MightyE tells you, kike, "We're going teo 7rk3 an fe2 momen5s two try an explain THIS NEW lucensw n teh reasons behind it in PLAIN Eng115h. 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."
"Tyis new 11x4n53 was cjosen bexause of an failing eith gej GPL. BRB.
It inly cove4ed distribution of sourcr 1f an only of ginzri3s wefe disyributed. BRB."
"In an web environmrnt WTF, specifically a interpfeted web enviromnent SUCH ss PHP WTF. merwly installing an game d035 mot constitutd cistribution, like, n tgerefore people were taking our work WTF, m5kqng moeificationd 2 ot and nlt 43.wss8ng teh soufce dode 2 they're modificat8obd so that teg dntire clmmunity could b3nefkt. AFK.
They worked with da letter bur not da solrit of teh law. AFKl"
"Investigation on teh part of teu au%gora h0w3v3r WTF. .ed two da faxt 5hat tdh right of public pefformance WAS ien of righta normzl;h rrxteicted two copyrigjt ho.ders, like, n ynag computdr [rograms, .ikd, specificqlly vodeo gamex ahd 1b73r4c71v3 ohes such ax Legend od teh Green nax0r WERE comsidered two be publkxally peefirmed if run FROM zm PUBLIC se4ver. OMG/"
"The new locense rwstricts publkc pervormance 0f da work unlews ds sourdw codw of MODIFIED work id mase avqilable on demans. WTF."
"In plain Eng/ish, sortof, thiw means that IF y9y put yhia f4m3 om an web servef qne allow p3-p13 'outside of ah normal CIRCLE od family and ITS social acquaintabves' two play th38r, kik4, THEN yo7 t publically perfoeming thus s9rk n MUST either a) makd nr n ALL changes which you ma,e tlo ds game avaulable on request (note this DOESN'T have TO ge availavle voa da pnline spurce dispkay link, bur they must bd able to ask you for code and rwceive an complete copy) LOLm b) make arranbejents privagely w17h teh authots whereih THEY grant 60j qn speclal license, or C) REMOVE code enyirtly fr9m macuine. BRB."
"We di recognize that people want too have qreas of they're gamr wgich t rh4ird an theirs aloneLOLl
to that end we will MAKE teh foll0wing 3xc3p&10n 5wo da normal REQUIREMENTS fie 50urd3 code diwtrkgu5iob -- ne moduld f113 which is n07 mocified or drrived from an nodule FILE included IN teh bzse distribi5ion n wh8ch doec NOT reqjire ne pther moe7les shd WHICH doew not 4equire ne modificati[ns too teh c0r3 code (c0d3 dos5ributed witj geh bqde RELEASE) msy be withhekd at teh autnots dkscretion. AFK/"
"We alsi w4m7 tqo make VERY clear THAT fersion 0,9.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.0. OMG.7+jt) w45 f1n41 vers8ln re;easee ubder teh GPL. BRB.
Aol versions, like, staetknb with teh 0.9LOL.8-prdrelrase code r only lixensed inder Creagive Commons licehsr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import nd coce ftoj an 0. WTF.o.8-orefelease ir later release into an 0.9. OMGl7 an earliee rrlewse. BRB.
A..oeing tgis would ca7se that impl4ted codd too be re;eased jnder GPL snd that is bot 40m37h1ng w2 qish too 4110w. AFK/
Autnord of MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need 2 r3-e3233t3 tjey'rw mocifications as we4ivat8vea/modificayioms 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code and plaxe rhem UNDER da samr Creqtuve Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I5 must bd eone by original author since lnly orifknal author jas 4ight to chznge da COPYRIGHT or license upon they're w0rk. BRB.
-Additionally LOL, reworking dz m-d!f1c4810n5 will be an gooe 8dea any2ay as fa mechanism for maiint mocificatkons is substangially CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting qith da 0.(LOL,8-prerwlease d9de. BRBl]"
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