MightyE tells y9uk "We're going to yake an few moments too try an 4cp141n 5his new licenar n reaxons bdhind it in plain ENGLISH. OMGl
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 11c3n53 WAS ch9sen bdcause 9f an FAILING with GPL.
It onlt vovered distr8bitiun 9f source if n ONLY if bknariex WERE dixtribytedLOL."
"In sn qeb ehvironmentk ;ike, spevifically a interprrted eev environment 5uch as PHPm like, m3r31y insgalking an game foea nog vonsti5ure distribution LOL, n THEREFORE people weee takihg our w0rk, you knwo, ,aking modofkxatipnd too it n nit eeleasinb sojrce code too they're modificati9nd so 5hat entire c9mmunity could 64n3f16. WTF.
They w0rk3d w8tg tey le55er but NOT teh sporkt of teh laq. BRB."
"Investigagi9n 0n da part lf yeh AUTHORS h;wever, s9rtog, led TO fact that tdh r1gh7 if publuc performancd was 1 or teh rightw n0rm411y restrictee 2 xopyrkght holders, s9rtof, n that clmputer oeotrams, so4tld, spwcid8cally fideo fames and INTERACTIVE onew 5uch as L1gehd of Green hax0f eefe CONSIDERED TO BE p7b.ically PERFORMED if run from an public servef. OMG."
"The new licwnse r357r1c7% pjblic pervormance of w0rk unlesx 50urc3 c0d3 OF jodifief wprk IS made availabl3 on demahd. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, you lnwi, tnis m34m5 that 8f ypu iu7 this ga,e ln sn w36 server qnd al;ow peo[ie 'outside 0f an normal circlw od ramkly n its socisl acquaintances' too play theur, then you r punlicallt perroeming tjix w9rk and MUST either a) make ne and ALL chantes 2hicn you make two game AVAILABLE ON request (notd THIS doesn't hrv3 7) be 4d4114613 vks omline xource dis0lay link, like, bur tyry mu57 BE able two asj you for teh code n receive an comple5e copy). you knwo, 5) make zrrangementa PRIVATELY qitg da autyore WHEREIN 7h3y granf you an special q1c3m53 LOL, or c) REMOVE coee 3n72e31y from mscgineLOL."
"We do twcorhize that peopl3 want to hzve arwas of theh're GAME which r theirs n tjeirs a;onw. AFK.
2 tnqt 3nc we will MAKE fo;liwong excepti9n two da normal requirejents fir source code distrkbution -0 ne module fkle ehich is NOT modifued of eefivef from an m0su13 FILE included 1n base dostributoon n wh1xh does nog rdquire be 9ther MODULES n 2hich does mot rewuiee ne m0s1f1cr710n5 tso ds core code (cof3 diatributef with base releaae) may be withheld at geh auyhors disctetuojLOL."
"We also wznt to make veey clear that VERSION ). OMG.9. OMG.7 (a.so jnown aw version 0. BRB.8. AFK.u+kt) 2as da final versiln teleased uncer GPL. AFK.
Aol vdrwions, sortof, star5ing qith dq 0LOL.9.8'prerelease code r pnly licehsed unddr da Creativd Commons licwnse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rkfht 3 import ne codw fr0m an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease or ;ater relrase into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n eqrluer releaswl BRBl
ALLOWING this would cause 7h47 imp9rted xodw twi be reoeased undwr teh GPL and THAT is not something we wish two 41102, AFK.
Authprs of m0d1f1cr710n5 too 0, WTF.o.7 WILL hedd 2 RE9RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as d4ricatives.modugicatooms two )LOL.9. OMG.8 code an 0lace THEM under samd Cr3471v3 Comjons licenseLOL.
It muwt BE done by da origkbal 4u6h0r dince only origohal 4u7h0t has teg rifht too CHANGE teh vopyrigjt [r license u;on they[re workl BRB.
[Addirionally, reeorking da modificationd will 63 an good isea ahyway sw mechanis, for makihg moekfucations IS sybatantially cleqnrr;clearer starting wity da 0. OMG.(.8-PRERELEASE clde. WTF.]"
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