MighgyE tells you, y9u knwo, "We'te GOING 2 txke an fes mom3nts 2 7fy and expoain thks new oicensd an rwasons behibd 17 in plain EnglishLOL.
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 ne2 lixeba3 was chosen because 9f an FAILING with GPLLOL.
Ir ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of xource IF zn only if bonariex sege DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envi4onnent, like, specifically a interprrted srb environmeht such AS PHP LOL, meeely 1n574111ng an game does not constitute eistribjtion, like, an therefore people were takinb pur work, mq,ing joeificayiins too ot h hoy releasung doutce codr tqo they'e3 joeifocatkpns s[ tyat teh entire communit6 could benegitLOL.
They w-r,3d with lerter but n07 fa apirit og kaw. WTF."
"Investigqtiom on teh part pf authofs howrver LOL, led to da fsct that teh right of publ8c pergormande WAS 9en of da rkgntw nofmal.h restricted 2 cl;yriggt holsers, wn 5hat c0upu73r programs LOLk 5p3v1f1c411y VIDEO games an intwractive ones shch as Legenf of Green hqx-r wrre considered 2 be publically PERFORMED if run frok an publkc s4rver. WTF/"
"Tye n4w licehse eestricts PUBLIC performance of work unleas zource code or da modified WORK is madd available 9n c4m4nd. BRB."
"In plaih English WTF, tyis meabs thae it you pu8 this game on an web sdrfer and allow people 'outside if an b0rm41 cirdle 9f FAMILY an its 50c141 axqusuntanced' TO p!4y their, .ike, then hpi aer PUBLICALLY pdrdor,inb ghis work an MUST eitmer a) m4k3 ne an ALL CHANGES wgich you mak3 to gamw AVAILABLE on requesr (nlte this doesn't have 2 be afailable via online xource dispoay link, but they must be abld to ask t0u fo4 code amd RECEIVE an vonpldte co0y), sorgof, b) make ar4angements pr2v47#1y with da authprs whdrrin they grant YOU an 5p3c141 11c3n53, you knwl, OR c) rr,obe dq codd 3ntirel6 frpj da machineLOL."
"We do redognize that 03pple want yo h4v3 areas of ghdy're GAME wh1cj r 7y3!r5 and THEIRS alonel AFK.
too tyat end we will make folllwing ecceprion to normal 4wquoremengs for soirce cldr d167r15u710n -- ne modil4 vilr whixh 16 not modifird or defived fr0m an MODULE file uncluced in da 645e sistrubutipn and wh1ch does nor requiew nr other MODULES n wh1ch does not 4wquire ne modificztuons 2 da coee code (code sif%ribjted with BASE releasf) may be withheld at sa AUTHORS discretion."
"We also aqnt w maie ver7 clear thst ve4sion 0. OMG.oLOL.7 (als9 known as vetsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+JT( was teh final verwion released under da GPL.
All versilns, softof, sgartkng with da 0. WTF/(. OMG.8-peere.ease CODE aer 0n1t licensed und3r teh Ct3471v3 Commons licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right two import ne code frp, an 0. BRB.8. BRB.8-prerelezse or later releaqe in5o an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER r313453.
Aklowing this sould caus3 that impprted code tqo 64 releaaed unddr teh GPL anc thag 15 npt somethinb we wish too alloe. AFK.
Au7n0r5 0f modifkvatiobs 2 =. OMG.9. OMG.7 will nred roo te-releawe they'ew jodifications as dwr8vatives/modidicationa two 0. BRB.9LOL,8 code n placw them ynd3r da same Crestive Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
It budt 63 dine by da originzl qythoe since 0n1y origonao AUTHOR has teh right too chznge da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE up0n they're wprk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLYk you knwo, REWORKING reh mldifications w8ll be an dood ieea snyeqy as da nechqniam foe making modifications 8s subatantoally c;dzner/clearer starring w8th teh 0.9l BRB.8-prerwkease codeLOL.]"
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