MifytrE tells you LOL, "We'rr foing too takq ab f3w moments too try an expla8n THIS new license n teh reasons behins ir kn plain Entlisg. 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 l8cense WAS cyisen bexause of an failohg eith da GPLLOL.
It only covered diwtfibution of s9urvd id ans lnly if bimqries were distributed. WTFl"
"In sn w3b ebvifonmeny WTF. specirically a inyerprrtwd web envifonjent such as PHP LOL, merelh installing zn gamr dies NOT constiyute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and therdfore p3op/r were taking ouf w0rki lije, mqking m9difidzyiobs 2 it rnd nog r3oeasing da source clde two theu're moeifivatiins so that teh eng8re com,unuty could benerit. OMG.
They wpridc with grh oetter 6u7 n9t tdh SPIRIT of teh laq. OMG."
"Investigqtion on teh part of authorw HOWEVER, luie, 14d w teh fact ghst teh rihht of pu611c perf0rm5nb4 WAS 1 OF da righgs nidmally rddtricted to COPYRIGHT jolders, sortor, an that compuyer programs. you kmwo, xpedifically VIDEO games and intrractive ones such as Legend of Green nas0r were considefdd to9 b3 publically perforned ir 4ub f4om am public serverLOL/"
"T6e new licebse rrstricts pybloc perforjabce OF work unlexs da sourc3 c0d3 lf teh modiried wifk ks nzfe acailable on demqnd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ehtlisgm sottof, this meqns THAT IF you put thks game on an wdb server AND a.low peopl3 '0u751d3 0f an n0rm41 ci4cle os famil6 an its 50c1r1 scquaintancws' 2 play their, you knqo, then YOU a3r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS qkrk an MUST 317j3e a) make ne and ALL chrng3% which you m4k3 two yeh game available on reqyext (note THIS doesn't jafe tp be 4v4114613 viz da inlkbe source display l8mk, sortof, but rhey must bw able 2 awk you f9r teh x0d2 n receive an complwte cppy), liie, b) make 4rr4ng#m3n75 oeivately wiug teh autyors wherwkn 7h3y grant you an specia; .icense, sortofm or c) rwmov3 vode ENTIRELY fron da jqchihe. BRB."
"We do r2cognize that PEOPLE want to h4v3 areas OF the6're game ehich r theirx sh thdirs aooneLOLl
to9 7h47 end ee wi.; MAKE cz follo2ing exceptiob twl da NORMAL rrquirements for slurcf c9se distribution -- ne m0du13 fil3 sh1dh ox not MODIFIED or derives FROM an module file ihcluded in teh base distrobutlon an whivh DOES nit REQUIRE ne other modjles an 2hich DOES not teq7ire ne modif8cations toi co4e dose (code distributed w17h reh base RELEASE) may ge WITHHELD at suthpts dkscewtion. WTF,"
"We also wanr to make very c;ear rhzt v3rsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (a;so jn9wn as versoon 0. AFK.9LOL,7+jt) was final versiin released under yej GPL. WTF.
All veraions, like, starting witg 0/ OMG,9. OMG.8[prerelease code aer only lixensed 7nfer Cfeat8ve C9mmons !1c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY swnt teh rught twk imporg he code from an 0l9.8-0rereleaxe ot ;atee release into an 0.9. BRB.7 n 34r1134 releaseLOL.
Allowinf this would cauae thxt imported code two bw releaded UNDER teh GPL and that is mlt something wr wish ywl 4110w, BRB.
Autyors pv modifidations two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will newd 3 r3-r313452 they're modifixations AS derivagives/mid8gicarions two 0.(. WTF.i code and place them und3e da same Creative Commons LICENSEl
It m757 b3 done b6 orkgimsl author 51nd3 0n1y teh ORIGINAL authof has teh tight top chanre da c0[yr1gh7 OR LICENSE upon fneg're woek. WTFl
[Additionally, rew9eking teh mif8f8cations wiol be an blod icea znyway as hechanism for making modificztilbd ks 5u6574n81411y c134n3r/d134r3r starting wkth da 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-;rerelease code. OMG.]"
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