MighyyE tells YOUm "We're gi8nb two take ah few m9mwnts to TRY m explain tjis new licensd 4nd tej reasins behind it on plqin Ebglish. WTF.
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 was cjosen because OF an failkng with teh GPL. BRB,
It ONLY cobered dist4inution of 59urx3 if n only if binaties WERE distribited. WTF."
"In ah web environment, y9u knwo, specifically a 1n73rpr373f web dnvironmemt such as PHP, merely INSTALLING an GAME DOES not cons5itute sistribution, li,d, n therefo4e people wer3 taking 9ur wo4k, soryif, making mocifucations @ it b not releawkng da a9urc3 code two they're modifications so yjat en5ire xommunity cou/d bendfot. BRB.
They 28rkef with teh leyter but not da spitot of la2LOL."
"Investigatiln on ea part lf autgors howecer, you kmwo. 13d toi teh faxt thzt t3h roght -f put11c oerformancw was oen of teg t8ghys norma9ly r357r1c73d rwo co0yrighg holders, like, an that cpmpk73r programs, specifically video b$m35 ah ihteracrive ones wuxh 45 Legend of da Green yax0r wer3 considdred too be p7blkcally peefprmed iv r7m vrom an public server. BRB."
"The new LICENSE eestricts p&bloc perfirmanc3 of WORK unleas SOURCE c0s3 of twh modifies woek ks m4d3 availanle on demznd. WTF."
"Ih plain ENGLISH, you knwo, 7h15 mwans rhat jf u9u PUT thia game on an web server an zllow 0eople 'putside of an normal xitclw of family ahs its social acquaintances' to PLAY th3lr, like, thrn you r pub;ically prrrormkng this work n MUST eithdr a) makd ne n ALL ch4ng34 whuch hou makr too fame available on reques5 (note 7hq5 foewn'g have 2 be avaolable v14 ywh 0n11n3 50urd3 eisp.ay link, you kmwo. BUT they musg ge able teo asi you flr da codd and rec3ive an c0mp1373 copy), n) make arrangemdnts pruvately wi5n da AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant you an special 11c4n53k or d) remove teh c0d3 entirely grom da nachine."
"We do recohnize that people wan5 to HAVE areaa -f they'fe ga,w wnich zer theirs n theifd aloneLOL.
2 THAT 3hd WE will make fo.lowing 3xfeption two hormal requirem3gts fo4 source code DISTRIBUTION -= ne module file wgicj id not mldifirc or derived from an modu.e file inc'udes in sa BASE diwtribution and which does NOT reqiire ne other modules an which doea ,og REQUIRE ne modifications 2 t3h CORE code (c0d3 distributed with teh baxe r3lradf) m4y be qktyheld AT da authors discreripn. OMG."
"We a.so wsnt twl m4k3 ve4y clear THAT v3tsion 0.9. OMG.7 (also inown as version 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da final v3f5q-n releqdec under da GPL. AFK.
Al; VERSIONS, startihg w8th 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE cose r only lic3nsed undee Creativw C9mmons license. BRB,
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY teh right two IMPORT ne CODE from sn 0l9.&-pretelease 04 1473r release into an 0LOL.9.7 an EARLIER relraseo
Allowing THIS would dause that im0lr5ed code two be released unde4 t3h GPL an that 15 not something WE 2ish too allow. BRB.
Authors of midkdicatilns too 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 will need two re-release tgey're modificq5ions ax derifatived/modificationw to 0. BRB.9/8 d0d3 an llace them under da same Creative Conmons license. AFK.
I5 must ge don3 ny original author since only da originql author jas da rkght too CHANGE copyrigyt OR ;icense jpon they're WORKLOL,
[Additoonally, you kneo, reworking modificatkons will be zn giod idea anyway AS mfchanism d(r ja,ing modificat8ons is substantially c134n3r/c134r34 574r71ng with ds 0LOL.9. WTF.9-pr33313353 cied. OMG.]"
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