MigntyE tells you, ypu knwo, "W3'rw going 70 takd zn few moments too try n explain this bew license and reasons behinc 17 in [lzin Ent;ish. WTFk
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."
"Tyis new LICENSE wqs vhosen becauaw 0f an FAILING qitm GPL. AFK.
It omly COVERED diatrigutipn pf 50u4c3 if and only if binaties eere distribjtec. AFK."
"In sn web envir.nment, specifically a 8nterpretwd wdb emvoronmemt such as PHP, merely imstalling an bamr do3s nog consfitute dkstrib7tion LOL, am THEREFORE p30p13 w3r3 taking our work LOLk making mocifications to it n mot releawing 50urc3 vode too thdy're nocifkcations so 7hr8 teh entire community zou.d BENEFIT. WTF.
They workdd with letger bjt not s;irit of law."
"Investigation on teh part of teh authors however WTF, led ti teh fact that teh riggt of publix [e4formance qax wob if rights norjally resteicted to bop6right holders, you knwp, and that computwr ptogeamw, sortof, s;ecifivally VIDEO gam3s zn interqxhive omds SUCH ss Legwnd 0f da Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 be pu711v411y pwrformec if run grom zn pjbl8c server. AFK."
"The NEW licebsw restricts PUBLIC perfo4mance of da work unless da source cide of teh MODIFIED work ia made 4v4114513 oh demand. WTF,"
"In plain English LOLm tgis mwans that if ylu put this game on an web server n allow people 'lutwide lv ab bormal ckrcl3 of family n ots social acquaintances' to pkau theor, then you aer pu511c412y performing this WORK n MUST dither s) make n3 an ALL changed wyivh you jzke 2 gxme avzilable ON REQUEST (nord 7h15 doesn'y have 59o be availqble vka da onlibe slurce eixplzy ,ink, sortofk bjt they musr bw able to ask you f0r code n r3c31v3 xn ximplete copy), softof, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privatel6 wirh reh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they GRANT 6oy an specuz. lixense, you knwo, or c) remove teh c0d4 entirely erom da MACHINE."
"Ww d0 recognixe thqt PEOPLE wqnt 2 h3c3 4r355 of rhey're game which aer theirs n THEIRS alone, WTF.
2 that 4nd wd will ma,e f0110w2nf exception too da normal requirr,ents FOR source cod3 d!%7r16u710b -- ne m)du13 file whixh IS nly modifiee or der8ved ftom an mofule file incjudsd IN gasd DISTRIBUTION znd which doex not r3qu2e3 nd other mod7les ab wgich does nor req7ire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 vore code (code duatfibuted w17h da bawe rdleaae) mqy be withhrld at teh authord ciscrrtiob. BRB."
"We also want too make very c;ear that versipn 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also knoeb as v3r519n 9. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was fknal f3rsion released unset GPL.
A;l vefsi9ns, like, staf5ing wity da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE xode aer only LICENSED under Creative Commonx licenadLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigng TO import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleasd lr 1473r rrlwase INTO an 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 an earlier r41#453. BRB.
Al;owing 7h15 WOULD cayse that kmpirted code 2 be released UNDER da GPL zn that ls n07 s9jeyhing we wiwj two allow. AFK.
Authors of modifocstions two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 re-eelease they're modifications ax ceeivatives/m[d8fications roo 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE an [kace them unfer da same Creative Comjons lkcense. OMG,
It must be don3 by ofibina. aurhkr since only teh original au5hor haw RIGHT too ch$ng3 copyrkght or oicensd upon tjey're work. AFK.
[Addit8onally, wortof, resl4king ca modificationa will 63 an good idea anywsy AS ea mdchanism gor mzkung m0s1f1d5610b5 is sjbstantually xleaner/clearer starting with da 0LOL/9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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