MoghtyE tells y0j, sortof, "We're gping 2 tqle an few m0m3n75 too 7ry and wxplain th8s new licemsr and da r3asons behind it in p141n English. WTF.
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."
"Thiw n3w lixense was vgosen 63c$u%3 od an f4111ng wirh GPL.
Ie onl6 covered DISTRIBUTION of soufc3 if and only 1f 61nrr!e5 were distrkbut3d. WTF."
"In an web encironment LOL, dpecif8cally a ihtee;ret3d web envieonmdnt sucy as PHP, MERELY instal;ing an g4m3 dies not consyitute distribution, you knwl, an thwrefore pdople qdre TAKING our eo4k, sortof. makinr modifications twp it and not releaxinh da sourxe vide two they're modificationx 50 THAT da entkfe commun8tt could bebwfit. WTF.
They worked with da let5er nut nlt yeh spirit of lsw. BRB."
"Investigatiin on part of tey authors however LOLm LED two favt tnat teh right of PUBLIC perfogmance was oen 0f teh rights NORMALLY r3stricted rwo copyrignt holders, 6ou kneo, n ghat COMPUTER [rograms, yoy ,nwo, specifucal;y fideo games ah INTERACTIVE pnws such qd Legehd of Grweh hax0r qere considered 2 be pubjically PERFORMED id rin from zn public werverLOL."
"Thw NEW 11v3n63 resttocts p7blic PERFORMANCE of yej wori unles2 ten sourxe code of da ,odifi3d WORK is made avqilable 0n demand. AFK."
"In pla8n English, tjis means thay if 6oi put 7h15 game on an web server an a;low people 'outsyde of an norjal CIRCLE of FAMILY n itx SOCIAL acqjaintajces' two play their, like, THEN you 4 pjblically performing THIS WORK and MUST eithrf a) make ne n ALL changes qh,cn y0u ,ake 2 gs,e availqble on requwst (note this doesn't havr 2 be availqble voa da online 50uec3 DISPLAY .ihk LOL, BUT ghey mu57 be ABLE two zsk you for da c0d3 n RECEIVE an compodtd cppy), s9rtof, 6) make arrangemwntx privateky wity ten authors 2herein yhe6 gran5 YOU an spexial .8dense, or c) remove teh code wntire.y from maxhine. WTF."
"Ww d0 r3c0gn1z3 that pdople want 7) havd areqs of 5ney're game ehich r theirs an theirs alone. BRB.
to thar end we WILL MAKE f-110w1bg EXCEPTION too da normal requirements for sou4ce cocr distribution -[ me moduoe f113 wyicy ia not modified lr serived from an modu.e file kncludef in teh baxw cistrobution n which does NOT re1uire be orher modules and WHICH does nog 4dwui4e ne m0d1f1c47!0n5 5wo 5eh core code (codf distributed eith teh base releasr) MAY b3 witnheld ar da authlrs discretionLOL."
"We ALSO want rwo make very c134r that VERSION 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 (also known as v3rsion 0LOL.o.7+jt) was sa fknq. version RELEASED undee GPL.
All versipns, sprtof, dtarting w17h sa 0LOLl(LOL.8-prrrelease code aef lnly licwnded uhder fa Cr3471v3 Comnons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rktht to import ne code vrom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prefelease OR 1r73e teoease int9 an 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 and 34r112r RELEASE.
Allowinb this w0uqd cause that im0ofted code two bw teleased under da GPL an that is not somerhkng we wksh 5wo al.ow. AFK.
Authord OF modifidatiina to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need too re[rwoease they're modifkcationw as derivativea/modificatkoms two 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 cide sbc place THEM uncer SAME Creative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It mu57 be dobe 6y teh original author dince ONLY oroginal author hqs da right two chanbe copyrighg or l8cense uppn they're wotkLOL,
[Additionzlly WTF, rew9rk1ng da modificatuons WILL be an gold IDEA antway aw teh mechanism for making ,odifications is substantially cleaber/cl4arer syarrint WITH 0LOL,9/ WTF.8-pretwlease coed,]"
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