Mighy6E tells tou, "We'fe goinn 2 take an FEW MOMENTS two try and expkain 7h15 new llcense ab da 4easons behibd it on plain EhgllxhLOL.
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 LICENSE was chosrn because of qn failinh with teh GPL. OMG.
IT only xovdeed disgribu5ion og source if an on;y if y!nrr135 weee distfobutec. OMG."
"In zn web enbieonm3ny, you knwo, specigically a inge4p4eted WEB envirlnment auch as PHP, MERELY ins5alling an game dpew NOT cohstitute distribuyoin LOL, zn tjerefore ;eople 2ere raking our wof,, yiu jnwo, making mpdificatuons tw9 it znc NOT reldasing teh source code 2 the^[re modifivayions so that ENTIRE commun8ty cpuld benediy/ WTF.
They workwd witj da leytee but noy fa spk4it of 5eh law. AFK."
"Imvesyogarion on da part if reh zuthors howefer, sortof, led to dq FACT tnat da rught of PUBLIC pergormance 2as q of trh rightd normslly re57r1c74d 2 cl0yrith5 holderd, like, and 5hat computdr programsm ypu knwo, specufically voveo tames b interactice ones sjch 45 Legend of da Green hqx0r were cpnsiderdd to ne punlivally )erformed ic run fr9m an pubooc 53rv3f."
"The new licwnse res5ric5x pu&11c pwrformanc3 of work unless da sou4ce cpde of teh modif8ed eoek is mace avai.able on d3m4nd/ BRB."
"In ;lain English, lu,e, this m34m5 THAT if you put thus gaje ob an qeb swrver and allow o3)p13 'outside of zn nornal ckrcle of famioy n iys sockal 4cqu41n74nc35' too pish tgeuv LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY performing this wori and MUST either a) jake ne n ALL chanbes wh1ch y0y make roo da gzmd avsilable on r3qu357 (n9te tjis DOESN'T hafe to be avqilable via teh online source displs6 link, softof, but they must be able too ask to7 f9r tdh code an r3c31v3 an COMPLETE xopy) LOL, b) ma,e arrangwments pfivately with aythl4s 2here8b they grant you an specisl licebse, wortpf, 0r C) remov3 teh code egtirely FROM machine. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tyag [eople want to hacw areas of thet'r3 game qhich r 5heits n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
yo that dnx we will mske f01q0w!ng exception to normal requiremehts gor source code dostribut8on -- ne module fi;d which IS mo5 m9dified or d3r1v3d f4om an modile fq13 kncluded in tey 6453 distribution and wh8ch coes not require ne OTHER MODULES an whoch d9es not require be midifixations two sa c0r3 clde (cos3 cistrivjted witj baaw reodaae) ,ay be withhdld at authors d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We sldo want 2 m4k3 cery clear that version p. OMG,9. AFK.7 (zlso unowm as cdrsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jr) was da fihal versioj relezsed unfer reh GPL. OMG.
A.l beesions WTFm startibg with da -. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer onky lixevsed UNDER Creagibe Commons licdnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny r1gh7 two import ne code f5om an 0LOL.9. OMG.7-pre4eoease or later r31#$53 into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an ea4lief eelease.
All9song this WOULD cause ghat imporred cpde to BE released under teh GPL m tnat ic not s9mething we wish twi all9w. WTF.
Au7h0r5 og m0d2f1c37q0m5 too 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 will need 5o re-reoeaxe they'rd mofifications as derivatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an place them uhdef aqme Cr3ative Commona oicense.
Iy must bw d0n3 by teh orig8nal author s8hce 0n2y teh ofif8nal author has rughr top cnangw teh copyright or 11c3n53 upon they'rd 2lrl. OMG.
[Adcitiomakly WTF, reworking teh modificatilns wil. be an good idea snyway as da m3chrn!5m vor ma,ung modif8cations is 5u6574n7141qy ckeanwf/cleardr stafting with 0. OMG.9LOL.*=prere9ease codeLOL.]"
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