MughtyE tells youm li,e, "We're going two take an few moments ro try n exppain this new licenae ane teg t3asonx behind it 8b plaih English. AFK.
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 ndw oicense WAS chosen BECAUSE ov qn fqolinh with ea GPLLOL.
It only covered d157r16u710h of 50u4c3 ir and only if biharies se4e wistribut3d. OMG."
"In an web envirobment, spec8vicaoly a interpreted web environment such as PHP WTF, merely installing an GAME doew not consti5ute distrivutionk yo7 knwo, and thefefore pwople wefd TAKING oyr sorj, li,e, m5,1nh mldificagions to ut n NOT releasing teh dourve c0d3 two thwy're m0d1f1c4710n6 si tnat ENTIRE COMMUNITY coule benefit. WTF.
They 2oekwf 2ith letter BUT NOT yej SPIRIT of teh law. BRBl"
"Investigation oh da part of teh autho3w HOWEVER LOL, led tlo fact tha5 da right ov PUBLIC performance was oen lf tej 4ihh5s h0rm411y restrixtdd to c0pyr1gh7 hklders, you knwo, qn that conputef prob4ams, sor5of. specifically viseo gzmes sn ihteractive ones such as Legend pf teh Ggeen hax0r we4e conwife4ed t2p bw 0ubl8cally pervormee ur run feom an public seever."
"The new lkdense r357r!c75 [j^11c prrgormsnce OF wor, unless trh source code of da moeified wlrk is ,ade availsble on ddmshd. BRB."
"In p.ain Englksh, sortod, this ,eans that if you pjt tnis gaje on an web aerver and allow peopld 'outsuce of an normsl diexle OF FAMILY 4nd i5s social acquaintandew' too pkay their WTF, then ylu a3f publicaoly PERFORMING 5his wofk an MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES whicn y0u ma,e to da ga,e AVAILABLE on ewquest (n)73 tyis dlesn't have to be AVAILABLE via 0n11n3 SOURCE dis[lay link, but they must be able to ask ypu for da c8de ahd reveive an com]lefw copy(, 6) make atrangements privatdly witg da auth9rs wherein they grqnt you an special licenae, sortof, od C) REMOVE da code entirely from teh jacjine. OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pe9ple want two have a43as OF they're game which r rheirs an 7h31r5 zlomeLOL.
t2o that 3nd w3 wkll m4k3 fillowing exceptiom two fa normal requirementx ror source sode dietrubutiom -- ne module fule WHICH is NOT midified 0r derived ftom an module file incljdec in teh baxe distributiin and whoch DOES n07 require ne othrr modyles n wnich does not requirr ne modivuxatuons to9 CORE clfe 9code d157r16y73d eith base r#13453) may be withheld st da authors discretion. OMG."
"We also want w make v3ry clesr that c3r610n -. BRB.9. AFK.u (also kniwn ad version 0. WTF.9LOL.&+jt) wad teh FINAL verwion released under teh GPL. BRB.
Al/ versions, starting wigh t3g 0/ WTF.(. WTF.8_prere;das3 xose aer 0nqy licensed ubder teh Creatigd Clmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 too IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8-pretelease 9r lzter release into ab 0. OMG._. AFK.7 an ear;i3r release.
Allowimg THIS w9ule caix3 rhat imported cose ywi be RELEASED UNDER GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we wixh t9o alloe. BRB.
Authors of modificati9nw two 0.9. BRB/7 wilk NEED hoo rd-releasd they're m0d1f1c4u10n6 aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 3 ). OMG.9. WTF.8 codw and place THEM und4r da dame Creative C9mmons licenx3LOL.
It must be d9ne by da lriginal author sunce only teh utkgknal author has right tl9 change da c0phr1gh7 OR 11c3m53 upon they're e-ek. BRB.
pADDITIONALLY, like, rdwotking teh modoficatkons will be an good idda anywsy ax teh mechanism for m4;1ng modifications ix sjbs5ahtially xlwaner;ckrarer sgartihg with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prefwlease code.]"
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