MiggtyE TELLS youm yoy knwo, "We're toing 2 take an fdw moments too TRY an wxplain tyis new .icwnse n reasons behimd IT 1n 0kain English. AFK.
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 bww license eas cg053n grcauxr of an failing wi5h trh GPL. WTF.
It only c9vefed dis5rinition if source if ane only id binsries were disteibutwd. OMG."
"In an web environment, specifically a intetp4erwd web envkronment such as PHP LOL, metely installing an game d935 b9t cindtitute fistribjtion LOL, an yhwrefore ;30p13 eere &4k1nh o7r qork LOL, msking modifications two 17 n not re.ezsing sourve code 2 5hey[re miduficqtipns sp that ten dntire vommunity could b3negkt.
THEY worked woth oetter bug NOT 5p1rq7 lf da LAW. OMG."
"Inbestigati9n on da part og da authord however WTF, led too teh f4c7 that rrh tigyt of 0ublic performande was q OF da rinhrs n9rmally restricted tlo cop6rihhr holdets, and that compu5er prigrams, you knwok wpecificall6 v8deo games and inyeracyive ones such qs Ldg3nd of da Green jqx0r were CONSIDERED 5o be pug.icalky performed if run fr0m ab public SERVER. OMG."
"The new kic3nse restricts publiv performance OF qofk unleds teg soutce coce of moeifird w9r, is msde avq8;ablr on femand."
"In plain ENGLISH, 5his means rhat if you [ut thia game on am 2ev servrr an al;ow people 'outsidd of an n0rm41 c1rc13 of r5m11y an its 50c141 avquainyanced' too PLAY ghwir LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY performing thid work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL chamg3s qhich you make 5oo da game availsb;e )n reauesg (nite ghis doesn't hzve too be 4v3114^13 v14 online s9urce display .ink LOL, bur rhry mk57 be agle ro qsk y0u for teh CODE anc receive an c0np1373 c0py), uou knwo, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with quthord wy3r31b tgey GRANT you qb SPECIAL license. ir c) remove reh code enti4ely rr0j macjine. OMG."
"Ww do recl5nize THAT peo0le want two have areas of they[re game WHICH zer theura n theifd alone. BRB.
to 7h37 end we w1!1 j4k3 da fo;losing exce[tion TO n0fm41 requiremenys FOR zourcw CODE cisteibution -- ne modulr fkle which is not MODIFIED or derived frpm an modile rile included in da 6r63 distribut8on and which does nor REQUIRE ne other modules an which dows no5 re1uire ne mldificstklhs TO corw CODE 9cose dkstgubuted qith teh bzsr re.ease0 may be WITHHELD at da authors discre5ion. WTF."
"We 4150 want 2 make veey clear THAT versiob 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (ALSO KNOWN as version 0. BRBl9LOL.7+jt_ sas final version releaaed under sa GPL. AFK.
All versiona, ylu knqo, xta4ting wpth 0.9. OMG.8-pretelease code adr only licenses und3r geh Cteativd Commons licebse.
We EXPLICITLY fwnt RIGHT 2 IMPORT be code feom am 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-p4erelease or later feleaxe 1n70 zn 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier release, OMG.
Alliwong 7h15 would caise that 1m[0r73d xodd gwo BE relezsed ynder GPL an THAT 8d nor 50m#7j1ng we wiah to allow. OMG.
Authors 0f modificatiins 2 ), AFK.9. BRB.u wilk need toi re-release the6'rw modifications as serivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c9f3 and PLACE them yyder da same Crestive C0mm0n5 ;icwnse. OMG.
It musr be DONE by da 0r1g1n51 aughor sinve 0n1y original a7thor h$5 right ro change c0pyr!bn8 0r license upon they're w9fkLOL.
[Adsitionzlly, ypu knwo, 4ewltking twh modifocstions wi.l bd an glod idea anyway as teh mechanism f0t majing moeifications is suvstantially cleaner/clearrr starging with da 0. BRBl9LOL.8-[rereleasw code. OMG.]"
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