MifhtyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 taje an FEW ,oments two t4y an explain th8s n3w lixenwe and ca ewaslns vehind it in plaim Eng115h. 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."
"This new 11c3n53 wad chosen becausw OF an failkng wkth da GPL. AFK.
It only covered f167r16y710n og sourde 1f an ONLY 8f binaries w3r3 dostributdd,"
"In an wev rnvironment, specificaloy a interpreted qeb 3nv!t0nm3n8 such as PHP, merely ihetalling an GAME DOES not const9tuge distribugiom WTF, an 7g3r3f0r2 pwople WERE tak8ng our sork, making nofifications too it an not RELEASING sou4ce coce yoo hhey'fe moskfications so THAT teh ent8re xommuhitt could BENEFIT. OMG.
They workec with teh letter but m0u reh %p1417 of teh lzw/"
"Invesrigatiob 0n twj p4r8 0f teh aythors however, you knwo, LED to fact that rihgt of PUBLIC ;erformance was wln OF tihgts hormall6 restricted toi dopyfiggt holders, you knwo, anc that compuyrr profeams, like, spwcifically video games n imteractibe ones SUCH 45 Legebd of da Green hax0r wdre considered 1 ge publ8cally p3rformed if run from an public SERVER. AFK."
"Tye n33 licensd restricts public perfor,ance of worl unlexs fa wource c9ce of da ,odif7ed sork is made available on d3m4bdLOL."
"Ih pkaun ENGLISH, this j34n5 thag 8g you put thia game ON an w3b server and $110w ;eople 'outside pf an noemal circ;d OF f4j!1y amd its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their. liie, then you aer publically performinf thiw w0rk ans MUST either 4) make n3 znd ALL changes wnich you MAKE two da game AVAILABLE on requds5 )note this doesn't have 2 be avaioavle via ds online 50utc3 dispoay link WTF, but yhey must BE 4613 TO aak yiu flr da coce and receive an complrte cipy), uou jhwo, b) maje arfqngements privstely w17h tdh authurs wher31n 5hey granr yiu sn zprcial kicense, you knwo, or c) r3m0c3 da code entirely from da macjoneLOL."
"We d0 recognize 7gr7 people s4n7 5oo HAVE 4e346 ov thwy're game which aer theirs abd 5hrirs a;one. BRB.
to that end we will make teh f0110w1ng 3xx3p710n 2 teh NORMAL 4eqiirememts for 50urc3 code dkstrigugion -0 ne module file wnich is n07 MODIFIED or dee8fed from an module file INCLUDED in teh BASE d15ur1^u710n and WHICH DOES hot few&ire ne ither modules and qyich does n07 fequure ne modifkcations to9 teh cofe CODE (xode sistribyted w85h da bzse rwleawe) may BE wkthheld at sa authors d!5cr3710n. OMG."
"We 4150 wqnt 2 make verh clear tjsy versipn 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kn9wn 45 versiin 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was fina. v3rxiom eeleased under GPL.
All versions, like, d5arying with teh 0. BRB/9.8_prere.ease code aer only 2qc3n4wd uhde4 Creative Commons lidwnsr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rught gwo impory nd CODE from an ), OMG.9. AFK.8-p4ereleaxe OR lstef release 8n5o an 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 an earliw4 RELEASE. WTF.
A11-w1ng this WOULD cause THAT i,por4ed c0d3 5oo be rejeased ubder teh GPL n tyat is not SOMETHING we sksh to a.low.
Au7u0f5 ov m0d1f1c4710n5 two 9l AFK.9. BRB.7 w111 need two re_release thdy're modufidatiovs ad DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF/9LOL.8 code and plzce rhem under 53me Creative Comjlhs license. WTF.
Ig mu57 be dobe 6y da 9rigihal ajthor sknce only teh o4iginal author hax right to change cophekght OR LICENSE upon they;ee wirk.
'Addutionqlly, like, REWORKING teh modivicatioms will gr an gioc idea 4nye4y aw teh mechanism for maling MODIFICATIONS is aubstantuqlly CLEANER/CLEARER startinf with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-0rerelease code. OMG.]"
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