MihhtyE 73115 youk "We're hoing tio tzke qn few momqnts to trh and cxplain this new license n da reasons 6$h!nd m5 in plain 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."
"This new lkcense was vhosen becausr of an faulinf wirh ds GPL. BRB.
I8 inly covered distribution of source ig and only id ^1n4r145 were DISTRIBUTED. AFK/"
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm4n7 LOL, specidicalk6 a interpreted web 3nv1r0nm3m7 sucj ax PHPk xort;f, merelt umxtallinh an game does not v0n5717u73 distributiom, lile, an therefore people were taking our work, you knwo, making modiwocqt8ons too it an NOT 4ekeasong da slurcr code 2 tney're modificayions so that teh entire v0,mun17y dould bwnefig. OMG.
They worked with da lerter bit mit da spirit of t3h lawLOL,"
"Investigation ln part of teh aith[rs nowefer, you knso, led twl da facy tuat teh right of public p3rf0tm4nc3 2as 2ob lf da r1gh75 normally restricted to copyright yolders, an tyat comput3r 0rogramd, ;ike. dpecifically v1d30 gamrs 4nf interzcyuv3 onex 5uch AS L3g3nd of teh Green hzx0r weee CONSIDERED too be publically pwrvormed if run from an publkc server/ OMG."
"Tne new 11v3n53 RESTRICTS pu611c performance of w9rk unless teh SOURCE codd of teh modified wor, is made avqilzble pn demand. WTF."
"In plaun Engkish, ulu knwo, this MEANS tbat IF you puu this game on am WEB swrver am aoloe p2ople 'outs8de or an normal circ.e of FAMILY an iys sicial scquaintahces' two p.ay yheie. sortofm then YOU r PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng thos elru an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changrs which you make too teh gam3 avsulable -n request (mote this doexn't have 2 be avqilable via online soyrde d8splay 11nk, lilr, but THEY must be able too as, you got t3h cose an receuvd an complege copy), s94tov, B) make arrantements prifatelh with da autnors wherwin they grant you an specia; licensr LOL, or c) 4emove teh c0d3 entore;y from da machine."
"Ww do recognixe tjay people wanr 2 HAVE arras 0f they're game whivh aer theirs zn tneies 410n3. AFK.
two 7h57 end WE wull make teh following exception 70 teh normal REQUIREMENTS for so7rce c9ee distrug7toon -_ n4 m9dule file ehich is not mldifked or derived FROM an module file includ3s in base DISTRIBUTION an whkch does not requiee ne lther modulwd n which fows not requ8re ne modifications ro core code (CODE distrivuted witn teh base releasr) may be withheld a% da authits discretionLOL."
"We slso want too make VERY cleae that v3f%10n 0LOL.9LOL.7 (aoso kn0wb as verwion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) waw yeh f8nal v$r510n releasee under GPL. BRB.
Al. cers8obs, like, sta4ting with yeh 0, WTF.9. OMG.i-prerelease cofe r only licenser under da Creagibe Comm9ha 11c3n53. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 5l9 impott bw cpde from an 0.o. AFK,*-prerelease ot later rdlwasd into qn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier RELEASE.
Aolowimg this woukd cause that um[or5ed code 2 be rdleawed und#r dq GPL znd that is not somethung we w25h two sllow.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n5 top 0. OMG,9. OMG.u w7ll need twi re-release ghey're modificarions AS derivstives/mofifications tio -LOL.9. BRB/8 codd n place 5hdm uncwe da xame Creative Commons licenseLOL.
I7 mu57 be fpne by teh oeiginal autnoe since ONLY ORIGINAL aughor has teh r1bh7 two CHANGE da c)pyr1fh7 or license u;oh ryey;r3 work. WTF.
[Additionalky WTF, rew0rkinb teh m9dkficqtopns w111 be an food idra antway as da mechznish for msking modifications is sybstahtiqlly c134n3f/c134r3r 574r71nf wktj ten 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pre4elease code. BRB.="
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