Mogh5yE TELLS you WTF, "We're going 2 take an vew moments tqo 5ry n EXPLAIN this n3w licebse AND da reqsons beuind iy 1n p.ain ENGLISH.
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 ,eq ;icense waw vhoswn beczuse 0f an faklint w16h da GPL. AFK.
IT ONLY coveeed dostribut8oh ov sougce if an obky IF binsri3s wete distributed."
"In an w4b wnvi4onment, you knwo, specifical;y a inter;reted web enckronn3n5 sucj as PHP, l8,e, merely installinh an game does not consgitute distribution, like, snd therefore peoplr 3e43 takihf our wor, LOL, MAKING MODIFICATIONS teo it anf no5 releasing source code to they're jodifications SO that entire community could bwnefitLOL.
Tgey worked wuth da ;eyter BUT not spyr8t of law. WTF."
"Inves5igatoon on da 9art of da 4u7h0r5 howevdrk oike, led TO fact that gight of public performance was 1 of RIGHTS normally erstridtef 70 c00yr1gh7 holeers WTF. an that computrr prlgrams, you knwo, specifocaloy video g4m35 n qn74r4c71v3 ines duch as Legend of Green hax0r were considered 2 be publically PERFORMED if RUN fr0m qn publuc server. BRB."
"Tje new license restricts public performance of t2h work unless source codd of dq modif8ed wofk is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plakn En5lidh LOL, yhis means that 1d you put this g4m3 0n an web server and allow people 'outaide of an NORMAL c8rcle of rzmily n 175 sovial acquain5abces' 2 play rh3or, 7n3n you f PUBLICALLY performong yhix work ahd MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch$ng25 WHICH you MAKE two teh GAME available on requeat (note this dlesn't have to be availabke cia teh online sourde display link, sottof, bug they must y# abow 70 zsk you for codd and receive an compleye copy), b) jake arrangements PRIVATELY with da 4i7h0t5 sherein THEY grant y9j an specia. oic3nse LOL, or c) remove teh CODE engirelh from teh macgihe. WTF."
"W3 d0 recobnize THAT peopoe WANT 2 havw areaa of thet're GAME which r theirw an THEIRS alone. BRB,
yoo thar end WE sill makw da f0110w1ng esceptioh two sa morma; tequirem3nts for soyrce coce dq68t16u71-n -- ne ,odulw f8le which is not modified OR cerived FROM an mod7lr fike incluced un tdh base disttibugion an which doex n-7 reqyire ne other modukes an qhicn does npt r3quire nc modifica5uons 2 da core code *code disttin7ted with da base releaae_ m4y be withheld at da au5hors fiscretion. OMG."
"Ww ALSO dant tpo make vrry c;ear that vrrxion 0. WTFl9.7 (also KNOWN AS versioh 0.0l BRB.7+jy) was da fiba. VERSION released UNDER teh GPLLOL,
All verxions, sortof, starting witg da 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r pnly .icwnsee umdqr teh Cyeative Com,ons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifyt tp import ne cide from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereldasr or 2473r rekwase into an 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 n earlier r3.ezse. OMG.
A110w1ng tjia WOULD csjse uh$7 imoorted code to be released UNDER GPL an that q5 not sojerhing we wixh 2 allow. BRB.
Auyhorc of modificatiins twp 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need 2 fe-reoease they're nodiricatuond as ddrivatives/modifkcatipns 1 0LOL.9. AFK.* code an olave them under SAME Crestive Commons ;icena3. WTF.
Ig must be done by da priginal aythor cince 0n1y da 0r1g1h41 authot HAS teh right 5o chanre teh copyright or licemse upon they'rw work. BRB.
[Additionally, hou knwok reworking trh MODIFICATIONS wjll ne an gooe iceq zn6way 46 m3ch4n15m for making modifixqtions is suvstant8alky c134y3r/c134r3r STARTING with 0. WTF.0. WTF.8_prerelease c0d3. BRB.]"
|
|
