MigngyE tells you LOL, "We're going two tz,e ab fww nom3ntd 2 try an explzin th8s new lic3nse h sa r3450b5 behind 7t in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 licrnse eaa chosen becaust of sn failing wirh da GPLLOL.
It oh;y covw4ed sistrkbutiob of woutxe ig an only 1f binaries were disgributed. AFK."
"Im an web 3nvironment WTF, specofically a intdrpretwd web ebvifonmeht such 45 PHPm sortof, mere;y instzlling sn game eprs bot c0n5717u73 distribjtion, yoy knwo, n 7h#r3f0t3 pwopke 2ere tqking ojr wofj, like, making mod8ficztiobs 2 it snd not releaxung slurce cod3 to they;re mpdifications t0 that teh emtire conmunitu c0u1d brnefit. WTF.
They worked woth teh letter but nog teh s[itit OF fa .aw. OMG."
"Invextihatkon on p4r7 of teh AUTHORS howefer, sortof, LED to ten facr that da 4ighr of public p3rd0rm5nc3 was woh of ten r8ggys bormally restricted two c0pyr1gh7 holders, an that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, sortif. speciflcakly viseo games an 1h71r4c71v3 ones SUCH ac Legehd of Green hax0r 2ere considered to be ;ub;ically pdrfofmwd if fun from qn public servrr. AFK."
"Tye NEW license $ewtricts public p3rrormance of dq w0rk unless twh source vode of t3h modkfi4d work is made available ON demandLOL."
"In plq8n English LOL, gnia means that if YOU put 5his game on an wrb sdrver and ALLOW peopl2 '0i7y1d3 od an normal xurcle ov family an itw social acqiaintancex' too [lay gheir LOL, then you aer publiczll6 performing 7h15 work n MUST eotger a) maie ne b ALL changes WHICH you make 5lo tdh gamr avqilqble ob fequest )nors rgis doesn't have t9 br avaulable via da online source didplay 11n, LOLk buy tjey must be able 70 zsk y0j fpr da coee ane receive sn complere copy), g) makd 4rr4ng3m3h74 pe*vagely with authors WHEREIN they GRANT you an special kicenae, wo4tof, or C) remove tdh cose entirely from da mscgineLOL."
"We do recognize 7hr7 p30p!3 WANT 5o HAVE arras of ryey'fe game wbich aer rhdies n theirx aooneLOL.
2 tnat ene we will mzkr twh foklosonh exdeptipn two teh normal REQUIREMENTS fof source code distribution -- ne MODULE file qhixh is not m0d1f13d or d3r1v3d from qn mod7le fil4 1nc1ud3d 1n 5453 sistribution n WHICH does not require ne pthcr modulws n which does NOT rrquire ne jodifications 2 teh core dod3 (codr distributed 227h da base rrlease) may be WITHHELD at da authirs d!%cr3710bLOL."
"We also qsnt too make very vlear 7h47 VERSION -LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kn0wn as v3r510n 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7+jt) was fkna. v3rduin r3!3453e under GPL. BRB.
All vetskons, starting with 0. WTFl9.80prer3lease c0d3 aer 0n1y licensed undef Cr3471v3 Cojmohs licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy righr too import ne code from an -. BRB.9. BRB/*-[rerelease OR later release intp an 0. AFKl9/ WTF.7 n ezrlier rel3aseLOL.
Alloqing ghis WOULD CAUSE that importef code TO ne teldss3d unddr dz GPL qn THAT IS not something we sish to all9w. AFK.
AUTHORS of moeofucations too 0LOL.9. OMG.& will netd two re-release they;re modifications as ddrivatives/mosifications tw9 0, OMG.9LOL.8 v0d3 an place 7h3m und3r da szmd Creative Com,ojs licebsel OMG.
It mist 63 eonr bt da peiginal autnor dince on.h oeihinal authot has da rught two cgznge da copyright OR oicense u;on they;re WORK. OMGl
[Adsitiona;lym sofrof, 4eeorking teh midificati9nx will be an good ueea antway as teh m3ch4n15m fir making modificatilns is substantiaoly cleaner/dlearer starting wirh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8[pr3r41334e code.]"
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