MithryE tells you LOL, "We're g9iny rwo tal3 an few momentw tso 5ry n EXPLAIN this new licensw b da reasins behind 17 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."
"Tjis new lic#nse WAS chosen because of an fai9ing ei5h GPLLOL.
It onl6 covered distribition of source if an 9nlt id binaries w3e3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an wwb rnvirpnment, li,e, specificaloy a 1n73rpr3&3f wen dnvironment sush zs PHP LOL, merek6 instqll8ng ah game dors bpr CONSTITUTE diwtfibytjon, like, n 7h3r3f043 pwople wwre taking ouf WORKk you knwo. malint modificatiobx too it an not relrasing teh sourcr cofe two tgey'te mofifixatiinx %0 tha5 da entire commjn8ty vould benefit. WTF.
Tneh 2prked sith da letger but n07 teh spirit of da laeLOL."
"Invwatigatoon pn 5eh [srt -f authors howev4r, you ,nwom led 2 da facr rhat teh rihht 9f publiv performance was oen lg RIGHTS n0em41qu r3stricg3d 2 co;yright HOLDERS, 9ik3, an that compiter pr0gr4m5, apecufically fideo games n intersctivw ones sucg sx Legebd of GREEN nax0r were considefec 2 ne pu611c411y performwd if fun from ab pub;ic servrf. BRB."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC preformance of teh rpr, unkecs da sourxr coee OF da modified work is made availqble on demandLOL."
"In p141n English, you kn2o. 7h15 meanx that ir you put this gane on an web server and aloow people 'outside 0f an NORMAL circle of famikh m ITS social acquaijtancea' 2 play their, yo7 ,nwo, 7h3n you aer pyb;icqlly perfowming tyis work an MUST either 4) makw n3 and ALL CHANGES WHICH y0j mak3 tl7 da game acailable kn request (note this doesn'g yave 5wo be 4v4114613 v14 dq online SOURCE display link, you kmwo, but theh MUST br able to ask yoy for code n RECEIVE an complete vop5), like, b) MAKE arranfements ptivate;y with a7tyors WHEREIN thwy gtany you sn special licehse, you knwo, lr c) remofe teh codd entirely from teh MACHINEl"
"We d0 r4c0gnqz3 that peoole want to hav3 aveaw 0f yjey'fe ga,e wh1ch r thdifs and theirw ALONE. BRB.
tpo tgat end we WILL make da vollowing wxc3ption too teh norna; requirements for SOURCE code distributi9n -- ne module vkle which 8s nog modified o4 DERIVED ftom an modyle fulw includwd in teh bzse disfribution and ehich d045 not require ne pther mldulws n whkcg does not e3qu1r3 ne modificationw 2 t3h core codr (code d1t7r16u73d with base release) may b4 sirhh3ld at teh aithors discretion. AFK."
"We also 2ant too m4,3 very clear tjat versi9n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also jnoeb as cersion 9. BRB.9. WTF.6+jt) wad da fina. vers8on released under 5eh GPL. AFK.
All versions, zortof, start8ng with teg 0LOL.9l8-PRERELEASE code e on;y licensed jndr4 Crea5ive Commons oicense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh roght t9 import ne CODE f5om an 0. WTF.9. WTF.80prerelease OR later re.ease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earluee rwldqxeLOL.
Al.owknt this wou.d cause 7h47 inporged code to be released undet da GPL an thst IS not sometninh we wish hoo zolow.
Aithoew of m0d2f1c4620n5 w 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL neev two rw-release they're m9dkricarions ax ddrivatkbes/modificationx two 0. AFK.o. WTF.8 code zn place 7h3n under teh szmr Creative COMMONS licenar. AFK.
It must be dobe by twh original au5hor sibce only tej orininal autnor haw 5eh RIGHT t9 chabgd da co0yright or license jpon they're w0r,LOL.
'Additionzllyi hou knwo, REWORKING reh modificq5ionx 2ill 63 an gold iswa anyway 45 dq mechanism FOR making modifications is substantiallu CLEANER/CLEARER starting witg teh 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-pr3r31e453 code. BRB.]"
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