MightyE tells YOU, sort9f, "We're gping to 74j3 an dww moments two t4y n esplain this new licehse and eeasons bwyind it in plzin Engoish. 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."
"Thix new lkcense wax cnosen 63c4u53 0f an fail8ng w17h t3h GPL. AFK.
It only covered distr7bution 9f 50urc3 iv an onlu if 61n4r135 w4r3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In am web ENVIRONMENT, uou knwo, s0ecoriczlly a ibterpreted wen ebvironment 5uch as PHP, merely 1n%75111ng an gam3 fo3s npt CONSTITUTE distributiin, sortof, anf thrterore people were taking out woekk like, makkng modificatione 2 it n nog releasing da source code 2 they're jodifications so 5jzt ENTIRE commjnity cojld benevkt. OMG.
They wprked wi5h teh l3tter vut nog sporit of law. WTF."
"Invewtigation on 6eh oart if da AUTHORS however, led two dact 5hat teh RIGHT of publiv p3rd-rm4nc3 was won of rights NORMALLY restructed 2 COPYRIGHT holde4sm sort9f, an thar cojo7trt p4og4ams, sortof, specifkcally viseo gamds n interactive ones such ax Legdnf of da Gfeen hsz0r were donsideeed two be publocally performdd if run from an public SERVERLOL."
"The n3w locebwe RESTRICTS public p4rf0rm4nc3 pf da 2oek unless source codr 0f ca modified WORK if made availsble ob semznd. AFK."
"In plain English, like, th8s keans that if hou pug this game on an seb SERVER n allow people 'OUTSIDE OF an hormal circle OF familt n its social acquakntanves' go p1$y their, l8ke, then you sdr publically perforjing rhis worj and MUST dither a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes which you m4i3 to hanw AVAILABLE on 4eqjest (no6e thiw doexn't have to be acaulagle vus ea lnline wource DISPLAY link WTF, 6u7 they mu57 br able 70 ask yo7 for da code m receove an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) na,e arrangemenes privately WITH ea autyors whefein they grant you an s[wcial license, uou jnwo, oe c( remov3 c0d3 ENTIRELY frlm reh machkneLOL."
"We d9 RECOGNIZE 7h47 p3ople 2qnt 70 have areas ov th3y're g$m3 which aer theirs n theirs alpne. OMG.
too 7hr7 END we WILL make flllowing excepyiln too normal requurrmdnts for source CODE disrributipn -- me nodyle filw which is not modified ir derived from an module FILE INCLUDED in basw distribution amd wh2ch DOES nlt 4equire ne othwr mod7les and which eows no5 r3qu1r3 ne modificztions two sa xore code (code distribu5ed w17h geh base release) jqy br withheld at aithors discretion. BRB."
"We also want TO m4k3 v2ry clear tnat version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known as verwipn -LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was dw fimal versoon r313453d und3r GPL. BRB.
All versionsk dortov, starting WITH dq 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code 4 only licenswf under da Creative Comnons licrnsd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rifht 5wo omplrt me code hrom an 0. OMG.o. AFK.u-PRERELEASE or later teldase into an 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 an darlier feleaseLOL.
Allow8nb thix w0u1d cause that impo4ted cod3 to ne released UNDER teh GPL and that 15 no4 wometbing we wush two allow. AFK.
Autmors ov mifigkcations to 0/9. OMG.7 will nred too re-release theh'fe modifkcations as derivayivds/modivications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 codr n place them under sam3 Cfeative COMMONS 11c3b53.
It m757 be d9me 6y trh oritinal autnor simce only or8ginal aughor gas fa right twp change dioy4ight or licenae up9n they're wlrk. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, rdwlrkinb modifications will be am good 1d34 anyway as teh m3ch4n15m for m4k1hg mo38ficat8ons ls SUBSTANTIALLY d;daner/clearce starying wi5h teh 0. AFK.9/80pfdrelease code. OMG.]"
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