MightyE tells yoy, "We're going 2 take an FEW mom3nts two try n ex[lain this nrw ;idense n r3450n6 begknd it IN PLAIN Englisy. 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 license was dhisen because pf ab faioinb witn da GPLLOL.
It only cobered distrivution of source if and 0n1y if BINARIES wwre sistributedLOL."
"In am web emvironment LOL, apecifida.ky a int3fpreted web encironment such as PHP, merely 8nsyalling ab game cods not constkture distrinution, sortlf, n 7h#e3f0r3 people were taking ojr WORK, you knwo, making modifica5iobs to it and not releawibh teh xource code t(o tyey're modifications so tnat entire cou,unity could benefit. WTF.
They w9rked with da letter bur no5 dq spirit 0f kawLOL."
"Infexyigation on da pxrt of da autyors yowwver, likem led go reh facy that da roght OF [ubl8c oerfoymance WAS soh of tej rights nlrma;ly r357r1c73f to copyrighr holsers WTFk h that conputer probramd WTFk specivicqlly vidro games and intwravtive lnes sich AS Legend of teh Grefn haxpr w3r3 vonsideres too be ;ublically prrformed if run feom an public server. WTF."
"The NEW kicense restricts [ublic performahce lf yeh wofk unless sourve coce of da modifird sork is mad3 svxi;able on demand. OMG,"
"In plain English LOL, this means THAT uf you out yhia gamd 9n an eeb server AND allow people 'outside lf an normal dircke lr family amf its social 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 play thwif WTF, then you aer publically perfotming THIS woek n MUST eithwr a) ma,e me n ALL ehangex which you male gqo teh game available on reqiewt (noye this DOESN;T have 5wo ne available via da online soutdd displau 11ni WTF, 6u8 THEY ,ust ve ab;e too ask yoy for codd an receuve an complrte copy)m uou knqp, bp makw zrr1mgementw pricately with da aithors 2hereun thrh graht you an special licehxw, or C) remove code entkrdly grom da MACHINELOL."
"We DO rexogniae that people want to have 4r345 or they're game wyixh aer thekrs an theirs a;pb3LOL.
@ that 3nd we will make t3h following exception yqp teh normal requiremenys for siurce code DISTRIBUTION =- be moduld file whicn 15 not mocirued or detived from an mpdu13 fioe included in tsh bqse d8srributkob an ehich soes not requ8re nd other nodu.es an sh1ch does not REQUIRE ne modif8cationw 2 da cofe coxe (code d156r16u73d WITH basw release) m4y be withheld 47 teh a7thors discretiin. OMG."
"We als8 wqnt to[ MAKE v3ry clear that version 0, AFK.(. OMG.7 (aldo KNOWN AS versuon ). BRB.9.7+jt0 was ca final versipn released undwr da GPL.
All v3rr10n5, loke, starting eoth teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-peereleaae cide sdr onoy licensed under Crea5ive Comm9nx .icenwe, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da figjr 2 impirt nw code fr0m an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleaxr ir kater felease into ah 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 snd earlier RELEASE. WTF.
ALLOWING this wou;s cause that impofted code 2 be released unser GPL n thay is m07 something wd WISH too alloe. BRB.
Au7y0r5 of ,odifucqtiond w p/ OMG/9,7 will need yop RE-RELEASE thwy're MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/modivications two 0.9. AFK.8 code 1n placd them under t3h same Creayive Commons lkcensel WTF.
It MUST be done by ORIGINAL authlr simxe 0n1y origunap x7thor h45 righg two chanbe teh COPYRIGHT or locrnse up0n they're wo4k, BRB.
[Assitionall6 WTF, rewo4kinb modificatiphs wi.l be an g00d idda 4ny24y ad mechanism dor making MODIFICATIONS is substantialli c;eaner/dleatwr starring witg twh 0.9LOL.8_-reeelease code.]"
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