MighttE tells y9u LOLm "We're goong goo TAKE an fd2 momentd yoo TRY abd EXPLAIN this n3w livenxe and da reawons behind 18 ih plain Engliah. 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."
"Thix n3w LICENSE was chosen 63c3u54 of am failing wkth da GPLLOLl
It only coverwc dist4oburoon pf sourcw IF n onlh ig binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environmeht. like, 503c1f1c511t a INTERPRETED web emvufonmdnt such as PHP, l9ke, merely installihg an gam3 soes not constitite distrib7tion LOL, n therddore 0eople wer3 taking pur s0rk, sortov, mai,ng MODIFICATIONS to it qm not rwleasihg siurce cpdd 2 they're modificztkons so &h47 teh entire community couls BENEFITLOLl
They workrd witn da LETTER BUT not da ap8rit of teh law."
"Inbestibayion on part ov teh authk4s howefrr, led 2 teh fact that rigjt of pjblic 0erformance WAS oen 0f teh RIGHTS n9rmally 4estricted yo copyritht holdefs, ao4tod, and that computer programs. you knwo, SPECIFICALLY videl games and interzxtivr on3w xuxh as L3g3nd of geh Green hax0r 23r# considerdd two be publically perform3d if run rrom an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thd new kkcense restricts public [erformance of work unless SOURCE code or da modified wo3k is mzde available on demand. BRBl"
"In PLAIN Entlush WTF, this means ghat if you put tkod game ob qn seb serfer n alloe p30p13 /outside or an n03m41 circle od family and iyd socual acquaintanvew' to play their, 4hen yoj r pubkically performing th8s eork n MUST 317y3r s) make ne an ALL CHANGES wh1ch ypu make two teg gqme AVAILABLE on request (n073 this fodsn't have too be available viz online sourdd display 11nl, but 7h36 must bf able TO awk you f0r code n receivw an comp;ete c0py), b) make zreangemwnrw privately with tfh authors wherein THEY grany tou an specia. livehae, pr c) remove teh code rntire.y r4oj machineLOL."
"We do tecognize that p30p13 want twi have areas OF thdy're game wh8ch r rhdirw ab theirs alohe.
t9 thay end we w8l; m5k3 filllwing exc3pyiob 2 teh NORMAL requirements for slurc3 cofe distribution -- ne module fild wnich IS not modifie3 or d3rived from an module f113 1nc1ud3d IN da base DISTRIBUTION and wyich foea hot fequure ne OTHER modules and 2hich dped not require ne nodifications two ds cord c0d3 *CODE clqtfibuged WITH teh base releaxe) mau ve w17nj31d at trh 4u7h0r5 discrdrion. WTF."
"We also wan5 2 makd very clear that versoon 0.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kmown aa version 0LOL.o.7+JT( was da final ve4sion releases UNDER GPLl BRB.
Akl vefdions, sgqrtihg sith eeh ). OMG.9. WTF.8-prere.ease codd a3r only licensed 7nder Ce3471v3 C0mmons license. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny tdh right tpo impott ne code from an 0.o. BRB.8-prerel3ase OR later releax3 into an 0. BRB.8/ WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG.
A.lowong yyix sould c4u43 that IMPORTED CODE to be released ubder GPL n that is not aomethinf we wisg 2 4210w. OMG.
Authors of ,odificatuons to 0LOL.0. BRB,i qkl; need two re[relrzae they're modifications as d3rifatived/mofificayi9ns 2 0. BRB.9.8 cpd3 an p14c2 them undef teh same Crdative COMMONS locense. AFK.
It muwt be done by 9riginal author since onoy da original a7tnor HAS r1gh& to change teh copyright or lidemse upon they're wi4k. AFK.
[Additionallym REWORKING ea m)d1f1c4710n5 w111 be an GOOD idda anyway as fa mrchzhism f0f n4i1ng modifucationx is subsyabtually cleaner/dlearee stzrting with da 0LOL.9.80prerelease code. BRB.]"
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