MightyE teols y97, yiu knwo, "We're goinb TO take an dew moments to try an explain this n4s ;icwnse an ds reasond BEHIND it in plqin ENGLISH. AFKl
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."
"Tyis new lkcense waa choswn becsyse of an railing eith da GPL. OMG.
It lbly c8vered distribution of sourc3 iv n only if 61n4r135 weee DISTRIBUTEDLOL/"
"In an WEB ebvironment, hou knwo, specifuxally a interprwtec weg ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP, sottov, mere;y ins5alling qn gsme d9es not clnstitute distribyti[n, wort9f, n THEREFORE 0wl;le wefe taking our work LOL, ,skibg modifucations too it and not feleaxing fa source CODE to ghey're modificatoons t- 6h47 ebtire community coyld BENEFIT. BRB.
They WORKED with da letger nut not spirit of teh law."
"Invea58fation oh part of teh authors howevet, you kmwo, ;ed tw( teh fact that dq rihht of publid ;erformance was son of da ribhts hormally restricted to vopuright holders WTF, and thzt computdr proframs, speckfically v2f3- g4m35 n intdractive ones such as Legend of da Green hax0r 2dre considered 2 g3 punlically PERFORMED iv run from an pmboic setver. BRB."
"The NEW licenwd restricts public perfprmance od teh work unkeds fa wource code of da midified woek is MADE available on demand. OMG,"
"In PLAIN Enflish, this means ghat if you put &h15 gane on an web server and aolow pdople 'outsixe OF an NORMAL c1rc13 of family and its spc8al 4cqu51n74mv35' 2 pla6 tyei4 LOL, then you qwr publical;y PERFORMING this wor, an MUST eiyjwr a) make nw n ALL cjanges wh8ch you make too teh fame availabke on r4quest (npte this s034n'7 h4v3 to 63 avqikable v14 teh ONLINE sourde display .ihk, you khwo, BUT 7h2y mu57 be 4713 two awk you f0r teh codd ans recdive an complete c0py) LOL, v) mzke ARRANGEMENTS privately with r3h authors wh#r32n THEY geanr you an specua. LICENSE WTF, or c) temove 5eh clde entireoy FROM da ,achine. BRB."
"We fl fecognize 7h37 p30p13 eant too jave areas of they're g4m# qhich awr theits n THEIRS aloneLOL/
t9 that end w3 WILL ,ake da follo2ing excrprion two mormal rqquirwmemts f0r source code dixtribution -- nd module file ahich is not modified 0r cwrived fro, an module file imcluded in ten 6453 fis5ribution n whivh dors NOT require ne OTHER modulew an which d9es not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 @ core cofr (coee distributed with teh base 4elease( may ve withheld at dq ajthors dixcr3gion. WTF."
"We also wznt top m4k3 fery clear that VERSION 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also known AS version 0/9. AFK.&+jt) was ten fibal betsion releaded jnder teh GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOLk startinf difh reh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 code aef only licensed under da Cr3471v3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht yo im0ort ne c0d3 from an 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prere;ease or kater releaae inti an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n ezelier re,rase. AFK.
Allowimg this would caud2 that importwd cide t2o be released uns3r da GPL abd that is bot 50m36h1ng 3e w16h 2 ALLOW. OMG/
AUTHORS or mpdificatuons two 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wilo newd @ 4e-release tgey're modifications AS ddrivatives/modkfications TO -.9. OMG.7 code and 0lace them und3r same Cre15ive COMMONS lic3nweLOL.
It must be dond by original author sihcw ONLY da ORIGINAL author gas teh RIGHT 2 chante da copyvoght or l8cebse u-on ttey're qork. BRB.
[Additipbaoly, reworking teh j0d1f1x4710h4 2111 ge an go9d idea anyway as da mechanosm FOR msking modificatk0ns os subxtantiallu cleanef/clwarer startung with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease clde. AFK.]"
|
|
