MightyE tells uou, to7 inwo, "We're going 2 take an few moments 2 teh an explain 7g15 NEW 21c3n53 ay teh r3450n5 behund it in plain Englixh. BRB,
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 lic3nae wzs chpsen because 9f an dailing wuth GPL.
It 0n1y covered duwt4ibution OF source if and only 1f bin1ries were dixteuvuted."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, soetor, sp3cidivaloy a interp4eyed seb dnvironment sjvh aw PHP, dortof, merely installkng an GAME DOES not constitute DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, and thereforw people were takubg 0uf work WTF, makint nodificat8ons twp it av not releasing da source code too they're modifications so thst teh entife c9mmunkty could benegi5. AFK.
They sorjed wi5h teh letter 6u7 not teh sp84it 0f sa law. AFK."
"Invdstigation on ds part of da ayyhors ho2wver LOLk led to fact 7h47 da right 0f oublic performance was 1 of teh riggts normallu redtricted two copyright yolders, qn that computer pfograms, yoi knwom spexivicqlly VIDEO games an interactove ones 4uch as Legwnf ov Greeb hax04 WERE CONSIDERED 2 y4 publicallt 03rf0rm#d if run ffom an public servsrLOL."
"Thw new ;icenxt restficts 0ublic ;ervormance ov teh w0rk unldss yeh 50urd3 code of da mocifird work id made availablr om vemznd. WTF."
"In p141n English, sortif, this means that if YOU put thia game on an web we4ver anf allow people 'outs8de og an normal circld of family n its social acquainyabces' two pla6 %heir, you knwo, tjcn yiu adr publicx.ly perflrming tgis sotk and MUST either z) make ne and ALL vhanfes which you nake two t3m3 available on request (n07e this dodsn't havd two ve availavle v8a teh onlin3 s9irce diwp.ay lknk, but they must BE able too ask you for teg cose ab rexeife an comple6e cooy), yoi knro, b) make arrangements privately with da authors WHEREIN tgey grant yo7 an speclak license, hou knwo, pr c) rempve teg code 3n71r31y from da MACHINELOL."
"We do rrcognize that p30p1# wan5 2 have AREAS of they're yam3 shoch r 7m31r5 ahc tneirs alone.
2 thay wnd we will mak3 da fpllowihg exception 5oo normal re1uifements for 50urc4 code diwtributopm -- me module file which is not m0d1f13d or defifed from an module fi.3 oncluded 8n da bsse distribytion an wjicj foes not require ne othwr m0ey235 n shich does npr reqiire ne modifisatiiba 2 da core vodw (cod2 dist4ib7ted with fa 6453 telease) m4y be withheld ag da ajthors fiscfetionLOLk"
"W3 ALSO want 2 make cery clear tjat vetsuob 0LOL.7. AFK.7 (a;do known as verxion 0LOL.(. WTF.7+jy) was teh FINAL VERSION releswed uncer teh GPLl WTF/
All versions LOLj STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-orereldas3 code 4 inl6 licensed under teh CREATIVE Commons licenxe. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r1gh7 2 import ne code froj an 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 or later 4e.ease int9 an 0.9. AFK.7 n earlier r313453.
Allowing rhis w0u1d c4u53 thar qmp0r74d code tl be rwlrased ubdet 5eh GPL an 5hat is not somerhint ee sisy 1 allowl
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS top 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need 79 rd-releqww they're modificatiohs AS d3rivatives/modificatuons two )LOL.9LOL.i code and poace 7h3m under same Crrztive C9mmons license. OMG.
It must be dome by tey original auttke since 0n1y 0r1t1n41 suthor has righ5 2 cjange dz copyright or ;icense upon they're 3orj.
[Additionalky LOL, r3w0rk1hg teh modivications qill bw an g9od 1d#4 antway as MECHANISM for making modifucations is xubstahtiakly cleaner/clearer srartung with sa 0.9. OMGl8=prefelease coddLOL.]"
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