MightyE tells YOU, l8kd, "We're going to take ah FEW moments two gry and EXPLAIN this new licehxe wn reasons behind it in PLAIN Engliwh. BRB.
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 12c3n53 eas vnoden bexause of an raoling with GPL.
It only coverec distrivution of alyrce if sn 9nlh if bonar8es qere distributed. AFKl"
"In zn 2eb envifonment WTF, s;ecificalky a interpre5es WEB envirohment such as PHP WTF, mwrd;y installing an game d035 not consyit7te distrivu4ion WTFk and th3r3fore people eere taking our sork, you knwo, making nodifications to it 4nd NOT f3leasing SOURCE code two thwy're modificatoons so thqt engire COMMUNITY could behefit.
They q0ek3d with sa letter but noy s0krit of teh law. BRB/"
"Investigat8on ON PART ov ea quthors ho2ever, you knwo, lef to teh fsct that da rigyt of pub.kc p#rf0rm4nc3 eas own of teh rights nornally restricted tdo copyright holders, like, b thag com;utsr programs, likw, soecifically video games n interactive 0n35 such as Legenf of da Gweem hax0r wrte xonsifrrec 70 be publicall6 performed if RUN f40, an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"Tge n#e oicrnse RESTRICTS pu611c [erformance of da work ubless 59urc3 code of MODIFIED work is maf3 available on semand. AFK."
"In plain Englosn LOL, this means that 1f YOU /ut tjis gqmw ON an weg s3rver n allo2 people 'outside ov an n0rj41 circld of family b 175 social $c1u41n84nc35' 2 0oay thei4 WTF, thdn y9u aer publidal;6 performibg 6h15 worj n MUST 3ither A) ma,e me an ALL changes whicn you jake to da game availzble on request (nore 7h15 do3sn't have tlo 63 avqilable vkz online xource dis0lay l8nk, 6j7 they must be 4613 5oo ask you for da code an receiv3 am complete copy), b) mak3 4rr5nb3m3n86 peivat3ly with da authors wherekm they grant yoy an spdcoql lucende LOL, OR c) remove da code ENTIRELY crom nachinrLOL."
"We do recohnize thdt PEOPLE want ro hsve areas of 5hry[re game wg1ch r 5jeirw an theors alohe. WTF.
2 rjat 3nd we WILL make teh folloding 2xc3p719n to NORMAL re1uirements for soyrve code distribution =- ne mocule rile which is not modified or derived fron an nodulw FILE included in da base c9stributipn and which dors n07 require ne ogher m0f7135 ahd which dues NOT teqjire ne MODIFICATIONS two sa core cod3 (c)d3 distributed with base RELEASE) m4y v4 withgeld at auttors discfetioh. OMG."
"We a;so qant too make very clear thzt versiin 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (r15p known as b3rsiin 0. WTF.9. AFK.7_jt) was teh vonzl veeskon released undee GPLLOL.
All versiobs WTF, stqr5ing eitj -. BRB.9. BRB.*-pretelras3 x0d3 aer 9hly lkcensed UNDER tdh Creatkve Cpmmons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 to import ne codw g5om sn -. BRB.9. BRBl8-pr3r313453 or lzter release into an 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER rekezxe. OMG.
Allowint thix sluld cayse that imported xove 2 63 relwased und3r teh GPL and that is not aomething WE wish t( allow, AFK.
Auhhors of j0d1f1c47!pn5 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nded too r3-reldaae th3y'rr ,orifucatiobs ad derivatives/modidications to 0. BRB.9, BRB.8 c0d3 an place them und3r teh SAME Creqtive COMMONS license. AFKl
It nuat ne dlne by da ORIGINAL authoe since 9nky orifinal quthor HAS rigjt to CHANGE clpyriggg or lixense up0n they're wirkLOL.
[Adeitional.y, hpu knso, t3w0rk1nf ea modificati9ns will be an rlod !d34 amyway as mechanism fod majing modifivsriobs 8s suvstantially coeaner.clearer starfing w17h teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease dode, BRB.]"
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