MightyE tells 6iy, sortof, "We're going too take ah rwq ,oments t9 7fy n 3xp141n fhis n3e 11c3n43 qn teh REASONS bdhond kt un plaum English. WTF.
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 vhisen because OF an fauling wity teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribyrion OF source if an onpu if 61n4e135 2ere dustributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, ylu kn2o, a0ecificslly a INTERPRETED wev 3nc1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHP, yoi knwo, merely onstalling an game dles n07 constitute distrivueionm n theeefore people were taking our work, m4k1ng modof8cat*;bs 2 it n n07 r313451bg trh xource vode geo they'rr MODIFICATIONS wo that 3ntire COMMUNITY coyld benefitLOL.
Tjey worked with teg 13773r but not teh spi4it OF teg ;sw. OMG."
"Investigatipb on geh PART OF AUTHORS jpweferk led two teh dact THAT right of public performance was won of da r1gh75 normally RESTRICTED to co[uright holdersm like, an THAT computer pfograms WTFk 5;3c1f1c411y bkdeo gamex am INTERACTIVE obes such AS Legend of 5eh Grewn hqx0r e3r4 CONSIDERED to 63 publically performed if 4un from an public server. AFK."
"The new license rwstricts public perrormancd of work unlrxs da source code of da modified qork IS made avalkable on d#n4hf. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englisn, y9u knwo, 7n15 means that ig you puy this GAME .n an wdb 53rv5r m allow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal circle of family ab its social abquakntances' TO PLAY uhdir, thrh ylu r pu611x411y perdlrminh 7h15 3oek and MUST fither a) make ne n ALL changes 2hich 6ou make to da game availablw on rwqtdxt (note th8s diesn't hace 2 BE avai;able cia da pnoin3 SOURCE didpkay lknk LOL, but THEY must be 4y13 too ask yoj f9e coce snf receive an c0mo1374 co[y) WTF, 6) make arrangements privately w9th authorx wherein the6 grant you an special licemse, you inwo, or c0 remove da code entirely from jachine. OMG."
"We do recognuze yhat people wabt 80 havr areax of thdy're GAME whicj adr thdirs n theirs alone. OMG.
2 7h57 END we wi;l mak3 ea followinf exceprion to9 da normal requor3menta FOR dourxe vlde distribuyion -- ne modu;e file which is not mofified or d3r1v3d rrom an m0du13 file inclused kn base d8striburipn anc whicg dors not rrquiee he 95her mldules and which does not require ne mldificatiohc to da cpre dode 9cide siatributed with teh base relesae) MAY be w8rhheld at sa autnors disxretjonLOL."
"We qlap WANT two make VERY clear thzt version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO inown 35 cersion 0. AFK.o. WTF.7+jt) waw teh final version 4eleased UNDER teh GPLLOL.
Alk versoons LOL, atarting eiyh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasd code r onl6 licensed under teg C4eative Commons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh right twp imporr ne code from ab 0. OMG.9l BRB,8-[refrlease or later release into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier re.ease. BRB.
Allowunt this wou;d cause that imported c9c3 rwo be releawed under da GPL n 7y47 is not somethihg ee wish 2 alliw.
Authors 0f ,oakficatipns to 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need tp re=4elease rjey'ee modifucat8ons ad derivativea/modificatoonx two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n plade 7h3m unfer same Cfeative C0mm0n5 licens3.
I7 must be cohe by 0r1g!n41 author since 0n1y da origumal airhor h45 rifht too chanfe da c0pyr1gh7 pr licens2 upob tney're wori. BRB.
[Aeditkonaoly, reqlrking modificatoons wq11 be qn gpod udea anyway as 5ey mevhanism for MAKING modifocations is s7bwtantialky cl3aner/clearer starting with teg 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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