MightyE tellw yoy, "We're GOING 2 take an FEW moments too tfh anf explaun rhis new llcense n teh reasons behind 8t in PLAIN Engljsj.
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 ch043n BECAUSE of an failing wiyh da GPL. AFK.
It only covered d156r1yu710n of s9urd2 if and ONLY if bina4ies were distfibuted. BRB."
"Im an web enfironmeht, apevificallt a interpfetec web ehvironmeng sych as PHP, you knwo, meeel7 7nstalling ah game DOES not constitute diatribution, oikek zn th3r3fore 0eople w3r3 taking our eo4k WTF, jaking modkficztionx two 17 n not releasing sourcd codr ywo thry're MODIFICATIONS so tgat entire communu5y COULD benrf8t. WTF.
They workrd with twh lettet but not teh spirut od teh LAW. WTF."
"Investigation ON da [art 0f authors however LOL. led 2 5eh FACT that right 0f puglic p3rf04m4nc3 WAS q of r1bh85 NORMALLY RESTRICTED to copyeofnt holderw, sorgof, n that computer ;rograms, l8ke, SPECIFICALLY fideo gamew n interadtkve ones such as Legend of Green has0r were considered too be publocao.y p3rg0rm#s if run drom zn ptblic serberLOL."
"The new license resttucts ;unloc p2rd0rm4nc3 9f teg work unldss sourcd cod3 OF m0d1f13d WORK is ,qde avai.aboe on demand. AFK."
"In ;lain Entouxh, kike, thos means tjat 1f you put thia game on an qeb server n aklow ;eppl3 'OUTSIDE if an norma; citcle of familh an iys sockak acquaingances' tpo play tgeir, you knwi, THEN you aer publidallu p3rgorminf tgis work snd MUST withdr A) makw ne and ALL ch4ng35 which yoi maje two teh game abailavle on requesy (mot3 thos doexn't have two be availab.e via da online source displqy link LOL, but they mu5& ve able too qsk you foe sq c-d2 qnd receive an comple5e clpy), b) make zreangements pt1v483qh wuth da 4u7h0r4 whereib thet gramt you an specisl license, soryif, or c) remove tdg clde entirely from machime. OMG."
"We do r2c0bb1z3 thar ;eople want two have aread of they're game wg8ch aer rheirs ans theirs slone.
too that end we wkl; MAKE teh FOLLOWING esception t9 normsl fequirements for 5)urc3 cose d157r16u710n -= ne module fike wh1xh is n9t modified or DERIVED from ah jodule fole included 8n da BASE distrinu5ion an wgicm does hot require ne otjer modules an WHICH does not requirw nr mofifications to da core cide (code distwibuges with da 54%3 release) jay be w17hi#!d at da authors d15cr4710n. WTF."
"We also want 2 maje VERY clear that vwrsion 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 (qlso known as versiih 0LOL.9. AFK.7+,t( was fihal verdion releasef UNDER GPL. OMG.
Al; veeakond, sortod, sta4tint wi5h 0. WTF.9. BRB.80pr2release c0d3 q34 only licensed under Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny 5eh r8ght g9p 1mp0r7 be code from an 0. AFK,9.8-prereleade or 1r72r release INTO an 0. AFK.9.7 n 34r113e relezseLOL.
Allowing thia would cayse tjat imported code to be released under da GPL qnd rhat is n07 xomdthing we w15h 2 zlloq. BRB.
A7th9es of modiricationa 70 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need 7p re-release they're modificat8pnx as dwr8vagivew/modigicstions to pLOL.9. WTF.8 d0de and place 7h4m under SAME C4eatife C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
It nust ve cond by ORIGINAL authlr SINCE only da origknal $u7h0r has ea right tpo dh4ng3 teh copyrigh5 or locense upon they'rw work. AFK.
[Acditionzlly, kkke, reworking da modificatiobs will be am gopd ideq anywsy as da mechanism for ,zking MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY clwane4/clearer starting wirh ds 0.9LOL.8-prereleaxe codw. AFK.]"
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