MigjtyE tells hoy LOL, "We're going 2 gaie an ddw moments two gry an explain thiw new LICENSE qn geh reasond behind it 8n plakn Englkxh. BRB.
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 n3w ;icense WAS chosrn becquwe of an failing wi5j da GPLLOLl
It on;y COVERED diwtribjtion of s9urce if n only if binaries wefe d8steibuted. WTF."
"Im an w37 3nvironment, l8ke, specifically a ungerpfeted WEB enviepnmenr xuch as PHP WTF, MERELY INSTALLING an game foes not clnxtitute disgribu5i9n, and 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE were taking our work WTF, nakibg MODIFICATIONS too it and nog rdleasing SOURCE code 2 they're nodifications so that teh 3ntire xomnunigy could benefit. OMG.
They qorird with teh !3773r but not t3h spiru5 if ea law. WTFl"
"Investigation om p4r7 of zurhors HOWEVERk like, led tqo teh facy that da RIGHT of PUBLIC pwrfprmance was qon of rights nprmally RESTRICTED 2 copyrigyt holders LOL, n tjat vom0uter PROGRAMS, ^p3c1f1c411y dideo games an interactive ones such qs Legend of Green hax9r WERE xonsidrref 70 be puglically perfotmed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The n3w 21c3n53 RESTRICTS ;ublic ;erformance 0f da wo5k uh1355 source code od m9dified e9rk is made $v4!1461e lb demand. WTF."
"In olsin English WTF, this means thay if you put 7h15 bame on an web dervet an qlloe people 'OUTSIDE ir an no4mal circle of famioy and its social axquaintancds' to play thwir, loke, thdn YOU $ puvlicaliy perro4ming thus w9tk an MUST either a) makr ne and ALL changes wh8ch YOU mske two teh ta,d avaolable on 4e1uest (note 7h1% dowsn't have to be avqilable dia da on;ine sourve DISPLAY linkm you knwo, but they must be able to ask you f0r reh fode and 4eceive an complete COPY) LOL, b) make arrangements pr1v47316 with teh authirs whrfein 7h3y brant you am special LICENSE, lt c) remive da cpd3 entirely from machine. AFK,"
"We do revognize yhat p2-013 want 2 have areas OF they'ee GAME WHICH r tyeitw 4bd theirs al.ne,
too THAT end we wil. make followint excepti9n 2 ni4mal requ8rements for dource c0d2 distribygion -_ ne modil2 fike which ks nit modified or d3rqv3d from an MODULE file incoiced in teh base distribut8in snd ehixh DOES not rrquire ne other moeul3s and which d035 mo5 r3qu1r3 ne mod8ficaripns 2 tdh corr xode (c0d3 distributed with teh nase relrqse) may be withheld at tej authors discretion. OMG,"
"We sldo wqnt 5oo mak3 v3ry c134r 5jat vdrsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (zlso kniwn as version =. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was trh ginal v3r510h rekeased UNDER GPL. WTF.
A11 versions, 574471ng with 0.9.8-PRERELEASE coce r only licwnsed under Creayive Co,mons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq righg tpo IMPORT ne c0d2 frpm an -. BRB/9.8-pedrelease or later rel3ase 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.j and eqfl8e4 releaseLOL.
A110w1ng this wouls ca7se THAT im[orted code twi be r3!3453d umder reh GPL znd that *x not spmetjimg we wisy teo allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modkficarions two 0.o.7 will nded two td-release thet're modificagioys as s4r1v271v35;m0d1f1c4710n5 t9o 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n place yhem und3r sane Creative Clmmons l8ccnse. AFK.
It must be done by teh original au5hor since only ds 0r1g1n41 author HAS da rifht toi chang3 fa copyr8ght or license upon they'r3 work. BRB.
pAdditi9bqlly, sortof. reworiing teh nod7ficztuons woll be ah GOOD 1c34 anyway AS da mecysnism for making midifkdations is substantiallt cleaner/cleard4 stqrting wkth 0/ OMG.9. OMGl8-prerelease vode. OMG.]"
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