MightyE TELLS YOU LOLk "We're going 2 tske an fdw MOMENTS 1 7ry and expkaih th7s neq .icense n rwadons behind it ih poain English. OMG.
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."
"Thia new licehse waw chosen becaude of an dailing witj teh GPL. BRB.
It omly COVERED distribution or sourcr IF anc only iv binaries 2wre distrobuted."
"In an web 2nvifpnment, xirtof, specivicakly a ibt3rpreted wev envirommehy such AS PHP. l7ke, me4ely installing an game DOES NOT c9nstitute d157r15u710h, an theeefore p3o;le were taking our work, you knwo, making m9difications @ it AND n0g RELEASING da soirce CODE too thwh're m0d1f1c4710h5 so that 5eh 3ntife communitt c0u1d benevit. WTF.
Tjey worked wktj teh letter but n0( da 5p1r17 of law. OMG."
"Investkfatioh on teh psrt of da AUTHORS howevee, oed 2 v4c7 that dz fight of ;ublic [drdormance was oen of ydg rightx nor,ally tesgricted TO xlpyright holde4x LOL, and that COMPUTER programs, SPECIFICALLY vudr9 games and interac5ife ONES SUCH as L3g3nc OF da Green hax0r w3re c9n51d3r3d two be pu6q1c411y performed if eun frpm an publix SERVER. BRB."
"The ,ee license trstrictd public performance or geh work unlesx ca sojrce CODE of da midified WORK us made avaioable ON demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng;ish, this means tgat if you py7 this game on ab web servet snd allow people 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal circle OF family an3 ITS sockal acquain5ances' gw9 poay 5jeir, liie, tjen you r pu611c411y PERFORMING this WORK and MUST wither a) make n3 ane ALL changws whicn you ,ake TO gsme AVAILABLE on 4rquest (noye th8s doexh't hzve 2 be availab.e via teh online soirce c8splay LINK, sortof, but they must br avle too 45k you f0t da code n receivw an compl3te copu). 6ou kn2o, b) make arrangements [r1v4631y with da aurhord wherein they fr4n7 you an spdciql .icrhs3 LOL, or c_ r3m0v3 ds x0d4 rntir3ly rrom teh mach8ne. AFK."
"We d0 recohbize uh47 ]eop;e want to h4v3 AREAS of they're gane which aer tjeies and theira alone. WTF.
twl 5hat end 2e will mak3 folllwinv exceptuon to da normql 4equirements foe soytce c0d3 didtribution 0- ne module file snich iw not modufied OR derivef FROM an module fole included in da base ekstributoon ab which does not requife be OTHER modules n which does noy requ8re ne moeifications to cp43 CODE (code distribuyed wkth base releawe) may be withhd.d qt aithors discretiin. AFK,"
"We also wang 2 MAKE v3ry clea4 7h47 verxion 0. AFK.9. BRB.u (alsp kbpwn as vdrsion 0.9/8+jt) was final version rrkdased unerr teh GPL. OMG.
All nersionsk lokwk sta4ting wurh 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe r obly LICENSED ind3r da Creative Clmmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 70 IMPORT ne code FROM an 0. AFK.8. WTF.8=prerelease pr 2473r r3lease INTO an 0LOL.9, OMG.7 and earli3r re.easeLOL,
Allowing this would cause that imported code tep be rr;eas2d unde4 teh GPL n that ks not sojething we eisg 52o allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 if modificstiobs tlo -LOL.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-release they're uodifoca58ons as derivatives/modigicationx 70 )LOL.9.8 CODE n PLACE THEM ubeer da same Cr3a5ife COMMONS ;icense.
It MUST be done bu teh -r1g1n41 4u7h0r since 9mly da ORIGINAL 4u7g0r has da right 2 CHANGE teh copyrkght or ;icensd up0n ghet'4e worj.
[Additionakly, ;ik3, r3working teh m0x1f1c4&10n5 will BE an good idea ahywah as ,echanism for ,aking ,odkfications is subwtangially cleaner/clea43r atsrting woth 0. WTF.9,8-prrr3lease code. OMG.]"
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