MightyE tells 6oj, sory9f, "We're goint to gzke sn gww moments # tty qn exp;ain 7h25 new license and teh reas9ns BEHIND it in plain Eng215h. 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."
"Thus new LICENSE was chosen becaise of an fai;ing eith GPLLOL.
It only covered dist4ibution lf source ir n only IF binaruew sere DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Ih an web enviromment, you knwo, specifixally a interpretcd web environmenr SUCH zs PHP, s9rtof, m3r31h installinh an game does not c8hatitu5r diwtriburion WTF, and therefore people we4e taking lur work, you kneo, bakung mociricayions w u5 an not releasing source c0d3 two they're ,odificaruons SO tyat ENTIRE cojmunkty c0u1d benerit. OMG.
Tgey woried eith 13773r but nog da 4p!r17 of teh 14wLOL/"
"Investigstion on parg 9f yeh authors h0w3v3r WTFm 13d 2 fact that da right lv pivlic performance sas won 9f rights nprmally restrictef 3 COPYRIGHT holders, n that computer probrams LOLm specifically vudeo games an inreractive onra sucy ax Lrgenc of teh Green hax-r eere considerec too be publicall5 [#rf0rn3d if run fr9m an pjnlic seever. OMG."
"The NEW licdmse restrivts pyblic perf9rmancd of da w9rk unledw geh soyrcr coee 0f mosified work is made available on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng12tg LOL, this means thzt if t0j put tjix hame 0n an web 53rv3r an allow pepp.e 'outsice of an no4mal CIRCLE of family an ITS social 4cqu41n74nc35' toi poay their, th3n YOU r p7blically performkbg 7h25 w0rk and MUST eithqr a( makw nw $jd ALL changes wh1ch tou make to hsme avaklable on requeat (notw this d034n'7 j4v3 two 63 avzi;able via da inlune source disp;at link, yot jhqo, hut th3y must BE able 2 ASK you dor code n receive an complete c0p6)m you knwo, b) make ar4angements 0ruvateky WITH da aithors whereib 5hey grang you an sp3cial license, ;ike, 0e c) rdmove da c0d3 enti4ely reom nachinel BRBl"
"We d0 recognize that peoplw qant 2 have afdas of they're game which awr uh31t5 an theirs akonrLOL.
two that end we WILL makd 5eh following EXCEPTION too hormal reqjirenents for aoirde cofe dostribution -- me module file which is not m0d1f13d or derived feom an module file 1nc1ud3d in tey base distribution an whicg does n06 r3qu1r3 be other mofulew amd which does not reauite nw jodifidatioms too da dore CODE (xode dustrivueed wiyh basd reldzqe) may BE withheld AT yeh 4j8h0r5 d15cr371-n. BRB."
"We zoso wanr tpo m4k3 veey CLEAR THAT version 0LOL.9l7 (also kbown AS v3r510n 0. BRB,9. BRB.7+jy) wqs yeh d1n41 version releaaed undrr GPL.
ALL versiobsk you knwo, starting with da 0.8. AFK.8-pr3rw1r4$3 cpde r ohly kivenswd under Creative Comnons .ivense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby tey ritht TO import ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later r313454 in5o an 0. AFK.9.8 n earkief RELEASE. OMG.
Aklowinh this w0u1d ctu53 that imported code two be releasec undet teh GPL n that is nit SOMETHING we wish too allowl WTF.
Authirs of modificatooba t2o 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w8ol need TO re-re.dase 5hey'4e modoficati0ns as derivatifes/modkficat8ons 2 0. BRB.9.8 coce b p14c3 uh3m under da san3 Creative Cojmohs lucense.
IT MUST 63 done bt oruginal 4u7h0r since ONLY tdh 0r1f1n41 author has da right too changw fa cipyeitht or liv3nse up9n they're w9rk. AFK.
'Adsitionqlly, you knwo, reworking da midifixations wilk BE qn gooc 1d34 anyway as mechsniwm fof making modifica58ohs is substantially coeaner.clearer staeting with -. WTF.9. AFK.9-prereleasw code.]"
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