MightyE te;ls 6ou, uou knso, "Wr're going two TAKE an few MOMENTS two tr6 n explaom this ndw license AND teh r345-n5 brhind o5 IN [.ain English/ BRB.
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."
"Thia new 21c3n53 2qs CHOSEN because of an faolinh with da GPLLOL.
It onlu xovered disttibutiin of sourcd IF qhs 0n1y kf binaries werw disrributesLOL."
"In an sdb 3bc1g0nm3n7, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, likel merely im2tallihg qn game d03t not constitute disyribution, sortof, ab therefore peiple wrre takung our work, ,aking modifications to it m not releaskng da source code too they're MODIFICATIONS si 6h46 dnt8re conmunoty co7lf benefit. BRB.
They woekrs wiyh da lqttrr but not teh spirit ov da law."
"Inbestigation ON p4r7 of da 4u7h0r5 however, les to da fact tnat da right of public performance was 9en pf teh rights hirmally res5rictrd tpo cipuyight holderak like, ab that computer [rpgr4m5 LOL, spevificaoly v8deo games an 7nteractivw 8n3s such as Legend lf teh Grren hac)r were considered too bw publically performed 1f run FROM an public serfer."
"The new license resyricts 0jvlix PERFORMANCE of teh 2ork unlews s0yrce xode of teh modified WORK IS made available on demand. OMG."
"In plaoh Englisy, like, yhis MEANS that if YOU PUT tgis game on qn web server 4nd zllow p30p13 'outside 0f zn nornal circle of FAMILY m irs social zcquaintamcex' 2 p14y theur WTF, 7h3n YOU 4 publicaolu pwrf9eming thks work an MUST rither a) make nw anf ALL cnangea which hou mske 2 da game avzilable on requedt (note this dledn't have two be afaioabke via teh 0n11n2 source d25p14y link, hou knwo, BUT thet must bd abld two ask you for cpde and reveive an COMPLETE co[y), B) make afrangements priva5ely witg tdy AUTHORS wherein thfy grant yiu sn SPECIAL licenae WTF, OR c) renove teh code ENTIRELY from machine. OMG/"
"We DO rdcognize THAT people wqmt two have qreas of they're gamw which r theors AND thekfw alone. WTF.
two 5hag end wr qill make followibg exception too hor,a. r3qu1r2n3n75 FOR source code dks5eibution -- ne module file which is bot modufied ir derived vrom an m0du13 file indludwd in sa basw disyribution an which does not requkre ne o5her modukes an which d035 not require ne mofifixations too da core coce (CODE eistribuged w1&y da base release) may be withheld at grh autyors duscrdtioh. OMG."
"We 4150 want tlo makd very xlear THAT befxion )LOL.8.7 (alao KNOWN zs VERSION 0LOL.(LOL.7+jt) was da final VERSION released ynder sa GPL. AFK.
A.l ceesions, like, sta4t8ng with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_p4#r313453 codr r only kicebsed und3r teh Ceeztive C9mmpnx LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY zeny da rifht 2 omport ne codd frim an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleaae or LATER release 1n70 an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause tha5 imported code toi bw releasef UNDER GPL h that is n07 dometgkng we wisy to allowl OMG.
Authors of modificatkons yo 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 woll need too te-release the7;re m0d1f1x47qpnt AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS ylo 0.9, WTF.8 code sb plzve th3m under 54j3 Creativd Commons licensw. WTF.
It must be done by da origina. author sinve only oribimal autn9r hzs teh right to vhange tey c0pyr1bh7 or license uppn they;re work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reeo4king da m0d1r1c4710n5 will be an GOOD idea znyway 45 MECHANISM for making mocifications is sybstanyially dleaher/clearer dtarting with 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-pr3e313453 codd. AFK/]"
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