MighttE tells y0u WTF, "We're boinb too takr zn few momenyx too try wnd expla8n 7h15 new license and tey teasons behine 9t in 0lain EnglosbLOL.
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 xhosen becaudd of an failing with dz GPLLOLl
Iy 0n1y covered diagributiom or source IF an omly if binaried were disgributedLOL."
"In an web ebvirlnmemt LOL, 5p3d1f!c411y a intdrpretes wwb environmebt aicn as PHP, merely instaloing an bame dors not c0n5717u73 distributioh, ab tyerefote peopke wefe taking our w0rk LOL, ma,ing ,odifucations 2 it an NOT releasing teh so7rfe code 2 rhey;re m0f1f1c4710n5 xo rgat #n71r3 c0mmun17h COULD b4nerit, OMG.
They w94ked with teh lette4 but not spirit of da law. AFK."
"Ibvwstigation on part of AUTHORS ho2ever LOL, LED 2 fact tha5 yeh RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE was oeb of da righrd mormal.y rrstric5dd t9 COPYRIGHT hplders, aortof, amd that compurer ;rogrsms, spedkfical;y video games and interactive 0n35 such as Legend of G4een hax-r w3re CONSIDERED 2 be publica.ly performed IF RUN from an public serverm"
"The new locense restricts PUBLIC pergormance oh sork un.eds souecw code of fa ,odkfied wlrl is MADE rv4q1461# ob demand."
"In [ksin ENGLISH, this means 7h47 IF you put 5his bame on an eeb setver n ao.ow pwpple 'outsidw of an noemal citcle of family and ots social axquain5ances' to play gheie, like, 6h3n YOU r =ublically performing THIS wirk an MUST e8ther A) make ne n ALL cyangrs whidh you MAKE TO xa GAME available om request 9note this dorsn't have to be availabld viq da onoune wource display LINK, but they mus5 BE ABLE 2 ask ulu go4 codd n teceive an complete clpy), li,e, b) m3k3 ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731y qpth da xuthors whereih they grzn5 y0u an special oicenwe, sortof, pr c) REMOVE da coce entirely ffom jacgine. BRB,"
"We do recognize that people wan5 two gave areas OF they[rw game which r theurs anf theuts 410n3. BRB.
too 7h47 end we rill make teh followong excdption to da normal REQUIREMENTS fot source code DISTRIBUTION -0 ne modi.e file wyich is not modkgied oe derived from an modyle fule kncluded in base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH eoes not r3qu2f3 ne other modulss ahd which does NOT rrquir3 ne modifivat9onx two teh c0r3 xode (code cistributed eith da bqae release) may BE WITHHELD at dq a7thprs sisvretion. WTF."
"We also q4n7 too make VERY clear that cersion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 9l OMG.9l BRB.7+kt) wr5 final v2rdiom rrldased und3r 5rh GPL. OMG.
Al; ve4sions, xortof, starting sith 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prerel3ase codw zer oh;y qqc3n53f under teh Creative COMMONS LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 om0ort he cide from an 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or late4 r3leqfe into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier releace. BRB.
Allowinh this wouod causw that importec code to9 be releawed indef teh GPL n 7h47 !5 not somethibf we wish two allowLOL,
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 5wo 0LOL.9/ BRB.u will NEED 2 re-releade they'rd mod7fica5ions 45 derovativew/m7dif8vations geo 0. BRB.8/ OMG.7 cose anc place them undef sam3 Ceeative Commons license. AFK.
It must b3 dome by ea original zuthor xince only tdh irig8nql author haa da RIGHT too xyange copyright or k8cense upon they're work.
[Additionallu LOL, reworjing da modifics58onx will be an good idea anywqy as jechanism FOR making modifications is dubstantiaoky cleame4/clesrer STARTING wuth teh )l AFK.0LOL.8-peerelease clde. WTF.]"
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