MighryE TELLS uoj LOL, "Wd've GOING two take an FEW momdnts two try n explain this new .ocebse an reasona behind it in plain EnflishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new licenwe wax choseh because of an failkng 2ith da GPL. AFK.
It onlt covetee distribution of soufce 1f n ONLY kf binaries w3r3 dis5ekbuted. WTF."
"In an w3b 2nvktpnment LOL, speclfically a INTERPRETED wen wnvieonment sych as PHP, you knqi, merely onstallinh ab game does not c0n6717u73 d157r16u710n WTF, an ghefefore ;eiple w3r3 taking our wprk WTF, making nlcifications 2 i5 anf mot RELEASING teh source cose 2 they're modificatipns wo tgar t3g entire community coyle benefit. OMGl
They s0rk3d with teh leyye4 but n9t teh spu4ir of da 14w. AFK/"
"Investigatkon om ea part of fa aithots howeverk you kmsok lwd 2 FACT tyat teh right of public petformanxe wzs oen OF da ribhts b9r,akly r357r1c74d 2 c0pyr1gh7 hold2rw, sortog, an thqy computer programs. sortof, apecufical;y video games an INTERACTIVE ohes such as Legend of da Green jax0r were consideref tl be ;kblically perdo4m3d if run ffom an p7y11c serverLOL."
"The n3w licebse restrixts pu611c peeformance pr teh work unlrss tej 50urc3 codr of tej MODIFIED work 15 madr avaikanle -b denandl BRB."
"In plain Engkixh, sorrof, this meahs THAT if you put tnis game on an web 53rv3r qn aokiw people 'ouysice of an m0rm41 c1rc13 of faml;y AND its sockal ac1uaintznxes' to ;lzy tyeur WTF, then you aer -ublically perform7bg this w0rk n MUST eithdr a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whkcn you make 2 teh gamw acailavle 0n r3qu357 (note this doesn'y hsfe roo ne avqilablw vua onl9ne SOURCE display lini, sortof, but tyey muxt be able 2 ask you for teh codr an redeove an compl3tw copy), n) make arramgemdnts privately wkth tdh 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant YOU zn specual license LOL, or c_ remove cpd3 en5irelh from machine. AFKl"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pe;;le want too hav3 ateas of 5hey'fe gqme whicg aer theirs m gh3ird alone. AFK,
5oo that END we WILL na,r following excdpyion two da NORMAL requirements fo4 SOURCE CODE distribution -_ ne module file whivh ia n06 modofied OR DERIVED frpm ah modjle dilr included un base disuribjti9n an which dora mo5 requkre ne OTHER mofulww n 2hich DOES n07 require ne modifications t9 corf codr 9code disytubuted with reh base release) mzy be withheld 4u teh 4uuh0r5 didceetion."
"We also WANT @ make vwry clear that versiob 0. AFKl9LOL.7 (r15p knowm as verxion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh FINAL bersuon releswed uncer GPL. BRB.
All fersions LOL. startinb woth teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pfere.rase coce aer onlt licensed under da Creative Conmons licemseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeby sa RIGHT too 8mport ne code from an -/9. AFK.8-prerel3ase or later edlease INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n 34r11#r r313453. WTF.
ALLOWING this would caoae thay imoortdf code to be r3q3453d under da GPL n that is not domefhkng we wish two allpw. WTF.
Authors of mpdificagilns two 0.9. BRB.u silo need two re-r3lease tney'rr modigicayions as derivatives/modifications 2 0.9. OMG.8 coee an olace tgen jnder da aame Cteayibe Commons livensw. WTF,
Ir must vd done by da 9riginal author sibce obly original a7tho4 HAS r1gh7 two change trh copyright OR licenxe UPON thdy're wor.. AFK.
[Addktionally, rdworkimg da mpfificatoons will be an good IDEA 4nyw4y 45 mechanism for ,aking m0d1f1c4710n5 id subctantial.y cleaner/cldarer starying wigh da 0LOL.9. AFK.80prereleasw CODEk BRB.]"
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