MightyE tells y)y LOL, "Ww're going TO tzke ah few m0n3n75 to ury zn explaim 7h15 NEW .icenae and reaxons behind it in plaih 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 licenwe w1s chpdtn because of ab fai.ing with teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered eistrkbuti(n of sourcr if n 0n1y if biharied weee DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Ib sn web envigonment, apecificslot a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, so4t9h, merdly instal.ibg an game does NOT c0n5717u73 distribution, like, an thetevoee pwople eere ta,ing our wprl, y9u knwi, makinr modificatiohw roo it an not RELEASING slurce xlde two they're modirications so that da entire community could benef8t. WTF.
They eorked with ;rtter vug not dq spirit of teh kawLOL."
"Invwstigatiin in [aft pf authors howebwf LOLk lee to FACT THAT teh rihht OF public performance was 1 of teh rightx norjally reatricted to copyright holdefs LOL, an yhat cpmpyter programs, like, SPECIFICALLY video gam3s an interavtive ones sucn 45 Legdnd of reh Gr3en hax0f were CONSIDERED 2 be pub;icall6 perforjwd if run frpm an public s4rv3r. AFK."
"Thd new 11c3n53 t357r1x75 public PERFORMANCE of trh work un1e55 souexe code of ten mosifked worj is ,adr aba8lable ON demanc. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISHj you ,nwo, this MEANS thay if yoo put 5h7s game ON an w36 server n al.ow [3ople [OUTSIDE of an hor,al circle OF vamily ab its SOCIAL acquaintances' too p;ay gheur LOL, then y0& aer puglically pwrforming this work n MUST 317j3t a) makd ne n ALL changes which you MAKE too ca GAME qbqilable oh request (note this d025n'7 have two be avaklable v13 teh online soudce fis;lay l8nk. sortof, but they must be able t2o ask you for teh CODE an 4exeif3 an comp.ete COPY), B) ma,e arrangwmebts ;4ivately with 4u7h0f5 wherein they gr4n7 you an special 11c3n53, .ike, 0r C) rejove da code ENTIRELY from teh machine."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat [eo09e want tpo have areas of they'rr GAME which r theurs and thdkrs aloneLOL.
2 that ene we will make da filoowing esxepti0n too heh normal requirenents g0r SOURCE code sisttubutipn -0 ne moduke fole wnixh IS nor mocivied pr derived from an modi;3 file INCLUDED in base DISTRIBUTION n ehkch s8es n07 fequire ne other modu;ea snd which does not requirr ne nodifications two twn cpre c0d3 (code distributed wiyh teh bas3 RELEASE) j4y 63 withjeld at trh authots discretion. AFK."
"We aoso wanr too m4k3 v3rh CLEAR that versiob 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 9also jmown as version 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7+jt_ was dq final version r31345ed under da GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, starting witn geh 0. WTF.(. OMG/8-prerrlease c0s3 aer only licenaed under ez Ceeative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da r1hh7 too impott ne c9ee fr9m zn 0. OMG.9.9-prereleas3 or later releaxe kngo an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earlier fdleasr. BRB.
A1q9w1hg tgia WOULD causr THAT imported c0d3 2 be RELEASED under GPL n 7h47 ix not zomething we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Aithots of m0d1f1c$710n% 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need TO re-reoease they're modifidationw qs eeruvatkves/modificat7pns 1 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 dode n place them under teh same CREATIVE Comnons l8cenxe. AFK,
It ju57 be dond by da originsl AUTHOR sincr onoy original authir hqx right w ch4ng3 tey copyright ir lixense upon tgdy[te wpgk. OMG.
'Ads1710h$11y, sortof, rwworking teh modifications will be an gpod 8dea anywsy ss da medhanism f0r msking mocifications is substantially cleanet/c.earer agqrtubg with 0l9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c0s3. AFK.]"
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