MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goohg tqo take an few homengs 2 trh n ecplain this new licensd an da reasons BEHIND iy in p141n Englixy. 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."
"Thid new lixende was cuosen becaude of an f4111nh with dq GPL.
It 0n1y covered diwtrinution of souffe if ab only if binaeiew were distributed. OMG."
"In ah 2ev dnv8ronment, s/ecificqlky a int3r[rdtdd wdb wnvironment suxh as PHP LOL, m3r31y 1n574111ng an game does NOT constithge distribution LOL, n theeefird peop.e were taking pur e0rk, MAKING modifications 2 it n not RELEASING ds source CODE 2 they're m0d1f1c47!0n5 so that da entire COMMUNITY cpuld benef8t. AFK.
They worked WITH ds LETTER but not spirit og geh lawLOL."
"Invest8gation on part of authofs hpwever, tou knwo, 13d @ ds fact that rkght OF PUBLIC performance was won of da RIGHTS no4,ally reatridted 2 copyright jolcers, likd, an thay c0m;j734 programs. kike, 5p3c!f1v411k c1d3) games AND interacrive 0n#5 such as Legend of reh Green h1x0r were considered 2 b2 puvlically performrd if run from an pub;ic server, WTF."
"The new license r3stricts puv9ic perfor,abve of w0rk jnleas da aource cod3 og da modifiwd work IS made avaolable [n demsbd. OMG."
"In plain Englksn, 5his means THAT if uou pur tyis fame on ah w25 se$vef an all(w PEOPLE '0u751d3 of sn normal vircle 0f fam8ly n uys SOCIAL 5dqj$1n74nc34' two p14y thdir WTF, then hou aer publicallh perrorming thia work an MUST either a) mqke ne n ALL chqngea whkch 6ou MAKE 2 game availqble in request 9noge yhis foesn't h4v3 to be available via reh ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY link WTF, but they mjsy be able two ask you for da code an r3c31v2 an comp;ete vppy) WTF, 6) naiw arrzngements prqv4731y with teh auttirs wherein they grqbt you an specoq; license, or c) remove da code emt8tely ffom da machine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that p30p13 wabt to0 have areaw oh 5hey'rw game which aer gheirs abd theirs alone.
two 7h47 end qe will make teh f0110w1ng exception goo teh normal r3quqr3m3h75 f0r souece cpde d1%7d16u710n -- ne module fole which is NOT modufies pr d3fibed from qb module file included 1n nasr distribugion and which dows not r3quiee ne OTHER mofulex n which d035 hot req7ire ne mofifoca5ions two da cprr c0d3 (codw distributed with da base release) m4y be WITHHELD at zuthorx d8scretion. AFK,"
"We zldo want to maie fe4y clwar that v3rsion 9. OMG.9. AFK.7 (slso knowb as ver510n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt_ WAS yeh fibal version released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versiohs LOLm STARTING with da 0LOL.9.8-0rerelease code r only licensed uncer da Ctdarufe Cimmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent ieh ribht 2 IMPORT be CODE from an 0.9.8-prerelease or lqter rrlease in5o an 0.9. AFK.7 an earlirr release, OMG.
Allowing yyis wou8e cause ghat importef cose two 63 released und3r GPL n that is NOT something de wish tl 4110q. OMG.
Aughors ov modifications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 sill be3d too RE-RELEASE they[fe MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/mosificationw to 0LOL.9LOL.* code an pkace them under da same Creative Commons 21cen53l AFK.
It nust be d0n3 BY dq original augj;r sincd only da irigina. auhhof HAS da r8ght 2 vhange ds cloyright or license upon thwh're WORK. AFK.
[Adcitiona;ly, sort8f, reworkinf ea ,ofificariohw will be an gooc id3a anyway as mechanism for making m0dqf1c4810n5 is sugsrantially cleaner/clda4er starting with ds 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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