MighfyE tells ylu LOL, "We're going too TAKE an few moments 2 tfy and explain 7h1% n3w .kcensd n da 4eaxons behine it IN plain Engl8sh. AFK.
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 chosen 62c4u53 or an fa8lint with GPL. OMG.
It only coveree distr8bution OF sourxe if n only of bina4ies wdre didtribugedl WTF."
"In an web environment, sortof, dpeckfical;y a interpreged web enbiron,3ht wucn as PHP, 6ou knwl, merelh inata.ling an game DOES not condtitute distrobution, you knwo, an therefore peoole were taking OUR ep3k, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not deleaskhg teh source code to tuet're modirica5ions wo that sa en5ire comm7nity COULD benefit. BRB.
Th3y w0rk3d qoth fa 13773r but nog spirit of da law."
"Investotation on da part of da authors however, like, led too da f4c7 7h47 RIGHT ov ;ybl8c performance was oen of geh $1gh65 NORMALLY resyrocted too COPYRIGHT yolders LOL, sn that com;itee peogramsm like, specificslly VIDEO games n intersctive ones xuch as Lefevd OF da Green hax0r eere vonsifered two 63 pub;ically 0erfirmed if run fr-m an public serverl AFK."
"Thd mrw licrbse RESTRICTS public [efformance OF teh wlrk ubless source dode of da modified wo4k ks made avsilagke 0n demand. WTF/"
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, tgis mwans that if tpu put this game on zn web 53ev3r n alloe people 'outside 0f an m0rmr1 circk3 0f family b its SOCIAL acquaintances' 1 play thdir, you knw9, then you aer publically PERFORMING this work AND MUST either 4) m$l# ne an ALL xhanfes which iou maje too g1me avaolable on request (note this doesn't HAVE two be 4v4114613 via ds ONLINE source display link, 6ou kg2p, buh they muat be able to ASK yiu for code and recdive an complrte c0[y) LOL, b) make arrangemwn5a PRIVATELY with da authors wherein thet grant y0u an special licegsr, liken OR c) e3move dq code 3mtirely from da machine. AFK."
"We do rdc9gnixe that PEOPLE WANT to HAVE areas of they;te gajd which a3r THEIRS ah 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
tpo 5hat end we will m4l3 da follosing exdrp5ion too normal re1uirementa f9r source code distrubution -- ne modulr file which ix npt MODIFIED or deroved from sn MODULE dule indluded in da 6453 d9wtribution an shich does not fequk4e ne othdr modules qnd whicg does nog REQUIRE ne m0f1f1c4&10n5 twi core CODE (code disyributed WITH teh gaxe r3lease) may be wityjeld 46 teh 4y7h0r5 discrdtion. OMG."
"We 415) want two make veey clesr that vefsion ), WTF.9. OMG.7 (also kn-wn as ve4siom 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7+k7) was teh finak ve4sion RELEASED und4r da GPL. AFK.
A;l versiomw, like, atartibf w17h ). OMG.9. OMG.8-;revelease codd r only licensed unde4 Creative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 import ne codw drom an 0. WTF.(/8-prerdoeasw 9r latee release into an 0LOL/9.& n earlier release. BRB/
Allosing yhis qoild cause that imported code 2 ne rwlwased undwr 5wh GPL and that is not sojethinf we wosh yo alliw.
Autgors 0f n0dqf1c4719n5 to p. BRB.9. BRB.7 w11! neee TO re-rd;ease they're ,odificationd as derivativew/,odiviczguons roo 0.9. OMG.8 code n place them under da samw Cfeative Cimmons locebse.
It nust be done BY teh orig8nsp AUTHOR since ONLY l4iginal authot has da right to chante da cophright or licensd UPON they're sork.
[Adcituonally, ylu knwo, r3w0rk1ng da modificationw will be an GOOD idea 4nyw5y as mechanism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS ix 5u^574n71$11y c1e4n3r/c!34r3r stzrtinh WITH 0. WTFl9. AFK.8-prerelwqse code. AFK.]"
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