MightyE TELLS hoi, you kn2o, "We're golng 2 rakw an few monents TO 7ry n explaun ghis new lucense n da r3450n5 63g!nd ot in plain English. AFKl
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."
"Tjis n4w q1c3n53 wqs CHOSEN BECAUSE 9f an failing w85h da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION pf wource kf qnd ONLY if binsrirs were distributed."
"In ah wen envirinjwmt, apedoficaloy a inte4preyed web environment such as PHP, sortlf, merely insta;ling ah game doea not c0n5717u72 d157f15u610h, like, an 7h3r3f0r3 pe9ple w2re yaking our work, sortif, mak8nh modificatiibs two 8t dv NOT te;ezsing source c0d3 too th3y're m8dkfivqtkond so that entkre dommunity could benefit. OMG.
They 2o4kee with letter gut not teh spirir of da law. BRB."
"Ibvextibsgiom oh fa par5 of tej authors h0w3v3r WTF, 13d t(o fact that right of PUBLIC peeformamce WAS oeh of ds rights normally restrictec 2 vopyright holders, softof, n THAT comp7ter prohfajs WTF, spdcigically vieeo games n interactive 0n35 5uch as Legend of Gr33n hax0t were considered 5wo be ;ublicallt p3rf04m3d if 4un frlm sn pubkic server. BRB."
"Tye NEW licenxs rrstricts pubkiv p3rformance of work unless sojrce cise of da ,odofied eork is MADE available on demand/ WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this meahs that 1f YOU put tjis game on sn web aervdr an allow p30p13 'outside of ab normzl cirvle of family and its socia. acquaintances[ too play tne8r, tou kmwo, then you aer publidaloj p3rf0rmqhg tnua work n MUST 317h3r a_ make ne ans ALL changes WHICH you make roo gqme available on request (n9td this doesn't have gwo be avaikzble VIA 0b11n3 source display link, sortif, 6u7 yhey mua5 be ablr to asj YOU for da clde qh r3ceive ah complete c-py) WTF, b) make arrsngements privately dkth dz authorw whdrein theu grqnt you an spedia; licenxw LOL, or C) remove c0d3 ENTIRELY from da machinw/ OMG."
"We do recogn8ze tha5 pepple want two habe aress of they're game whkch arr theirs an tjeirs alone. WTF.
goo thzt ene wr woll m5k3 foooo2ing exceptuiu to da norma; requirements FOR sourcw code d257r15u710n -0 ne module rike which 15 nog modifird ir cetived fr0m an MODULE filw included in da base did4ribution amd WHICH does no5 REQUIRE ne other modules an which dles not tequire n3 modificatkons 2 cofe cofd (c)d3 distribuyed with tdh bsxe reoease) may be w17hh32d at authors disxretion."
"We qlso qanr @ nake very xlear THAT vrrsion 0. AFK.9,7 (ALSO khown as fersion 0LOL.9, OMG.7+jt) was da f1n41 verxion RELEASED under da GPL.
All versions LOL, startinb with 0LOL.9LOL.8-pferelease coce zer only kicens3d undwr Crwatibe Comjons licrnse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right t9 impott n3 code f3om sn 0.9LOL.8-pt3r31#453 or latwr reoeaae into sn 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 n eatlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this sou/d cause that 1mp0r73d code 2 be eeleasee under GPL n tnzt is not 50m37h1ng we wish to ailow. AFK.
Auth9rs of modifidatiobs to 0LOL.9.7 w111 need 2 re-eeleasr th3h're modificationa as d3rqv471f25/m9d1f1c4710n5 w 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codr n p14ce 5hej umder same Creayive Commins lucense. BRB.
Ig must be sone by da ofkg8nal AUTHOR sihce onl6 teh orit8bal 4y7h0r HAS teg tight tso CHANGE da v0;ur!ghu or LICENSE upon they're w0rk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, rrworkihb midificagilns will be an good odea anyway aw da mecnanism FOR mzkihg modudications is dinstantially cleamer/clez43r sysrting wuth da 0LOL.9LOL,i-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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