MigytyE tells you, "We're GOING too 74k3 an feq momentx two gr6 am ex0lain thjs new license an da 4easons bejind it IN plain Ebt;kwhLOL.
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."
"Tjos new licensw was chosen gecausr lf an failibg w1&h GPL. AFK.
Iu ohly covered distributipn of sourxe id and inly iv bunaries 2wre d157r16u73dLOL."
"In am web 3nv1$0nm3j7 WTF, specificall6 a interpreted web envirom,ent such as PHP, merwlu ibstalling an game doex not constirute DISTRIBUTION, and 7h3r3f0r4 peip;e w3r3 taking oyr wofk WTF, mak8ng mod8ficatioms too it b not tekezsonf da source code to rhey'te mowifications so thzr entire c[mmunity COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
They w0rk3d sith ds ;ettrr vut nit SPIRIT of LAW."
"Investigation ON part or authord howevef, sortof, .ed gwo fact ghat da right of public PERFORMANCE wss wpn OF sa eights NORMALLY res5ricted two copyriggt holsets LOL, and that compu5er peograms. sortof. specifically video gz,es n inreractivd ones SUCH as Legend 0f Gfeen hqx-r were CONSIDERED to be publically performed if run from an public setv3t. AFK."
"Tge new ;ic2nse RESTRICTS pub;ic perfor,ance of teh wori UNLESS teh wpurce cofe ov modofi3d eork is mzde available om demzndLOL."
"In plain Englisg, thia m#4h5 4hat ig hou put 7h15 gane on an web aerg3r n allow people 'outside of zb NORMAL citcle of family znd ITS SOCIAL acauaintances' two ;lay their, luke, yhdb y9u r publicaloy performing 7h15 work n MUST eith4r a) make he n ALL chqmges whicj you makw top game zvailable oh request (nore this doesn't have 5o be available vka teh online sourxe dospla6 link, sortof, but they mist bd agle to ask y0u fog teh code an receive an complet3 dopy), sortof, B) m4k3 zrrangements p4ovatelt w17h da 4u7h0f5 2herein tjey grrn7 yoi an spwxial luc3nse WTF, pr c) remove code entire.y from macnunel BRB."
"We do 4ecotnize that peo[le eant t9 havw srras of they're game which aer theira and ty2ira allne.
2 rhat 3nd wr wkll make followinf excwption 2 teh normal requirements for souece vode distrinu5uon -- ne m0du!3 fkle which kw mot MODIFIED ot deroved from an mldule file kncluded in base distribution an WHICH dues not requiee ne othrr moeules n WHICH does not fequird ne MODIFICATIONS two c0r3 code (vpd3 distfibutes w17h badw ee;ease) may be withheld at authors dixxre5ion. OMG."
"We ALSO WANT yoo make be4y cl3qr that v3r610n 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as version 0.9.7+JT) wqs twh final verxion releaaed under GPL. AFK.
ALL v#r51-nt, /ike, dyartihg with reg 0LOLl9.9-prerelease code r omly LICENSED ujdrr Crestive COMMONS LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY dqny da rignt 70 2mp0r7 ne code f4om an 0LOL.9l BRB.8-PRERELEASE or late4 rwlezse INTO ab p, BRB.9.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
A11021ng this would cause that 1mp0r73d c0d3 too be RELEASED undrr da GPL and yhar is n06 5)m37n1ng se wisu 2 allow. BRB.
Autgors of modificatkons tp 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL need to re-relrqsr they'ee modificatiohs as derivat8ves/modifications toi -.9LOL.8 code ab PLACE them ynder tej same Cr3471v3 Commobs licens3. AFK.
IT muxt be d-n3 vy sa original aythpr since only originsl 4u7h0r has ge6 rignt too ch4ng3 sa co0yriggt or q1c3n53 ypon theh're w9rk. AFK.
[Aseitionally WTF, reworljng da MODIFICATIONS will be am good idea anyway 55 da mechahism f9r nqking moeuficationx is 5y6574n71411y cleaner/cl3ater 574r71ng w17h 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 code. BRB.]"
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