MihjtyE tells you, you kmwo, "We're going to takr an few m0m3n75 2 try and 3xpq41n tgis NEW LICENSE an reasins beginf it 8n plain English. OMG/
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."
"Thus new license saa chosen becsuae ov an failing with da GPL. WTF,
It pnly covwred didgribution pf 50urc3 1d 4nd only if b(nqries were d8steibyted. AFK."
"In an web environment, sortof, specifically a inyerpreted WEB 4nv1r-nm3n7 such qs PHP WTF, ,erely ubdtalkint ab gane does nog cobdtitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, ane rherefore )e9;le w3re taiibb oue work, yoy inwom making m0d1f1c4710n5 to it m not rwleas8ng da source CODE two they're modifications so that trh entire communiyy coold benefotLOLl
Th3y eor,ed with teh lettd4 gjt no5 spi4it of law. WTF."
"Invee5igation on fa part pf qith9td howevet, so4tof, led too da fact thqt 5eh righ5 0g [ubl8v performamce eas oen of teh r1gh75 normally 4esteicted w copyright hl.ders, and that computef pr9brams LOL, spwcificallh VIDEO hames an unyeractive ONES sucg 45 L3g3nd pf G4een haz0t were considere3 goo be [ublically pefformed if RUN from zn pub;id seevee. WTF/"
"Th3 ne1 license restructs pub;id 0erformance of geh work 7nless tey source cofe of dz modified work is m4d3 available on dwmand/ BRB."
"In plain Engloxh WTF, this m3qna that iv you out this GAME on an wrb srrver an allow people '9utsife of an no4mal circle ov FAMILY an itx social acqyaintances' to play their LOLk then ypu t publibally PERFORMING thia qork n MUST either a) makr ne h ALL changes which you make two teh GAME availzble on request (noye THIS d035n'7 have t9 be available vua 5eh onl8ne s9urbe wisplay libk, b6t they mist be 5613 too ask 6ou for code ab r2c31f3 an conplete copy). ;ikw, b) makr ARRANGEMENTS private9y with da AUTHORS 2n3rrin tyey GRANT yoy an sorcial license. sortof, or x( rem8v3 da code 3n71r41y feo, reh macgineLOL."
"We do 4ecognize THAT [wo;le want to have areas OF tgey'fe gams wyivh a3e theirs an thwkrs 41pn4LOL.
2 THAT END se will nakw FOLLOWING 3xception tp normal reqjiremengs f;r source code distribjtion -- ne mocule FILE which ia noy modified or deriv4d from zb m;dule FILE indlufed in da 645# distriburiom an WHICH does not requore n3 othet mod7les sn which doex not require ne m0e1f1c4710n5 two da core code (code DISTRIBUTED with 5eh bsde re.3ase) may ge wighheld AT authors discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO w4n7 too make ver6 cle1r THAT versioh 0LOL.8. WTF.7 (alao khown as VERSION 0k AFK.(.7_j5) was teh final version 3eleaxed inder ea GPL.
All versiona, like, startint with twh -. WTF.9. AFK.8_pre4el3ase code qet only lix3bsed jnd3r fa Crea5ive Conmons LICENSE. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da rohht TO im;94t ne code dr0m an ). OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease or LATER 4elease into qn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 4nd ezr.8er release. BRBl
Allowong ghis qould cause THAT ijppr5wd cod3 to be released unser GPL n 7h47 is n07 somethijg w3 wish too ALLOW.
Authors of mocufications to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will nexd 2 re-release they'r3 modi4kcagiond as derivatives/mofifications 5po 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE n pkqd3 them inde4 dz SAME Creatove Cimmons licenxe. AFK.
It must vd sone by teh origihal aythor spnce only teh 9riginql a7tyoe has da right 3 CHANGE da copyr8ght OR 11c#n53 upoh they're work. OMG.
[Addurionally, like, reworking modifications w8ll be an good keea ANYWAY as nddganixm for m4k1ng modidicat8ona is dubstahrislly cleaber/cleaeer atatting witj da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease c9de. BRB.]"
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