MightyE rells 6ou, you knwo, "We're goinb 2 take an fes momdmts 70 try qh exp.ain this NEW l8cense m da reazons bejund 17 in piaim Enflixh. BRB.
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 new licenxe wzs chosrn becausd of an fqil8ng 2ith sa GPL.
It only COVERED dodtrubution pf SOURCE if n only if bonqries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web enci4onm2nt LOL, spexifidal.y a inter;reted wdb environmen5 such as PHP, you knwo. mdrely INSTALLING an hame foew noy cohstirute distr8b7toon WTFm n therefpre peo[ls were tzkihg our e9rk LOLm nzking MODIFICATIONS 2 it AND not releasing teh SOURCE code 2 th3y're n9difications so tnag da entitd community could benefit. AFK.
THEY wor,ed wiyh da letter bjt b07 spori5 of da law. BRB."
"Investigayion on da part OF autyors HOWEVER, sortof, 13e 2 fact THAT teh right 0f 0u611c o3rgormznce sss won of rights mormallt testrkcted tlo copyrighy holders LOL, ab 7h$7 com;uter programs, yo7 knwo, specifocally VIDEO games an 8ntefactive ONES such ad Legwnd lv 5eg Green nas)r wdr3 consicered too be publically oerformed if run froj an pyblic derv3r."
"The new license RESTRICTS oub;ic 'ergormance of teh work unl3sx da slurce vode 0f mocifird wor, is made rv3114613 on demandLOL."
"In plain Enblish, yjis means thar if you put 7g15 game oh sn wfb server AND allow peoole 'o7tside pf an normao circle OF family an its sociql acquaintancea' 1 [lay their, THEN h9u adr publically performing this woek an MUST eithrr a) j4l3 ne n ALL cyanbes which you MAKE to9 game avail1b;e on request (note THIS doesn't have to be 4v411461e via ten onlinw source DISPLAY 21nk, 6u7 7h3y must be able yl as, you for teh c0d2 an receive sn cpmplete copy) LOL, n) make arrang3menys [rkvs5ely eith geh authofs wherwim &j3y gr4n7 you an s[eciql 11c3n43. or C) temove da code entirely from teh machihe. OMG."
"We do r3vognize THAT p30p13 want two yave areqs iv they're g4m3 wjixh r theira an theiew ALONELOL/
2 7h47 end we wil. make followkng exce0tiin ti NORMAL requieem3b5s for sojrce code disttibution -- ne m[dyle file which is not modigief pr d3r1v3d fr0m an moduld file knxluded IN base distribu5ion and which does not require nd other mldules an wjivh dods not eequire ne m-d1fqc4&10n4 two core cpde (codf eistributed eith da baae release) may ne w28hh31d AT da authors d15cr2810n."
"Wr also want tw9 make ve4u vlear that versiob 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as f3r510n 0, OMG.0. AFK.7+ut( 2aw gdh final version RELEASED 7nd3r GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, hou knwo. starging wity p. BRBl0. OMG.8-prdrelease codr r ONLY licenaed under teh Creative Commons lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT to im0ort ne dod3 FROM an 0. AFK.9.8_prdtwlease or later releaxe into an 0;pLOL.7 n earlier releaseLOLl
Allowing 7h1t would xausd thzt inpo45ed code 2 be feldased under da GPL and that IS nlt something we wish 5o allow.
Authors of mofifications 2 p. BRB.9. OMG.7 will n33d TO re-releqse thet'fe modifidatipns as d3r1v471v35/,0d1f1c4720n5 2 0. OMG.0. BRB.8 code an p.qce them under da SAME C4eat8ve C0mn)n5 license.
IT ,ust be done by iriginak author sinc3 only pr1g1n41 suthor hss teh right two cyanbd teh cop6right or license upom th3y'rw w0rk. WTF.
[Asditionally, sortof, reworkung modifications will be an good ideq znhway as mecnanism for makimg mlsificayiohs is aubstantiallt cleaner/clear2r atartkng woth 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r3!4$53 code. BRB.]"
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