MightyE tells you, you knwo, "Wd're going to TAKE qn fe2 MOMENTS two try abd explsin thus NEW license n da REASONS behond it in ppakn Engoish. 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 hew licwnse was chosen vecause of zm v4111ng wiyh da GPL. WTF.
I7 onlu c0v3r3d distribut8in if source 2g and only if b8naries were distributed,"
"In an web enfironment WTF, spwcificallu a interpretef w37 envirinment such ax PHP LOL. ,erely INSTALLING an GAME dp3s n07 constitute distributi9n LOL, b therefo4e people sere raking our qork, sortof, MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it h not RELEASING ten soufce code 5o they're modifidations so that enrire domnunity xouls bebefut. WTF.
They worked wity dq letter but not SPIRIT of da la2. OMG."
"Investigation on parr ir autnors hlweferm dortof, 13d too fact THAT tey right of public p#rf0rm4nv3 wss 1 of da rights normally restrictre to copyribht holdwrs, you kmwo, n ghag x-mpu73r programa, you knwpm SPECIFICALLY viseo games an interact8vr ones such 45 Legend OF Grwen hax0r wrre cohsideeed 2 b3 pub;ically performee if run vrom an pub.ic servwr."
"Tye bew lucens3 restricts public PERFORMANCE OF work un1355 s9urce code of m)d1f13d w0rk 15 made avaklagl3 on de,and/ OMG."
"In ;lain Englixh LOL, ttis means that 1f you put tnis game on an w3b server and alliw p#0p13 'outside of qn normql circ;e of familu an its 6)c141 acqjzin5anves[ rwo poay 5hekr, then you srr publicakly PERFORMING this w0rl an MUST either A0 mzkd ne an ALL cgangex whicf you make 2 game available on requ3st (note THIS coewn'y have to be availav;e via teh online aourde display lonk LOL, b8t th3y must ge 4613 two ssk yoi for da xode n recwive an complwte copy), you lnwo, b) male areangements PRIVATELY WITH tej xuthots WHEREIN theh grant you an special licens3 WTF, or c) remove code dntire.y ftom macj8ne."
"We do r3cognize that ;eople qant tio havr areas 0g thdy're gamr whicg r thwirs anc theirs alone. AFK.
t2o 7j47 ebd we WILL make da FOLLOWING exceptioj too teh normal requirements for soutce CODE disgribution =- ne jodule fule whkch IS bot moeifuee or eerived grom an module file 1jc2uc3c 8n da base distrib7tion n which d)45 not REQUIRE ne o5her modules n which dors not require ne jodificationx 70 core xode (dode distrobuted with teh base releasw) may be withheld 47 da au5hors s8scretionLOLo"
"We also want 1 makd very clear tnat cersion 0LOL.o. AFK.7 (ALSO known 45 vefsion 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8=jt) 2as da finzl vwrsiom released under ca GPL. OMG.
All versions, you knwo, startkng with teh 0.9. OMG.8-pr3rrlease cide awr onlt licensed undrr Creatife Commogs license. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY denu rught teo impoet ne cocr vrim an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_preeeleasr or later re;ease into zm 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. WTFl
A110w1ng unis would cause that imported c0d3 2 be r313453d under tej GPL n that is not sometying we sish t@o alloq. AFK.
Authoes of modifications t2o 0. OMG.9LOLl7 will need 3 re-rwlease theh'fe modificati9ns as e3r1v471v3&/.0d1v1c4710n5 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code and PLACE them unser da same Creativr C9mmons licenseLOL.
IT must bd dond by geh ORIGINAL autjpr 52nc3 ONLY da origimal author HAS tey right 70 chqng3 copyribht or licens3 UPON they're work. OMG.
[Adcitionallh WTFm 4eworking teh modificztions will be an g00d idea rn6wry ss mexhshism fpr m4k1ng modkfixationd 15 sundtantially cleaner/clearer starging WITH teh 9LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODELOL.]"
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