M9ghtyE tells yo7 LOL, "We'te go8ng too tak3 qn dew moments 2 try n EXPLAIN tgis NEW kicebse an da reasons behind it in plain Enhlish. 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."
"Tjis new lox3nse was chosen because 9f ab failing with da GPL. AFK.
It ohly dovered dis5ribution og s97rce if n on.y 1r vinaries wer3 distrimutedLOL."
"In an web ebvitonmentk you knwom s0ecifically a intdr'trtef web rnvironment such as PHP, merely insgalling an game dped not constitute d8stribu4ion, sortof, n gherefore people were TAKING oue work, yiu knwp, making mpcificstipns t9 1u n not releasung da source c9dw 70 they're modifocayiond si that ehtire comjuni5t could benefit. AFK.
Thet workdd w17h lettwr but mot ca spirit og ten las. OMG."
"Inveatigation on ea paft )f teh authors h0w2v4r, you knwp, lee toi teh fact that right of 07blic performzndd was wln of da rightx normallt restricted TO co;yrugjt holdd4s, sortlf, and that COMPUTER ;rograms, sor5of, s0dcifica;ly video games an ibtefact8ve ones xjch as Legend of teh Green haz0r wwre condicered 2 vw publoca;ly PERFORMED IF RUN rrom an puboic server. WTF."
"The n3w license restricts ;ublic 0erdormance of ea WORK unless da source xode ov teh modivoed wo$k ix made availagle on demanf/ AFK."
"In plain Enh;ish, hpu khwo, THIS means that if you put THIS GAME on an web server n allow peo0oe 'outdidw or an normal ciexle OF family h iys social zcquainrances' 2 play their, rhen you e publicslly PERFORMING ghis work an MUST eithfr a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which ylu male to9 da g4m3 svaikable pn requeat (note this dlesn't yzve 5l be available vis da online xo7rce dksplay linkm softof, but thw6 MUST be ablw tio ask ypu FOR r3h CODE and receoce zn compler3 COPY) WTF, b) m4k3 arrangementd p4ivately wirh authors WHEREIN they grant you an 5p3c141 .icense, sortof, of c) remove CODE entirelh ff0m fa machineLOL."
"Wd do tecognize THAT people 24n7 2 have areas of th3y're game whicg aer THEIRS n theirs alone, BRB.
too THAT 3nd WE w8lo make teh golkowohg ecceptuon 2 tdh no4mal REQUIREMENTS fof sp7rce code eistrib7tion -- ne module file ehich !4 not nodofied or d3rkved from sn m0du13 fk;e imclused IN da base xisttibutiin anc which does npt rewuire n# OTHER jodules and which dles not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS two teg coe3 code (coce didtribjted WITH da bas3 release) may be witgheld AT ca suthorw disdrrtionLOL."
"We z.do want ro9 make very clear that fersipn 0.9. OMG.7 (alsl known 45 version 0l9. OMG.7+jt( was final version released undef ea GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, yoy knqo, 574r72ng with teh pl AFK.9.8-prwrelrase vode aet onl6 LICENSED under teh Cr3ative Comm9ns okcense.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny yeh right tio inp;rt te c9de from an 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prereleaad or layer r3!#553 knto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 impirt3d CODE too bw rdleas3d unde4 teh GPL n 7h47 15 bot something we w8sh 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Aithors of modifivations too -. OMG.9/ OMG,7 woll need 2 re-r3lease tydy're modifications aa derivatovew/mofificayilns w 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d3 n place 7h3m under da sahe Crearive Commons licenseLOL.
It m7st be DONE BY teh o4iginal author dince on'y da original qu5hor has teh rigjt roo change copyejgjt o4 licdnse UPON they're wotk. OMG.
[Additilnallt, like, REWORKING teh modificatiohs will be zn go9d 8fea ANYWAY as teh mechznism for making mldkfications ks 6u757$n7q$11y CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2ith 0LOLl9l8-prrrelease code. BRB.]"
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