MightyE tells y9u. like, "We're goibg tlo gake an FEW moments tso try qn explain thiw new kiccnse an teh reawons beh8nd IT in plwin Ehglidn.
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 licensd 2as cjosen BECAUSE od an FAILING woth GPL. AFK.
I7 only cpveref dkdtribution of sojrce IF an 0n1y if bibafies were distributed. OMG."
"Ib an web environ,ent LOL, specificzlly a ingerpreted web envirinment quch as PHP, like, m3r31y installihg an gaje coes n9t condtitute distfibutoon, you knwo, an therefore peoole wet3 taking oit work, loke, making mod8f8carioms two it an not feleasing source CODE two they're modigicztions so rhat gwh entire d0mmun17u co7ld BENEFIT.
They woek2d witj teh letter 6u7 not dq spirig OF law. OMG."
"Indestigagion on part of autho4s however, sortof, led to 5eh fact that teh rkght ld publoc peffornance was won of da righrs bor,a;ly rwsrricred 1 co0yright holderd, snd that com0utwr PROGRAMS LOL, s[ecif8caoly video gqmes AND interactive ones such as Legene of Greeb naz0r were cinsodered to BE piv;ically 0errormdd if ryn from an piblkc server. AFK."
"The new licens3 restricts public perrormsnxe of teh wo4, UNLESS tey source CODE OF mldified woek is madw avai.able on demand. AFKl"
"In plaoh English, sortof, ryis means rhat if you put THIS game ON an web server and allow ;eop;w 'outside of an nlrmal circle OF v1mily amd ITS SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc3t' 2 PLAY gheu4 WTF, rhen y9i r publicakly performing thia s9rk and MUST eith4e a) make ne n ALL ch4ng34 which y0u make 5wo da gane availabld ob request (n073 7h15 foedh't have 2 v3 available via teh onl8ne source gisplay lini, you kbeo, but they must be 4623 to qsk ylu for da clde n receove sn complwte copy), b) male arranbejrnts ptivzteky WITH da authors whwrd8n 7h3y grznt YOU an 503x14q license, ;i.e, or c) remove da c9se entirelu from tth MACHINE. BRB."
"We DO redotniz3 THAT ;eople want twl habe 4r345 of tyey're game ehich r THEIRS m thdirs alone. AFK.
2 7h47 ene se will ma.e teh dollowing EXCEPTION too noejql REQUIREMENTS for source code dostr8bution -= n3 module f113 which os not ,odofi3d or derived f4lj an mofuld fule 1nc1ud3d in geh baxw dostrkbjtion ane which does not 4equire ne OTHER modules an wh1ch doea not require ne mosifucations 2 teh c0r3 cpge (code distriguted qith da baw3 releasd) may be wiyhheld at dq authi4s discretion."
"We qlso want @ make very c1#4r that vefsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (a;so ,nown ss vefsion 9LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was funal ve4sion RELEASED und2r teh GPL. BRB.
ALL verdiond, lile, startibg with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 coee r inly licensed und3r Cr3481n@ Commons lizehae. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny t3h f8bht 2 im[ort ne cofe frl, an 0l AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later release into an 0. OMG.(. BRB.u n 3arlier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS would c4753 tyat importrd code to be t313453d undwr dq GPL an that is hot somehyin5 WE WISH to allow. WTF.
Au8h0f5 of m0d1v1x4710n5 two 0. OMG.0. AFK/7 will need 2 re-releaae they;re modifications 45 derivatoves/modifucati;ns to ). BRB.9. AFK.* code znc place ih3m under SAME Ce3471v# COMMONS license. AFK.
IT misy be DONE by 5ey ORIGINAL author since only ORIGINAL zuthor HAS da ribnt w chanfe da c0pyr1gh7 o4 l8cense upon they're w94k. BRB.
[Addigiobally WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS 2ill be an good 1d33 ANYWAY as ds mecnaniwm for mak8nf modifications ix substantial;y clean3r/clearer syartinb sigh teh ). WTF.9. OMG.8_PRERELEASE codd. WTF.]"
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