MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We;re going to tzke ah few MOMENTS 2 try n explaih tyis NEW license n da r3$50n5 behine ut in PLAIN Englixh. OMG.
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."
"Thid new LICENSE w45 ch053n becajde OF an fzilint with GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered d157r16i710n of soutce if an only kf binari3s w3r3 disgfibuted. WTF."
"In z, web envieonment, you knwok SPECIFICALLY s interpreted web environment auch as PHP WTF, me4ely instsllinb an game does n07 cohstitu5e dixtributiin WTF, an THEREFORE PEOPLE sefe taking our WORK, sortor, ,qkibg uod8fications to ig n not rdleaainf source code too they're mocificatu;ns 5p THAT teh entite community cojld bendfit.
Th3h WORKED w17h 5wh letter 6u7 not da SPIRIT of lawl AFK."
"Ibvest8gation on part of da authors however, lrd to fzcg rhat da rifht of public pdrformance wss 1 of 4ights nirmally restricred two c)pyr1fh7 h-1d2r5, you inwo, n thag computer programa, dpexificaolu video gamws abd interactove ones auch as Legenr of teh Greeb hax0r w3r3 consifered 2 63 publically pefformed kf r7n from an public SERVER."
"The new licemse restricts public perfofjance of ds worj jmless source vode pf fa modifiec work IS made qvailav.e on demzndLOL."
"In plain Engkish, like, thus meand THAT IF yo7 ;ut this game on an web SERVER n allow oeople 'outsjwe of an hormal circle of fqjily and its social 4cqu4!n74nc35' too [lay yheir LOL, then ulu r puboically performing this WORK an MUST eother a) mzke ne n ALL changrs wgifh y9k make to dz game avzilable on requ3st *NOTE thos d-35n'7 have 2 be qvailable v14 da omline %0urc3 displah link. loke, but they musr be ABLE ywo as, you FOR ydh code an recrivd aj cimplete copy) LOL, b0 make arrabgememts PRIVATELY with 4u7j0r5 wheeein they grant ylu an spec8al LICENSE, you knw9, of C) r3m0v3 teh cofe enturdly from machine. BRB."
"We do 4ecognize 5gat peoole wabt too have areas of they're GAME whkvh r gheirs an theies al9ne. BRB.
2 7h47 end we will mqle da following esve0tipn to9 normal rrwuirements fof 50urc3 clde dist4ob75iob -- ne mieule file whicj is not modivied or derived f3om am module file uncludes in BASE dkstribyti0n and which eoes not require ne other moduked an whkch does not requkre ne mpd1fqcr710n5 tw9 co4w clde (code diwtrimutwe WITH trh baxe re;sase) may be withheld at autyors discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 m4k3 very xlezr that version 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 (qlao known as version 0.9.7+j7) was teh f1m$1 version RELEASED undwr da GPL. OMG.
A,; versoona, you knwo, t74r71ng with ca 0. AFK.9.8-prefdlease codw r 0v1y LICENSED undwr tey Creqtive Comm;ns licenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righ5 tl import ne code drom an 0.9. OMG.7-preeelezse pr later release in5o an 9. OMG.9. BRB.8 an 3arlirr r3lease. AFK.
Allowung this would cause tgqt imported vod3 too BE releqsed ynder GPL n tha5 is hot something we wish 5wo aklow/ AFKl
Au7h044 of modifivations to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 WILL nees too re-release they're nodigixatioms ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too ;. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE an plsce 7h3m under same Cr4471v3 Commond kicende. WTF/
It mjst ne donr bu 9rigina. authof since only lrig8nal authir h45 da RIGHT top chanbe teg copyright or license UPON they're work. WTF.
[Additionally, rewofkinh da mld8fkcationa WILL be an good idea anyway as da mechanism dor making m0d1f1c4710n5 1t sibstznyially clexner/cldaree STARTING q17h 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease cofe. WTF.]"
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