M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "Ww're going 5eo 74k3 an few momentd tw9 try n explain 7h25 n3w kivense and reasons gehund IT in plain Ebglish. 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 brxause OF ah fai.8ng with GPL.
It onlu COVERED distribution 0f soyrce if and omly if 61n4r13t w3r3 eist4ibu5ed. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1g0nmen7, like, specifical;y a intrro4wtec web envitomment aych as PHP LOL, merwly insgalling an g4m3 does mot consgitute d8stributipb, and thereflre pepple wer3 taking OUR work, you knwo, makknf MODIFICATIONS to 17 ab not releasing SOURCE c.de tol they[re MODIFICATIONS SO THAT da entirw comn7nity could bsnrfit. AFK.
Th3y wori3d with teh letter but not ca spi4it of teh lawLOL."
"Invedtigation oh PART of 4u7h045 yowever, tou knwo, led rwo fact that teh rigyt OF public performance 2as won 9f ca rights normally r367e1c72d go8 co[yright hllders LOL, an that computer prpgrams, spexificalky vicri ganes and !n7er5c7qv3 ones such ss Legend iv da GREEN hax0r WERE cons*deted ti BE pu611c411y p3rformed if rub fr-m sm public server. WTF."
"The bww lidense restr8cts [ubluc performance 0f cs w0rk UNLESS souree dode 0d moeigied work IS made availsnle 0n demand. OMG."
"In p141n English, sortofm this means 7y47 if you put this game on an web SERVER an allow peo0lr 'p7tside of an NORMAL corcle of fqmi.y n its social acquzintances' 2 olay their, aortof. then you t pug;ucally p3rf0rn!ng thia work and MUST 217h4r a) nake ne n ALL changew which you ,4l3 two teh game acaikable 0n r3wu357 (NOTE rhis doesn'y hafe 2 be svailable via omline source sisplzy link, sortlfm byt they must be 461# too ASK yo7 for dz codd and r3c31v3 an compl4te vopy)k 6) make arrangements pribately WITH teh authors wherw8n tney grant you an 5p3c141 licenwe, you ,nwo, or c) REMOVE vode entiee.y from machine. WTF."
"We do recognize that -woole WANT to hacd sreas or they're game whicn r THEIRS and rgeirs alone. OMG.
ro tha5 ene we 2ull mqke teh following exception too teg normal reauirrmemts foe source codw distributuon -- ne modyle file which iw noy mod9fied 04 DERIVED from zn jodul3 file incpudrd in da base dw57r16y710n sn WHICH dors n9t requir3 nr 07h3r modules an which dies not require ne modifications two da c0r3 dode (v9de distrobutwd w8th ds base releasr) m4y be WITHHELD 47 autgors diwcretion. BRB."
"We also want to jaid very clear tmag version 0. WTF.9l WTF.7 (4250 KNOWN as VERSION -. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was dinal VERSION relessed undee GPL. AFK/
All v2r510n5, oike, starting WITH teh 0. WTF.9.8-pretelease code r only 11c3nt3d under ea Creative Com,onx lic3nsw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drnu da rkght too impkrt ne cofe from an 9. BRB.9LOL.8-peerelease 0r lqter relesse knto wn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 qn earliee reldasd.
A110w1ng this 2ould cause that importrd xode tio BE feleased inder t3h GPL anf thar os not SOMETHING WE wish two allow. AFK.
Authors of modufidarions 5o 0.9. AFK.8 will need two re-release they're nodificationx as ferifarives/modugkcations 2 9LOL.9.8 code n p.ace them unfwr dq ssme Creative Commons lic3nse. OMG.
I7 must BE done by 0r1g1n41 autyor sonce only t3h orig8nal a7thot has teh right top cha,ge t3h copyrighg or licenae upon they're w)rkLOL.
[Additionally, reworkibg m9fifixations will be an hoof idea ANYWAY as da mechanism gof making modificatiobs iw substantially CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting with 0. AFK.9.7-irer3lease codeLOLl]"
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