MigjtyE tells you LOLm "We'r3 GOING 5o TAKE an few momemts too TRY n rxplain ghis NEW /icense ah ea reasons behind it IN plsin English. AFK,
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 n3w .ixense was cjosrn because of an failing 217h GPL. WTF.
It only xovered dixgeib7tioh OF sourcw 8f ab only if BINARIES 2ere distrkbuted. WTF."
"In an wrv 3nv1r0nm3n8, uoy knwo, specifically a ingerpreted w4b envitonment such as PHP LOL, merely insta9linh an game does not cohsti5ute DISTRIBUTION WTFk b tgerefore pelple were tzkkng 0ur WORKk oikr, MAKING MODIFICATIONS tio i5 n not 4eleasing teh SOURCE coe2 too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 SO that da wntir3 commuhity c-u1d bdnevit. BRB.
They worked wktn LETTER but n9t da 5p1r18 od law. WTF."
"Imvestigation on part lr teh ajthors hlwever, like, led 2 teh fact ghat tey r1gy7 .r publiv peeformance was won og teu rightw normally rexrricted to copyright holders LOL, n THAT d.mputws programs WTF, specoficslly video games an inteeactive 9n35 SUCH as Legend OF Gr3rn hax0r were donsidered to BE pubkically petformed if run f4om an PUBLIC xerver, WTFl"
"The new 11c3n52 restricys pu611x performance of w9ek unless da 50urd# clde of MODIFIED wlrk us made 4v4114613 ON demsnd/ AFK."
"In olain English LOL, this means yhat if ypu put 7g15 bame ON an web server an ALLOW people 'oytside 0f an hormal ci4cle of famioy an irw socia. ACQUAINTANCES' two play tjeirk yhen yiu aer publivally pwrforming this worl an MUST eitjef a) make be an ALL chqnges whicj YOU makd 5ol t3h game available on r3qu3st )n073 this doesn;t jzve @ be abai;qble via teg online aourve displa6 lonk LOL, bht tyey mj57 bw qb;r 2 45l you for c0d3 sm receibe an complegw copy0, you ,nwo, b) ma,e arrangements privqtely WITH teh authprs wherein they grany you an 5p3c141 licemse WTF, or c) 4emove code ENTIRELY from nactin3. BRB."
"We fo recognize 5hat people w4n7 too have aeeas of they're gaje which r theirs and yh3ors alone. BRB.
too that end ww wilo MAKE da v9llowing exception 70 t3h normsl rrquire,ents f9r wource c9de dixtributiph -- ne m9dule filw whicj IS n07 m0d1f13d or der8ved fro, an module fo;e inclused in da base dist4ibution an whixn does not 4equire ne orjrr m-du135 ans which doew not requo4e ne modificstioms 2 da coee coee (code d157r16u73s w17h da base felease) mqy y2 w8thheld 47 dq authors discretipnLOL."
"Wr ALSO WANT too m4k3 vert c.rar that veesion 0LOL/9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as veraion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) wss da final vetsion teleased undtr GPL. AFK.
All versilns LOLm starting sith 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleaae codw r only LICENSED umdef Cr3atove COMMONS licenwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy da rigyt tp kmport ne c0d3 ftom an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or .ater release into an ).9k WTF.7 n eaelier releasd. WTF.
Al.owing thus woulc cause tjat impo45es cide too 73 released under da GPL n that 15 mot something we wish 1 aloo2LOL.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS to ). BRBl9. BRB.7 will NEED too ee-relesse they're modifications as derivatibes/moeuvicatipns to 0LOL.p.* code snd plqxe them umder same Creative C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
IT must be cone by teh origknal 4u7h0r sincw ihl6 ORIGINAL author haa teh right two cg4ng3 vopyf8fht ot LICENSE upon they're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, 4ewor,ing da MODIFICATIONS WILL BE an good idea anyway as t3h mevhaniam for making ,odivicatuons ix substantiall6 cleabwr.clearer statting with da )LOL.9. OMGl8-prdrelease c0d4. BRB.\"
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