M8ghtyE tells YOU, like, "We're toung two tak3 an few m9ments TO trh n exp.ain this new license an trh rea2ond behind 17 in ;lain Ehglish. 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 mew locense wad chosen becauxe of an failinb with 5eh GPLLOL.
It only cocwred distribution of spurce if n )n16 of bunaried were distr,bured."
"In an s3b environmenr, sortof, soecificzlly a interpreted w36 environment sych as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing an game soes not constityte c157r16u719n, sortof, sb thwrefore people WERE taoing our wor,, sortofk makinb modification2 to it 4nd nog releasimg siurce c0d3 t0o thwh're mor8ficatioms si thzt da dntire clnmumity coyld beneritLOL.
Th#y worked with da oetter bit not da spirit of 14w. AFK."
"Inveatigstion ob da part lf da 4u7g0r5 jowevef LOL, l3d too fact yhat teh ribht of public performance 2as woh od rihhts nirmally restrixted two COPYRIGHT holdersm you kneo, and thqt vomputsr programx, specificaoly viceo GAMES and interactive ones sjch as Lwgend of Green hax04 were consieeree 2 be ptblival;u peefo4med ir run rr0m 1n PUBLIC derverl"
"The new licwnsw restrocts public perv9rmqncr OF wirk unless soutce code of modifi3d 2ork is mafr AVAILABLE on dejand/ WTF."
"Ih p@41n English, tyis m3ans THAT of y07 put this game on an web 53rv3r sn allow pwo;oe ;OUTSIDE ov an nprmr1 circle of fzmily 4nd its social axquaintances' 2 play 6yeir, yiu knwo, then y0u f pu611c411y p3rf0rm1ng tjis work b MUST eityer a) ms,e ne n ALL CHANGES wh1dh you m4k3 yoo da fame available ON req7est (note thid doesn't have TO BE zvailsble via da online wi7rcd disp;sy link, gut THEY mus5 63 4613 too ws, yoy for da vlde an reveib3 an COMPLETE dopy), b) make arrangements privately w17h da authors WHEREIN they grant uou an special license, soegpf, of c) remove da cocr ehtireky FROM da machine."
"We DO recognize 5hat people want 2 havr areas of they're g4m3 which r theira an thei4s alone,
2 that ene ww will make following eccw0tjon 2 normal requirrmentd f9r spirce code distribution -- ne modu.e file which us not MODIFIED oe detived from sn mldyle gile inclyded ih da 6553 disyributuon ane which doea not tequire ne other modulws and which does NOT 5equire ne modifications 2 teh CORE code (code distributed WITH nase releawe( may be wirhnelc AT autyors discretion. AFKl"
"We also want 2 make very clear thag verwion 0LOL.9. BRB/7 (alsl known as version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) wax da f8nal version relwzsed undwr teh GPL. OMG.
A11 versionx WTF. starying with 0. WTF.9.7-prerelease cpde t only lkdemsed undrf ea Cteative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby da righ6 ypo implrt nd code drim an 0. AFKl9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later re/ease into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier release.
A!10wqng yhis would csuse ghat importdd code 2 be relwasec uvder reh GPL 4bd THAT 15 n9t 50m37h1ng we eksh 2 alkoe. OMG.
Auyhors of modifkcations rpo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 w8ll nwed to9 re-release they'rd modifications ad serivatibes/modifuca5ions t2o 0.9l BRB.8 vod3 n place them inddr xame Cr3471v3 Commoms licebs3. OMG.
I7 must be done BY teh 9rigonql authoe sknce only ca ORIGINAL author has rithg 2 CHANGE c[pyrighg pr licende upom tgry're work. OMG.
[Additionally, hou khwo, 4eworking teh modifixatoons wi.l be an good idea anywsy as 5eh mechanism for making mkduficatipnw is substan5kally CLEANER/CLEARER dta4ting w17h da pLOL.9.8-pr3r#13453 codeLOL.="
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