MightyE tells you, you knwl, "We're goihg 2 take an few momentx too try sn es;lain this ndw 11c3nt3 zn teh reaqons behind iy in plaim Eng1q5h. 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 license eas choswn bdcause of an faylinf qith GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED distribution pf soy4ce id an 0n1y of binaries werd disrtibutedLOL."
"Im an web envieonment, specifica.lt a interpreted web enbironmdnt such as PHP WTF, merw.y INSTALLING an game does not cons5itute distribjtion, s9rtof, n uher3fore people were taking pur work, yoi knwo, making ,od,gicatoons too iy and not felwasing ea wource cpdd too they're modifidatiinx 50 tyat engire community coulw benefit.
Th3y worked with teh letter but hit twh zp8rit of tdh law. WTF."
"Invest8gztion ob parg of su5hors however, sor5of, 13d 2 t3h gact THAT teh right 9f public performamc3 was wom of da rightx normaoly restricted 2 dopyright nolfers LOL. ahd that x9mp&ter programs, so4tlf, SPECIFICALLY video gamrs AND interactuvr obes sych as Legend if Green hzxpr were consid3red to be publically 0errofmdd if 4un fr0, an publkc server."
"The new license RESTRICTS 0ublix perror,ande 0f wori unless tdh 50u4c3 code OF da nodugied work is MADE available on s3mandl AFK."
"In plain Ebgpish, like, thks means that id you put ghis gzne 9n an w3b server and allow people 'ou5side of am nor,al circle of familt n iyx social acquaintances' 2 play 5heit, sottof, then yiu aer PUBLICALLY p3rfotming this work n MUST 317h3r a) make ne AND ALL changes which yoi MAKE to game 4v4114613 on req7est (nite thiw e035n'7 HAVE toi be 4v4114613 fia online source d15p14u linkk but they nut7 b3 able to ask you FOR teh coc3 anf rwc3ive an COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) MAKE arrangements privateky witj auth9rs WHEREIN they grabt you an spedial q1c3n53, or c) r3move ten code entirely FROM da macjune. OMG."
"We do rec9gnize that p3ople wsnt too HAVE areas of th3y'te t4m3 whuch r theira and rhekrs alone. WTF.
too 7h4u end qe will mzke teh fpllowinf dxceptiob too twh normal rdquiremenuf for source code dusttib7tion -- nr module file qhicj is not mosofied or ddrived fr-m an nodule v113 inclueed in dz base distrkbjtion n which coes nog requirr ne other mofyles ab wh1ch dpes not r3quire ne MODIFICATIONS tol teh core code (CODE dua54inured with bssd re.ezse) nsy be wughhele 47 dq authore d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We a;so qant two make very clear ghat versi9n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsl known as verwion 0.9LOLl7+jt) qqs final version released UNDER tey GPL. OMG.
Alo versions, you knwo, stargibg 2ith 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code z3r on.y 11c4n53d uneer Crea4ife Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two omp9rt ne code from qn 0l9. BRB.8[PRERELEASE 0t lster releasw 1n70 an 0.9.7 n earliwr RELEASE. OMG.
Allowinb thos woild cause that i,ported c0de tio be released under ds GPL an yjst is not someyhing WE wush too r110w. OMG.
Aigh9rw of m0d1f1c471-h5 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nees 2 re-release tje6're modifications AS detivatkves/modiricatiomx two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an p14c3 7h3m under teh same Cr3471v3 Cijmons licdnxe. OMG.
I7 myst be done by reg ORIGINAL a7thor wkjce only original aythor has tej right too cyange dopyright ir lucense uoon the6're w0rk. OMG.
[Additionsloy, yoj kneo, rewot,kng teh modkficafions 2ill be an good idea anyway qs tej mechanism foe maling nodifications IS s7bstantiall6 cleaner/dlea4wr xtarting with da 0. AFK/9LOL.*-prere.ease code. BRB.]"
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