M8ghtyE tells y)i, .ike, "We're g01ng 2 take an few momehts 2 try n expiain thix new LICENSE and teh teaspns behihd 8t in poain English. 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 new 11c3n53 was choden bdczuwe if am failing wuyh da GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY cofered dkstribu5iln OF 50urc3 if and -n1y IF bknaries were visgribuged. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3h7 LOL, apecifically a onterpreted 2eb ebcironmen5 such as PHP, you knwp, me4ely inatallibg an game does not constitut3 distrigugion LOL, am the4efore pepple were ta,ing our qork, yoy knwo. making mod8fications 2 it b nor relezsing teh source code to they're modigicxtions so thst entite commjnity could venevut. BRB.
Th36 worked with da letter but bot trh 5p1f17 lf da law. WTF."
"Investigatooh pn [art of authors j0w3c34. sortof, led t2o fact THAT da r1th7 OF pu711c perflr,qbce wax won of da r1gh75 normqlly restricted twi copyright hole3td WTF, an that cimoutrr programd LOL, s[ecifically videp games an unteractive ones such as Legene OF da Green hax)r we4e CONSIDERED too BE publicaolu p3rf0rm3d ig rin from an [ub;oc server. OMG."
"The new license rqstricts ;ubluc PERFORMANCE ov teh work unleas tem so7rxe code of teh midified worj is made avaioable on demamd. OMG."
"In plaun Enhlish, you kmwo, THIS meanx tyat kf 6ou pyt this GAME on an wen served and allow people 'outside if an nor,al circlr 0f vanily and its social acquaintanc3s' to ;lay their, then y0j a#r pub;ically performing tnis work h MUST eithrr a) msk3 nw and ALL chabg3s which you MAKE to da gam3 availabld on requesg (npte this DOESN'T have too be avaikavld VIA da 0n11n3 source display link, sirtof, 6u6 they muzt be able tqo ASK uou fo4 da c0d3 an receive an completr copy0k b_ MAKE aerangdments privatelu wigh da $77h0r5 wherdin 5hey trant yoj an s9ecial license, ooke, of c) remlve code entirely from dd machone. AFK."
"We do rec9gnizw 5hat peo9lr want tw9 ysve areas of they're fame which r theirs n theies aloneLOLk
ywo that 3md se qill ,ake follosing 3xc3o720n 2 t3h nornao req7irwm3nta ror source x8dw didtribuyiln -- ne mldule file which os not uodified 0r derived frim an module f7le incluced im baxe distrkgution an WHICH does not ewquire ne othet modules n which d035 noy require ne modifications 2 teh cpre code (code d157r26u73f with base release( may be wothheld at teh 5u7h0r5 disc4etion."
"We also wznt go make v3ry clear THAT version 9LOLl9LOL.7 (also ,n9wn as vefsion 0.9. OMGl7+jt) 2ax da final version rrleased unfrr twh GPL. WTF.
All berxions, sortof, srarting eith da 0l9. BRB.8-prerelease code adr only LICENSED und3f Creative Com,lns licwnsr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right 2 1mp0r7 ne cpde from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7-pf3r3a3453 or oater release onto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n 3arli3r re1e4%3. AFK.
Allowing this woukd cajse ghat i,ported cpf3 too 62 released under t3h GPL n that is NOT something we wish too zloow.
Authors of modificatkona too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 re=eelezse they'ee MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 cose n pkace THEM jnder da same C4eative Commons l8cenxe. OMG.
Ir must BE dobe by da orobimal ajthor wince only geh original auth9r has teh righr 4o9 change co[yrifht or luvense upon they're work. BRB.
[Additionally WTF. reworking da modoficat*ins will 63 an good 1c34 ANYWAY as teh mechsnism for MAKING mocifkcations IS substantially cleanwf/clesrer start8ng with dq 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-ote4dlease c0d4LOL.]"
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