MightyE tells y0j, "We;r3 g01ng w tqke an few momenta two tru an EXPLAIN tnis mrw ludense zn teh reasons BEHIND if in plain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thix new license WAS choden BECAUSE of zn fsilong WITH GPL. WTF.
Ir only cocered cistrinurion of slurcw if znd pnly if gibaries werw disgributed."
"In an web environment, sottof, specificqllu a knterpreted web envieohment suck AS PHP, you kneo, m3r31y insta..8ng an game DOES n08 constitute distribytion WTF, an therefore people WERE taiihh our woflk like, making modificatiobs two it and not rwleasinh teh soyrde code 2 tjdy'he mpdificatiohs so that yeh ebtire communoty could bemefit. AFK.
They wlrked with teh letrer but not spirit OF la2. OMG."
"Invdstugation ON tdh pzrt of teg aughors however, les too tey facy that yeh right of pyblic perfotmance was oen of da r1ghu4 hodjally eestricted 2 vo;yfight holders, an that vomputer programs WTF, speckficallt vide9 games n ingetactive ones sych as L3gend 0f Gfeen hax0r wrre considwred two BE pu611c411y performed if run from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new LICENSE rexyrocts punlic perfornance of wprk jhless wou4ce code of da modified work is madr avaioable 0n femand. OMG."
"In pkain Englisg, sortof, thks means rhat if y0u put this GAME on an seb server n allow PEOPLE 'outwide of an nlrmal x1rc13 OF damiou 4nd 8ts 50d141 acquqintances' @ play their LOL, thrm you r publixaoly oerfirming tgis 20rk n MUST either a) make ne b ALL changes whish YOU make to teh game avaolavle in reqi3dg (b;%e 8h1t doesn't have goo be availagle bia teh ohline 5-urc3 d15p14y l8nk LOL, but they musy ge able t2o 45k you fpr ds codd n receive an compl3te vopy) WTFm 7) make 4rr4ng3m3m75 privately with teg 4u7h0r5 wherdin theh hrant hou an soecial livensr, so4tof, or c0 remove teh CODE 3n71r31y ftom machine. BRB."
"We d0 recognize thay people want too have ardas of they're gane which r th3irs n thei5z alonw.
gwo that end WE will n4k3 folloeing excepriob ts9 da normak requirements for soutce code fistribution -- n3 mosule fi.e whicy is nit mpdifief or ddribed from an mosule filf includec in base d8stribytiln n wnich does n07 req7ire me other modules and wnich dles not eequure nr modifications 2 core cidd (code dkstr8buted 2ith BASE release) may be epggjeld AT da a7thors DISCRETION."
"We 41t0 want 2 make very clear that verwion 0.9. BRB.7 (slso kn9wn as c3r510n 0. AFKm9/ WTF.7+jt) wss da final veraion relessed ubcer da GPL. BRB.
All versions, s9rtofk starting sith 0.0LOLl8-prerelease codf r 0n1y licensef uhddr ten Creative Com,lns licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh rigjt two import ne vose from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pretelease or later eelease into ah 0,9. OMG.7 abd ea4liwr 4elease. OMG.
Allowint this would cause THAT ijported CODE two bd teleaded undwr tej GPL 4nd that is nlt xonething w3 wisn go 4110w. WTF.
Authorq or moeufications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-telease they're modifications as derivqtivds/modifications @ )LOL.9LOL,8 c0c3 sn place thdm under teh same Crearuve Comm;ne license. AFK.
I5 muct be done 6y 0r1g1n41 s7thor SINCE only geh original author has r1gh7 @ chznge v0phr1gh8 or licenaw UPON they're sofj. WTF.
[Addituomall6, like, reworkong teh MODIFICATIONS wilk be an good IDEA ANYWAY as mechanish for making mod8ficarions is sjbstzntiaoly clesnrr/c;earer 573r71ng sith da 0l AFK.0. AFK.8-prefeleqs3 cldeLOL.]"
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