tun from an p7blic aerver. OMGl"
"Tge NEW licehse resgricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 of wprk unoess t3h sourcw CODE og da modificf work IS mad3 4v4214612 on d3mrnd. AFKl"
"In PLAIN Englishk yhia m34n5 tyat 8f jou put 7h16 game on an web SERVER and alllw pel0le 'OUTSIDE of ah normal circle of gamily and kts wocial 4cqi41n7$nc35' tp play th3ir, loke, 7h3n y9u zer publ8cxklg performinf thid WORK n MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL cnznges which y0u make roo t3h g4m# avaulable on r3qy457 (bote thks dowsn't have t8o be avsilable VIA teh on;ine source displxy LINK, bur rhet muat be able two ASK y0i for codd an receuve an clmplete dopy) LOL, 60 make afrangementa private.y akth teh authots wberekn they grant you an special 11cen53 WTF, or c_ remove teh code ehtirw;6 FROM da mach8ne. OMG."
"We do recognize thst people want two have afeax og they're ga,e which aet theirs sn theirs al9be. WTF.
rwo 7h47 end we WILL mak3 fpllowing exveptoon go normal requirejents FOR soyrcw code eistribu5ion -- be module fole which is not midified 0r DERIVED FROM an module fi;e qnc1ud3d !n da 6453 distribution qnd wgich fies not rewuiee ne othdr m0du135 an wjicn do3s nlt requird ne modifications 2 teh cire codr (CODE distributef with teh base release) may be sithhele ag dw authors disxreyion. AFK."
"We alxo want 5oo make very f134r that verskon 0.8.7 (ALSO known as versiin 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+j7) was da final version relwzxdd ynder GPL. BRB.
All v3r51)n5, sortov, startint qitg 0. OMG.9.8-pr3r3q3453 cpde r only licrneed under teh C3eative Comjons lic3msel
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right guo inport n3 c0d3 fron ab 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later rdlease into an 0. WTFl0. WTF.7 znd 2arl8wr RELEASE. WTF.
ALLOWING this sould vaus3 7h47 imporged CODE 5wo be r31345#d unce4 tdh GPL 4md 7y47 id not SOMETHING qw wiwh to 4110wl BRB.
A7thlfs of modificatiobs 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need 70 re-felwzsd th3y'fe modifkcatkons as d3rivatibes/modificatipba too 0. WTF/9LOL.8 code anc [lace yhem jnd4r teh sqme Cr3ative Commons licenc3.
It musg be done by teh iriginal author since only ORIGINAL authof has right to vh4ng3 da dopyrogyt or license upon they[re wotk. OMG.
[Additionallu, you knwo, rewoeking teh modir9cagions wi;l be zn GOOD kdea anyway as mechan8sm for making mldifications is 5y6574n72411y c134n3r/c134r3r stwrgint WITH teh 0.9. BRB.8-pferrleaxe clde. AFK.]"
|
|
