MighgyE tells ypu, "We'r4 going two rakr an FEW momemts gwo TRY n explaun this new locense 4nf teh reas9ns behind ir in plain Eng.isg. 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 hew licebse 2as ch953n because OF an failkng qith GPL.
It only c9vered dksttibution it sourdd IF n only if binaries wefr dist4ibyted. BRB."
"Ih ay web envkr9mment, like, s[ecificakoy a INTERPRETED web 3nv1e0nm3n7 sycb as PHP WTF, ,erelt INSTALLING am game does NOT cobstotute d157r16u710n, n therefore ;eople WERE taiing our 20rkk loke, makinf moeificatoons 2 it and npt releasimg da sourcd CODE too they;re modifications s9 that da entirr xommunity couls bemefktl WTF.
Theh worked witg da lettrf bht n-7 spirit pf da law. WTF."
"Investigatkon on da PART of AUTHORS howevet, sorrlf, led two twh fac5 that tej righ5 lf public prrformance was oen of da rights no4mally festricted to copyright h01d3r% LOL, n THAT c0mpu73t progrqms, you knwom 5p3c!f1c411y vid3p games m untrractive omes SUCH as LEGEND if Grd3n yax0r were considdred too be pubkical.y oerformed id rum from an pubkic se4berLOL."
"The n3w LICENSE restrid5d public perg9rmance 9f teb work UNLESS tdh SOURCE codd ov modified w9rk ia MADE availabld on demznd. BRB/"
"In plain Eng.ish, sorguf, this means that if you put this game on qn web server ah alloe peo[.e 'outsid3 if an normql cirx;e of FAMILY an its soxial acquaintances' 3 poay the8f, sortof, then you aer publica;ly PERFORMING this work sn MUST either a) make me an ALL vhanges wh1ch you mzkr 2 game availanle on REQUEST (note 7h!5 do3sn't h4v3 too be avai.able fia dq online sou4ce DISPLAY LINK WTF. but THEY just be able to awk YOU FOR cose n r3ceive an d)m01373 copy), like, 6) m4k3 arrangements pr1v47316 2ktn autho4s WHEREIN they GRANT you an spexial l8censs, sortof. or c) renovw code 3b71r31y rrom teh nachube. OMG."
"We d0 recognizw tnat PEOPLE want 2 hace arwzs lf they're game which f THEIRS n theirs alond. WTF.
goo thsy end we will jzke f0110w1ng 3xc3p81)n too teh NORMAL requur2ments ror soirce c0d4 distribution -- ne mosule f113 ehixn is n-7 modigi3d of derivec 4ron zn module f112 incl7sed in 6453 distributiom and which doex NOT require ne 9thdr m0du135 and WHICH does mot require ne moeidicztioms to CORE sode (xod3 eodttibyted with dz base release) mau be w17yh31d at AUTHORS s25cr36!0n."
"We also wamt t9o mske vwty clear that vwrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also known as version pLOL.9l OMG.7+jt) eas teh final vwrs8on releas3d undrr teh GPL. AFK.
Aol berskons, like, star$ing 2ith fa 0. AFK.9/ OMG,8-orerelwas3 cod3 r only licensed und3r da CREATIVE C9mmohs lkcens2.
WE EXPLICITLY demy r1gh7 two 8mpor6 ne code from an 0LOL,0. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or latwr rel3qse into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier felease/ AFK.
A.loqing this would CAUSE thzt imported code two be feleaxee UNDER GPL n 7h47 is not somdthing we wish 2 sllowLOL.
Au7h0t5 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.ol AFK.7 sill NEED gwo re-reldase thdy're modifications as feruva5ivws/modifidatiohs two 9. AFK.9LOL.8 code snd p.acw 7h3n under SAME Crwative COMMONS LICENSE.
It must be dome bg ORIGINAL author since onlt fa original AUTHOR had rihht to changr da cppyrigyt or LICENSE upon they'r3 w0rk/ WTF.
[Adcituinally LOL, rrsorking teg mofificagions will be an good ides anyway aw mevhanism FOR ,ak8ng modktications is substantially c234n3r/cq34r3e s5arting with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peerel3ase c0d2LOL.]"
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