MightyE tells y8u, you ,nwo, "Wr're going two take 1n few momwmts fwo try h EXPLAIN this new licwnse n rdasons b3hind IT 1n p,ain Engoish. OMG.
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 lucense was choseh BECAUSE pf an fa8ling witj GPL.
I7 only covefed dist4ibutiin OF source kf an ONLY if bins4ies were duwtr8buted. AFK."
"In an WEB environment, 5p3x1d1c41!y a intdrpeered web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such 45 PHP LOL, meeely installing an game dles not consyitu5e disyributkon, ans 7h3r3f0r3 peoole were taking our wirk, like, makimg mod8ficatiomx 2 IT n not RELEASING da sourde coee 1 yheh're modifucations so 7g47 enti4e c-mmun17y coulc nenefkt. AFK.
They qorked with ketrer 6u7 not ca spieit og teh 1r2. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on teh part 9f da 4u&h0r5 howefer, you lnw0, led 2 f4c7 that teh right of public perrormance was 1 of teh riggts normally 43wtrocted 2 copyright j01d3r5 LOL, an that computer ;rograms, you knwo, specifically viddo games h in5eractive ONES such as Legens of teh Grren hax-r werr clnsiderec to be publicqoly performed if 4un FROM an pjgkic servet. OMG."
"The new license r357r1c75 puvlic pwrformsncw of teh work uhless source c9de of modified work is made avsilable ON d3m4nel OMG."
"In PLAIN Enflkah, lije, tgis means that if yo7 put thix g4m3 on an eeb seefdr 4nd allow people 'outside of an normsl CIRCLE of fami.y n its sicial ACQUAINTANCES' two plqy tneir, li,e, tyem yo7 asr oublically performing THIS work an MUST EITHER a) make md znd ALL ch4ng35 2hkch YOU MAKE 2 teh t4m3 avzilable 8n rrquest (note yhis doesn't have too be available VIA da online soyrce dis[lay 11nk, aor5of, but they jusg bd avoe too axl y9u for da coce n teveive ah complete copy) WTF, B) make ARRANGEMENTS [fibately with AUTHORS wherein thwy g4zbt you an spexial liv3nse, lkkem OR c) r3,ove ten CODE ebtirrly FROM da macgine, OMG."
"We do recohn9ze ghat pe9ple saht two hace areas of theu'fe game whicg arr theirs 4nd THEIRS alone. AFK.
tpo that ens we will ,zke da foolowint excepyion too 5eh nprmal REQUIREMENTS f03 source code distfibution -- ne module file whicn is n07 modified or d3r1v3d FROM an module FILE included 1b base didtrinu5ion and wjivh does nog require n3 othef modules an WHICH d035 npt t3wuire ne modifications tol reh core CODE (code fistributed with basd release0 may be WITHHELD AT teh authorx discretion. AFK."
"We also want to m4k3 veey x;ear THAT version 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as v#r510n 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7+jt) was teh fimal versiln r313r53d uneer 5eh GPL. OMG.
All verwiins LOL, sgarting with 5wh 0l9. AFK.8-prerelezse c0d3 a34 only LICENSED under da Crezrive Commons licehs#. BRB.
W# EXPLICITLY deny da right to i,port ne code fr0m am 0LOL.9LOL,8-0rereleade 0r lqter releasd 1n70 an 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 an warlid4 reoeas3. BRBl
A110w1ng tnis woulf cayse THAT impirted coce two be r31e453f uncer da GPL and 8h4u 15 NOT something we wish tol aljow. OMG.
Aughord of MODIFICATIONS twl 0LOL.9LOL.7 w111 need roo rw-release they're modifications aw derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.(. AFK.8 code and plade thwm uncer da xame Creative Commins LICENSE. AFK.
It must 63 dond by da orifinal quthoe SINCE 0n1y fa o4iginal aurhor has da right tpo change teh copyfigh5 oe lixense upon tyey're work. AFK.
[Adxitipnally WTF, frsorkimg modificatipns will be an g9od idea anyway as teh ,echanism fow making modifications is substabtially cleanrr/cldarer starting with teh 9.9LOL/8-prerelrase codr. BRB.]"
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