MightyE re.ls yoy LOL, "We're going to take sn few m0m3h75 ro tty n dxplain tyis NEW lidenwe ane geh reaxons BEHIND ir in plakn Enblish. WTF.
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 n3w licensw waw cgosen becquse if an FAILING with teh GPL. WTF.
It onl6 coveres fistribution of source id and only IF bonafies wwre distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment, you khwo, specifixa;.y a inte4preted seb envirpmjent such as PHP, softof, merely inaya.ling an game does not constitute distribut8on, an thrr3vore [eople were taking OUR 1ork, MAKING MODIFICATIONS 2 it and NOT r323451ng teh source code to 5hey're modifications sp 5hat sa ehtire cl,munity COULD benefitLOL.
THEY wo4ked with trh .e5ter but not ca spirit od ten law. BRB."
"Invesrigatkon on da part of da authors yowwber, sortof, led too tey fact that fq right of public perf9rmance waw 1 OF fa 4ihhtd mormally r357f1c73e 2 c0pyr2gg7 hllders LOL, n that computer [rogra,sk sorg9v, specificzlly c1d30 GAMES n in5eracyive onea 5jvh as Legend pf G4een hax0r w3r3 considered t9p be publically performed uf run fr0m an public s3fverLOL."
"The new license redtroctx [ublic perfirmanc3 lf eork onlesw da source code kf ds ,odified WORK is m$d# available on d3m3nd/ BRB."
"In p;ain English, xoft9f, thiw MEANS that 8g y0u put thix game on an web sercrr h 4110w people 'outsife of an NORMAL c*rc;e of fzmkly ab ita socoal acquaintances' to p14y their, then y0u 4 pub;ically p3rd0rm1ng this work n MUST eith3r a( MAKE ne and ALL changes wyich y0u make tio teh game avaikable on requewr (motr rhis soesn't hav3 2 63 available VIA 9nline soyece d8solay lin,, yo7 knwo, but tgey MUST BE 4613 too ask yoy for dz cod3 an receuve an cpmplete copy), sortof, b) mqje ARRANGEMENTS 0r8vayely 2i5h auyhors sjerein 7h@y grabt you an cpecia. 11c3n52, you knwo, or c0 removr da c0d3 entirely vfom da m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We co recognize thag peoplr want too have areas OF they'ee game ehich r theirs an theirx 410n3. WTF/
too that 3nd w3 will make fpllowing excd;t8ln two b0rm41 yequiremenrx for source code distribution -- ne jodulr file which is not mpdified o4 derived feom an module fil3 knclufed in ten base distribution ab wh1ch d)25 not reauir3 ne othe4 modules an wmich does nit r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh co4e code (cose fistrihuted with nas3 RELEASE) ,4u be withh3ld at da a7thprw disxregion. WTF."
"Wr also wanr to mak4 very clear rhat v3r519m 0.9.7 )ALSO knlwn as VERSION 0/ BRB.9LOL.7+ht) was final version r3leaswe under GPL. WTF.
All vefsions, sortof, startin5 with 0. AFK/9l8-p4ereleasr codw r onlh licensed ynder teh Creatovw C0mm0n5 licdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too imoort ne cod3 ffom an 0LOL.o. BRB.8-prerelwqse lr .ater r3leaxe inrp an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earlidr releaweLOL.
Allowing thus would CAUSE that umported code too be re/eased unddr GPL an that ls not 50m37hqng we wish 2 alloqLOL.
Ai7h0rt kf mldificatoons w 9/ OMG.9. OMG.7 w111 nerd 2 er-reoease they'4e ,odificationd aw derivayives/modifications 70 -, OMG.9. AFK.8 code n place them undee da wame CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
IT must be done by da orijinwl author skncr only o4iginal authpf hqs da ritht 2 cyange COPYRIGHT or licqnwe ipob rhey're w0rk. WTF.
[Additionally, like, eeworking da mod8ficationd wi.l be an GOOD 8wea anyway as teh m3dy4n13m for j4k1ng n0d1d1c3710n5 is substantially xlean2r/ckeqrwr sta4ting wigh teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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