MighgyE teols tou, you knwo, "We'4e going ti 74k3 ah f3w moments tpo TRY and explain thks new license an teh 4easons nehind IT in PLAIN ENGLISH. WTF/
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 lic3nse was CHOSEN bevausw of ab failing wibh da GPL. BRB.
It 9n1y cover3d distribution of source IF n only if binaries WERE didtribur3d. AFK."
"In ab WEB ENVIRONMENT, sowcigically z ibterpre5ed w3y envi4onment 5uch as PHP, merely installing ag h4m3 does NOT xonstktire distrib7tiom, xprtof, n thdrdfore peopoe were TAKING our worj LOL, mak8bg modifucayioms two it n no5 releasing ca source c0d3 to tney're modifications so tha5 entird c0mmun1uy vluld BENEFIT.
They worked with teh letrer BUT n9t da spifit of la3. WTF."
"Investkfation ON da p4r7 of teh ajthors ho2ever, sortpf, l3d too 5eh gact that ca right of publiv performabce wzs 1 og da rightz no4jal;y restricred two copy4ight holdersm you knwo, n that computer ptoffsms LOL, specifically video g4m35 sn ingeractive onex 57vh as Legend 0f Gre3n hax0r werd consudered two be publically performed if run from an [yblic serverLOL."
"The hew licehse restricts public perforjance od teh w0rk unkwss sourde clde of da m0d1f13d work is MADE 4v5114^13 ON demand."
"In plaln ENGLISH, you knwo, yh8s jeana thar kf you put this game on zn WEB server n zkll2 people 'outwide if an normal ck4cle of ramily an 175 spcial 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 0pa^ their. like, then yli r 0ublicallh performinb 5hks work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes ehich you m4k3 5wo da GAME available ln 4eq7est (n073 ghis DOESN'T have t9o ge xcailab9e via teh ONLINE source dispkay linl, sortof, but they must be aboe yo ask you for code n recwive an domplete eooy). B) make atrahgemrnys 0rivayely with da AUTHORS WHEREIN 7h3y hrant you an 5p3c141 license, sortof, or c) remove da clde ebtireo6 from mzchine."
"We d0 recognoze tgay people want two nave areas of they're game which aer tjeirs an theies al9ne, BRB.
to that enc we wil. make followinh excephiln 2 da nlrma; ffquirements fof source coce didtriburoom 0- ne mocule f*le wnich is not modified or DERIVED fr0m qn module file included in base d157r16u710n n wh8ch DOES not t3au!r3 ne other modules an whidh d03t not require ne modifocations roo da core code 9code diwtributed wuyh da base release) may be withhekd at da authors discretionLOL."
"We also wznt 2 mqle bery clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also knpwn as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+JT_ 2as rinzl vrrsion relrad3d und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All verzions LOL, starting with 0LOL.8. BRB.i-0rer3lease code zer only licensed uncer teh Cveative C0mm-n% l8cenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny da eibht to IMPORT ne code fvom an 0.9k AFK.8-prereleasd ot latet releasd INTO an 0.9. WTF,7 an earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing this eould czuse thqt implrted clde to be 4eleased und#r da GPL and 5yat ix not something WE wish two qllowLOL.
Auuh0r5 of modificatoons ti 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need too r3-r3lease they're modificatoons aw dwrivatoves/jodifications two 9. BRB.9. OMG.8 code n plzxr them umset same Cr3ativd Conmons licensel WTF.
I7 must be DONE 6y geh original author SINCE only geh orihinal AUTHOR has rihht rel change sa cp;yritht or licens3 upon they'4e workLOL.
]Acdot8onally, you knwo, REWORKING tdh MODIFICATIONS WILL 63 ab good idea anyway as mechanisj for mal,nv modifications ix substantiapky coeaner/clearef stattibg with da 0. WTF.9.8-pr2reoeawe vkdeLOL.]"
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