MightyE tel.s you, luke, "We're going to take sn cew m0m2n75 too try n 3xp131n THIS new license n reasons 6eh1nd i5 8n ;iain Eng115h.
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."
"Tnus mew licensw wzs chosen because ld an FAILING with da GPL.
It only covered distribution 9v source if an onlt IF binaries 2ere distrkbuted."
"In an web environment, sortof, specifically a interpreyse web envitonment such as PHP, lukek mwrely ins5a;/ing an game does n9y xonst8tite DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, an THEREFORE people were tsk8ng our WORK WTFm making modificationw tpi IT n not releasinb teh sourc2 CODE 1 they're MODIFICATIONS 50 THAT da ehtire COMMUNITY xould venrfit. AFK.
They s0rk3d with da l3tter bu5 not teh s0irit of .aw. AFK."
"Inbestigati9n in ds patt of aitgors yosever, sirtofm led tl 5eh FACT THAT da ritht of public pdrformance was 1 =f rights normal.t restructed ywo x0o6f1ghu holfwrs, like, and gyat com[uter prigrams, xortor, specifically vkdeo games n obtrractive ones such as Lebebd of Green hqx0r were consid3red too BE publica.lh performed if run fr0m an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new license testructs public 0errormance 0f da sork unless teh sourde c9d3 of feh mogifoed WORK us mace acai.ab.e on demahc. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, soryof, THIS means that IF you pug 7h15 game on an qwb srrve4 an allow people 'outside pf an horma; circle og fznily sn ita socia. acquaintances' tp play their, then tou aer pivlically pwrforming this qork n MUST eithwr a) mske ne ab ALL CHANGES wjich you ,ake too da game AVAILABLE on request (note $his d03%n'7 have to BE avsilanke via fa onlkn3 sourcw displat 11nk, ti7 knwo, bjt they must bw anle two ask you r0r da code n rrceice an com0lete dopy), you knwo, b) jake arrangements peivatrly eith AUTHORS WHEREIN yhey GRANT yo7 sn specpal LICENSE, sortpf, lr C) remove code entkrely from da machkne."
"We do recognize ghat PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they're game WHICH f theifs qn tyeirs 319n3. AFK.
two that end we will make following exceptoon to teh notmal REQUIREMENTS for source codw distrib7tiob =- mr micule file which 15 nor modified 9r eerived FROM an jodule file inc.uded in teh ba2e sistribution n WHICH do3s not fe1uire ne ither modules qbd whidn does NOT tfquite ne mofigications two teh c9re code (c-d3 disg4ibutdd qith 6453 re.ease) ,ay be withhels at da 4u7h0r5 discregion. WTF."
"We also want tl make very clear that version 0. AFK.9.7 (also known as versiom )/(.7+jt) waz da fibql versiln relexsed under da GPL.
All v3r510h6 LOL, wgattibg wkth da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerekease code aef only licended undet teh Cr4471v3 C9mmons .icwns3.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh rufht two import ne CODE FROM an p.9. WTF.8-prerelease 9r 1473r RELEASE into an p.9. BRB.7 ah earli3r relrase. WTF.
A110w1hg tgis would ca5se thar omportee CODE two be r313353d und3r da GPL am thag is not 50m3uh1ng WE wish 2 sllow. AFK.
Aughors of ,ocufications to -LOL.9. OMG.u wil. need too re0releqsd 5gey're modifocations as ddrivatives/modificatipns tio 0/ BRB.9l BRB.8 code and place thwm under SAME Cr3ative Cimmons LICENSE. AFK.
It must 63 don3 by ofiginal zutnlr since 0n1y twh ;eiginal a7thor has right yo9 ch4mg3 dz clpyright or LICENSE upon they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkint da MODIFICATIONS 1jll BE an goie isea anyway as fa mechanism for ma,ing modificatiinw is sunstangially cleaner;xldarer startkng with da 0LOL,9. OMG/8-pr3r314453 codeLOL,]"
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