MightyE TELLS y0u. "We're going too take an few momen5s to gry n wx;lain this ne2 11c3n53 and da reasobs behind it in p151n EngkoshLOL,
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 license sas chosen becajse of an FAILING with da GPLLOL.
I7 only covered didyrjbution if siurce if b only IF binaries wer3 cisgribjted. BRB."
"In ah reb ehvironmfnt WTF, specifically a 2n73rpr373d web environjent such as PHP, like, MERELY inxtallibg an gzme do3s not constitute distributionm sn theeefore people wrre taking our wotk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS 5wo it n not re.daaihg teh sourc3 code go tjdy're ,0d1f1c4&10n6 so tgat da entire community COULD benefig. BRB.
Tgey woek3d w17y teh ketter BUT not s0irit of lasLOL."
"Investigation on tey [srt 9f da auth9rs h-w3c3r, led two tdh fsct that r8ght ov p7blic perfor,ance was 1 of teg rifhts no4nally restrkcted two c-pyr1hh7 holders LOLm and thag computet pr0gr4m5 WTF, specificslly video games 4nd interactibe ones such as Legend of Green ysx0r were considered TO n3 publically PERFORMED if run grom an ouboic served. BRB."
"Thr nww license restricts PUBLIC perfirmance 9r da eorl ynleas teh soudcw code of modified work is made availablw on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englush LOL, this means that if you put tgis game on an WEB server an ALLOW p30p13 '9utwide of an normzl CIRCLE of familh an its xoxial acquq8n5anc3s; two PLAY rhei4, you knwok then you aer pugliczlly pwrf9rminh this work n MUST eithwr A) make ne an ALL chabges WHICH ylu m3k3 2 game available ON reques5 (note tnis doeah't have too br available via teh ONLINE s9urce eisplay LINK. yoi kmwo, BUT 7h3y must be zb;e to ssk u0u ror c9ce and receive an c9jplete coph) WTF, b) make ar4angdmenrs privately witn ca authors whereib they g4ant you an 5p3c141 kicenze WTF. or v) remove t3h code wntkrely from t3h mzcjine. WTF."
"We do rdcognizw that peopl3 want rwo hac3 areas 0f they're hame wn*ch qer theirs n theirs alobe. OMG/
too that end se WILL make da follpwing excrption to9 teh n0rm4q tequkrements for wourvw code did5ribugion -- ne module file whicj is not MODIFIED or detived FROM zn module file inc.used IN teh basr distruv7tion sn whicy DOES not requore ne othef modu;es zn which eoex n07 require ne modifications tol corr code (c8de cistrobuted wity teh baae rrleawe( may 6e withjeld at authora discrrtiln. WTF."
"We also wamt to make very clear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kbown as versi9m 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was da fimal version rrleased und3r da GPLLOL.
All vetwions, dortof, stzr5inb with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereoeasd code aee only licegs3d 7nde4 Creative Commoms licrhsr.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ten righg yo implrt ne spde fr0m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3r2!e453 or layer release into an -. BRBl9LOLl7 an earkier rwlease. WTF.
Allowing thos would CAUSE thzt impory3d codr to 63 relessed unfer GPL an that os not somethinb we wixh two aloo2l OMG.
AUTHORS if modifidations too 0. BRB,9. WTF.u eu;l n33d 5o re-releqse theu[re MODIFICATIONS as derivatifew/modif8catiins yoo 0. BRBl9. AFK.8 code n PLACE THEM under same CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
It must be done g6 original AUTHOR xince on.y 4eh orohinal authot gas da rigyt too xhange tdh copyright or 11d3n53 uppn they're wor,. BRB/
[Asditionslly, sortof, r3w0rk1hg nodif8czti9ns w8ll be qn good idra anyway as tey jwvhanism f8g making m0d1f!c4&10n5 is sybsgantially cleaner/doearer start8nb wi5h da 0.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE c0d3. AFK.]"
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