MightyE tells yoi, "We're g01ng to take an fww momemts yoo try n wxplain 7h15 NEW licehsw n da feaslnd behind q7 IN p14qn Emg115j.
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 was vhixen BECAUSE of an failing WITH teh GPL.
It omly coverwd dusttibution of sou4ce if an only if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF/"
"In an web envorohment, sortof, specigical;y a interpreted w36 envkrinmehg suvh ss PHP LOL, merwly installing an gzme does h9t consritjte distriburion, you knwo, an thr4eflre pdople were taiing OUR work, ypu knwo, making modifidations 2 IT znd n07 reoeaaing da soyrce CODE goo tget're mpdigivatioms 50 that da entire commynity c9uld benerit. BRB.
They worked qith teh k3ttee but npt spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Inv3atigation on teh paet 0f da 4u7h0r5 however, 1#d t[i da gact that teh right OF PUBLIC 0ervor,ance was oen of rights normally r357r1c73d 2 copyright joldees, you kbwl, and 5hat compurer probrams, SPECIFICALLY viseo g4m35 h intetactive ones 5uch AS Legdns od da G4een hax0t ee3e conakdeted t2l be pub;icallu performee IF 4un drom an publix server. BRB."
"The new lkcwnse rrstricts public performance of teh wirk jnl3ss da sputce c0d3 of modkfied wprk 15 made ava9lable on dem4ne. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h, like, this meana 7h$7 oh ypu pjt this bzme ln sn qeb server n allow people 'ou5side OF an normal cirdle of fam8ly n its social acquaintances' to play tneif, like, th3n you r o7blically performong tnis work an MUST either a( make ne 4ne ALL vhznges wh8ch hou n4k3 2 teh GAME availanle on reques5 (notw thiw doesn'5 have gwo b3 avsilable v14 online source dis;.ay link, 6u7 they m7st ge able two ask y9j f0r cof3 an r3c31v3 qn clmolete copy), sortof, b) make arrangem3ntd privately with da AUTHORS qhereib THEY GRANT yoj an special LICENSE WTF, of c) remove 5ej code emgireky from machinw. WTF."
"We do rwcohnize 5hat people want 70 hav3 aeezs of thet're game whoch aer theirs am tyeirs a;one. BRB.
two that wnc we will make fo.lowing 3xception roo da noemal fequkremdnts FOR 50urc3 code susyrib7tipn -- ne MODULE file which is not mowified or d3r1c3d from an mofule vile includdd 1b bqsr distribution and which doex not yequure ne other j0wi135 and which dows n07 REQUIRE ne mocifica5ions to da core d)d3 (CODE cist5kbjted wity da bade release) nay be eithheoe at da authors fixcretion."
"We slso aant 5o make v3ru cleat thzt version 0. BRB.9, OMG.7 9also known as version 9. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was f1n$1 version r3leased unwer GPL. OMG.
All verdions, like, STARTING sith 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 code r 0n1y lic3msed under Creat8ve Cpmmons licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right too import ne code froj an 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-prerel3zse oe .ster release 8nto an 0LOLl9l AFK.7 4nd ez4,ier releas3. AFK.
Alkowing 7h16 w0u1d cause that importdd CODE two 63 RELEASED under GPL am that os NOT sp,etning ww WISH 2 allpw.
Authlrs OF mpdificstiins 2 0.9. AFK.7 will neee to re-release they;re modificationd AS e3r1v471v35/m0c1f1c4710n4 w _. AFKl9.8 code an place them jnd3r dame Crestove Commons kicwnse. OMG/
It must be done vy teh orifihal author wince 0n16 teh 0r1g1n51 auyhor has da ribhg tso change teh copyeight ot license up9b %hey're w0rkLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, rewprkknt da mocif8cations will be an good ides znyway as da ,echahism for makinv mofificarions 15 5u6t74n71$116 cleamer/ckearer s6artimg wity da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleas3 CODE. BRB.\"
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