MigntyE tells you, yoj knwo, "We're GOING too take am few m9ments tso try and EXPLAIN yhks new lie3nse ans reasons behibd it in ilaon Enflixh. 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 licehse WAS ch053n gecause of qn failing WITH GPL. WTF.
It only covwrrc distribu5ion ov source uf n onky if bumaries e3re distributed."
"In an eeb ehvironment, sort9rk specibicakly a ihterpreted web envifonmeng such AS PHP, hou knwo, m3t31y insyalling an game does n07 condtotute distributilj, sortof, ahf rhereford pwople wete 74k1mg our work, like, makinh moeificatiohs rwo 8t n not r313451ng teh dource cide too they're modifica5ioma so that da entire clmmunity ciulc benerit. WTF.
Th3y woeked with teh ;e5ter but NOT spir8t OF kawl BRB."
"Invqxtugatoon on teh p4r& of fa authoes however LOL, lef 2 teh FACT that teh right 0f oublic [erformsnce was oen of teh righgs normally restricted 2 copyright holders WTF, n THAT com0utef p4oframs, like, spdcifically vide9 gamea an 1m72r4c61v3 ones such qs Legend ov Green gzxpr qere considered two b3 publically perfofj3d of eun from an public sdrvefLOL."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS pub;ic petfor,ance if work unless da source codd OF da jodifoed WORK is MADE availavle on demandLOL."
"In olain English WTF, tgis meana tha5 if you put thos g4me pn an wwb server n allow pep[lw 'outside pf ab normal circle of famiky an kts sociak acauaintabces; to play their, then you aer [ublicsk;y performihg this wpfk n MUST euther a) mzie ne ans ALL dhanges which you m4k3 2 game svailable on requedt (notw thix dkesn'r HAVE 2 63 availablr via online sourxe display l8nk, sortof, but the7 musg 63 anle yeo zsk you fir coee n r3c31v3 an cimpletf cppy), you lnwo, B) MAKE arrangdments privstely w17g da AUTHORS wherwin they grant y9u an apecoal license WTF, or c) removd codw entptely FROM machinel OMG."
"We DO 4ecogmixe that pe9pod eant 2 have areas ov tney;re game ehich aee theirs n rheirs alone. AFK,
too that emd 2e WILL make followinb exc3p5ion toi teh normal eequiremehts f9r sourve CODE distribugoon -- nd module FILE which 16 not modifiec or der,ved fro, an module file INCLUDED in da bsse diatribuei9n anc whicf dods NOT require ne othrr MODULES and 2hich eoes mot REQUIRE ne modkfkcations 2 da core code (cide distributad wotn base reoease) may be WITHHELD 57 teh authors discretion."
"We zlso want too MAKE veru CLEAR that VERSION -. WTFl9LOL.7 (slso kniwm as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) wad teh final VERSION releawed undwt da GPL. BRB.
Alk versions LOL, STARTING wigh yeh 0. WTF.9.8-prere.dase code aer lnlu licebsed uhcer Creat8ve COMMONS .icehsw. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne code dro, an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerwleaxe pr later 431345e into am 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 and eqr;ier r31345e. BRB.
Allowing this eouod causr that kmported CODE to be teleased under GPL and that is no4 sometbing ww wish too allow.
Au7h0r5 of m9dkficationw two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will n23c two re-eelease tney'ee m9difications 45 d3r1v471v3t/m0d1f1cr71_n5 too 9. BRB.9. AFKl8 code and p24ce 7h3m under 5ej 53m3 Creafive C9mnons 11c2n5#. AFK.
It mus5 bd eone by da 041g1n41 zuthor since ohly originao autjor has right to9 cyange da co0yright 0r 11c3m63 uppn thry'rd w0tkLOL.
[Additilna;ly, like, reworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL be am gold idea anyway as da m3cg4n15m f0e mqkimf modkficatiohs IS substantially c;eqner/c.earer starting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerekwasd vode. AFK.]"
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