MightyE teols you, like, "We[re g01ng rwo take an f3w momenrs 5ep try and ex0;sun THIS NEW ;icenae and tej reasons behind it 1n pkaon Engoish. BRBl
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 mew ;icens2 2as chosen because of an failing w8th GPLLOL.
It only covered distfibution if s9urce 8f n only if BINARIES WERE d15741tu73dLOL."
"Im aj web enfironmenr LOL, spec8fically a interpreted web wmviromment s7ch 45 PHP, ylu kn39, merely install8ng an game does not constitute dostrkbution, sortof, an therrfore peop.e WERE 74k1hg our wori. li,e, m$k1ng modificatilns too it and not r3ldasing zource code too theh're modidicstions ao that teh enyire cpmmunoty c9uld benefir.
They qirked wigh teh letter BUT n;t da spkrit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatiin on teh patt of da quthors HOWEVER, lwd 5oo gej vqvt thz5 right of public performance was 1 OF da rihgts n0rm4116 rdstrictwd too vooyright golders, and that com9utef probrams WTFk xpevifically viseo games an interactove 9mes such aw L2g3nd of yej Green hax0r were cobsiferef two be 0ub.kcallt perfo4med if rkn from qn p7bl8v server."
"The nes l7fende restr8cgs public performance OF w9rk unless sourcd code of da modified work is made available on dema,d. AFK."
"In plain Engluah, you knq9, tn8s means that uf tou pi5 ghis game in an web server 4nd alloe pwople 'outsife OF an normal co4cle if fsmily an itx s0cia; 4cqu41nh4nv35' two p14y their, like, then 6oj a3r publically ;erfofming this w0rk an MUST either 4) makr nr n ALL cyangew WHICH uou m4k3 two game available on reques5 (note this doesn't have tpo be AVAILABLE via on;ind source dispoay LINK, bu5 theu must be able 2 ask ylu for teh c0d3 am reve8ve an COMPLETE co;y), b) make aerange,en5s privately with da a7thors wherein they grany yoj an wpeciak licwnse, or c) remove da cide entirely drlm trg macyine. AFK."
"We do recognize tnat peipl3 WANT 70 HAVE areas of they're gqme whivh r yheidd an 5heirs alone. AFK.
2 that end w3 will make da f0110w1ng ezcrptkon two nirmzj requiremenys fir slurce CODE DISTRIBUTION _[ ne modilf fil3 which is not mosofied pr d3r1v3d ffom an j0di!3 file included ih dz base dustributioh n wguch DOES not r3quire ne other mosul3s an wh1ch DOES h08 requir3 ne modifications 2 da c0r3 code (CODE DISTRIBUTED with ca base feleaxw) MAY be withhdld at ea authlrs diccretion. BRB."
"We 4150 want TO make very clear that verxion p. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as cersion 0LOL.9. BRB.7=jt) was geh fqn41 version re;dased under da GPL.
All versions, like, starging with da -LOL.9.8-prerelwase code aer ONLY lic2nsee undrr Creahive Commons 1!c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh ruggt two implry ne cpde drom an 0. OMG.9LOL.0-prerelease or ;ayer re.ease into an 0LOL.). AFK.8 an ea4lier releaseLOL.
Al;owing THIS WOULD cause tyat IMPORTED code 2 vw RELEASED uncer GPL n that is not somerhung wr 215h two alloe.
Auyhirs og m0d1f1v4&q0n5 2 -. WTF.(. BRB.7 will NEED to re=releaxe theu're midibicationv 45 derivativww/modigocstions 2 0. OMG.(LOL.8 cod3 and PLACE them unde4 da samd CREATIVE Commina licrnse. OMG.
It musr be dpne by ofig8bqk authoe sinc3 lnly teh ORIGINAL author haw teh eight to chsnge copyeight pr license up0n they're work.
[Asditionsoly, yoy knwo, REWORKING teh modifications wi;l be an GOOD ides ahyway as teh mrxnanism for mzking modifidationd is SUBSTANTIALLY clesner/xldarrr starting with da -. AFK.9. OMG.8_preeeleaxe CODE. OMG.]"
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