MighyyE tells you WTF, "We're hoong 2 take ah vew mlments yoo TRY an EXPLAIN this n3w license n teh reaaons nehinw it in plain EngliahLOL.
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 licendr was chosen because of an fai.ing woth da GPL. BRB.
It only coveeed distrubution pf 50yrc3 if n onky if binzriew qefe distribut3d. BRB."
"In sn qeb wnvironment, you knqo, x[wcifkcally a inteepewted web 4nvirpnmeng such as PHPj sortof, m3r31y inatalling qn game d035 NOT constit7te distributkom, like, n 7g343v0r3 proplr were taking ojr work, xorgof, MAKING modiricatipns tqo ut anc n97 RELEASING teh soufce code too they're modificayiohs so rgat teh ent8re community could benrfit. AFK.
Th#y worked with da letter buy not teh 5p1r16 lv teh la2LOL."
"Inveatigation ON PART 0f da authprs HOWEVER, you kmwo, lee to da fact that right of [7blic p3rformance was oen of fibhts normally resteicted too COPYRIGHT h0!d3e5, soetof. zb that COMPUTER progrsms, ypu kneo, 5p3c1v1c411y vpde9 games ane intefactive ones such AS L3g3nd of da Gr33n hax0r were consjdered u0 gw publically performed !f run from an PUBLIC xerver. OMG."
"Tne new license featricrs puvlic performance of da w0rk unless da sou4cd code of da modified wofk is madr avai;ablr on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engkishk this means tnat IF YOU pit 7h15 GAME on an web swrver an a,low oeople '-u751e3 ov an nprmal CIRCLE of fajily an itx sodial avquaintznced' 2 play gheir, likek THEN YOU aet ;ublically performing 7j15 work and MUST 3itnrr a) makr ne n ALL changes WHICH you maje tol teh game availanle on request (note th8s DOESN'T yave 2 be availabl3 via da online source DISPLAY oink WTF, but they mu57 be zble twp ask ylu for teh code qnd recekve an compoete cipy), li,e, b) mzke arrangemdntd privatdly wigh da authoys wh3r31n tgey f4zht YOU an spwcizl license, you kneo, 9r c) remove ea coce en6irely brpm macnineLOL."
"We do recofn8ze tnat ;eople w4n7 too HAVE areas 9f they're gamd which aer 7h31t5 n theirs a.lnel
tp that enf we wuol make da following eccepgion 2 teh normal tewuiremen5a for source dodd distribution -0 ne MODULE f123 whkcy is not m;dudiec o4 derived from an MODULE filr inzlud3d in base distribu5ion am which does nog require nw other modules and which fpes n9t rwqui4e nw ,odoficationz to core code )CODE distributed WITH dq 6452 release( may be ei5hheld at teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We also want too make VERY clear that version pLOL.9.7 (also known as version 0l WTF.0. OMG.6+jt) was da finsl versopn feleased under da GPLLOL.
All fersions, starting with da 0. BRB.0.8-prerelease code aer only kicended undrr tdh Creagive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh right to import ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelezse or LATER release into an p.9. WTF.7 qn e1rl8er release. AFK.
All9eing rhis wojld cause that inported code too be te.eased uhd3t geh GPL n that is not SOMETHING w3 wish too allow.
Aurhors of modificatopns to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-relrase thrt're modkfications AS d3r2v471v36/,0d1t1c4610b5 2 0LOL.9/ AFK.8 CODE n place them umder SAME Creat8ve Comnons lucense. OMG.
It must 63 done bh origina. suthor sinc3 0n1y geh original suthor has da right twl chang4 copyrigyt or ;icense ypon theypre WORKLOL.
[Additionally, reworkint da modifications will be an h9od idea anyway as mwchanism flr nalibg jowificationw is substantialoy cleaner/vlra4er s5arting witj ). OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c0e3. OMG.]"
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