MigytyE tells roi, likr, "We're going twk tske an few mo,ents too try and dx[lain tjis new licenxe and da fwasons 6eh1nd it 8n plain Englodh. OMG.
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."
"Thos NEW license qas chosen 62c4u53 if an FAILING with da GPL. WTF.
It only cov2red diatfibution of source if wnd onlu ie 61n4r125 were distributed. BRB."
"In an w36 envirpnment, liie, apecofically a inter[reted 2eg ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely inxgaoling an hame does nog const8tyte eistribution, sortof, 4bd therefore people were TAKING our witk, you knwo, makinf ,9dufixariond to it and not releas8ng sojrce c0e3 too tgey'rw mldifications 5[ tha5 teh entire community cpuld benefit. OMG.
Th3y worked with teh ketter 5y7 not teh 5p1r17 9f da lawLOL."
"Investigation ON da part 9g autyors however WTF, led 2 geh f4c& 7hru da tifnt or public prrformance was won of rightx n-rm4!1t 43strictwd 2 copurifht holders WTF, and that computer orog4ams, dpecifically video gamws h ohyeraxtife ONES such 45 Legend of da Green yaxp4 werd considefdd TO be pi611c411y pweformew if ryn frlm an pubkic serfer. AFK/"
"The new lixdnse restricts public performqnve -r w0rk unless source cpde of MODIFIED work is madw availqble on demand. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh, sortof, thix ,eans THAT id ypu put th8s game 0n an web server AND alloq p30p13 ]putside of an normql circle of gamily anc its sodial ACQUAINTANCES' two plau their LOL, then you r pjblica.ly p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes wh8ch you ,qie tp game avaklabke in tequewt )n073 7h1g coesn't havr go b3 zvaikable VIA teh onlibe 5)ufc3 display linkk you knwo, but they muat bw able to 45k y9u gor CODE an recdivr an comple5e copy_ LOL, b) jak3 arrangements privateot with teh suyhlrs wh3r31n tyey grant you an speckak LICENSE, or C) REMOVE teh cofe entird;h fr0, da ,axhibe. AFK."
"We do r3dogniz3 tnst people qant @ h5v3 ardas of tgey're g4,3 whixh f theird an theird alone. WTF.
2 that dnf wr wikl maie teh FOLLOWING 3sc3p710n 2 yeh bormal requirwmegts for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeu;e FILE wn8ch is bot modified of derivec from an module rile 1nc1id3d in bqse distribution anf which dpes not rewuire ne other mod7les n which does not require ne midificqtions 2 cpre codr (code distrib7tdd wktj teh bsse rrleqse) may be eithhr;d at amthors DISCRETION, AFK."
"We alao wqnt to MAKE vdry ckear 6hzt version 0.9. AFK.7 9also kno2n as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as da f1n41 vdrsion 4eleasef undef da GPL. WTF.
Akl versions, 574r71ng with da p. AFK.9. AFK.9=PRERELEASE c0d3 r onlt lkdens3d under teh Creative COMMONS lix3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da fight 2 kmpptt be clde rrom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerwlease or lager releaqe imto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an eafli3r release. OMG.
Akkowing this would cause that importrd c0dw yoo be releaaed 7nder da GPL an that is not somethkng we wosh 5o aolos. BRB.
AUTHORS of modkficationw 5o 0. BRB.9.& wil; beed two re-relezse yhey're modificqtions as d3r1v471v35/m0d1d1c4610n5 two 0. WTFl9, AFK.8 code and PLACE thwn jnddr same Cteative Comnons license. BRBl
It myst be eome by reh orkginsl zuthof since only teh original auth94 has t3y right twp CHANGE da copyright or license upon they'fe woekLOL.
[Additional;y, likek eeworking da ,pfifications will be an gppd ieeq anuway AS mdchanisn fot m4k1ng ,odofications 8s substantiakly clezner/clearer stsrting with da 0. BRBl9.*-prerelqaxe code. OMG.]"
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