MighyyE tells yo7, sortpf, "We're goung tlo TAKE an few m0m3n75 two tfy AND explain this ne2 license n rrasons bwhind it in plxin Englosb. 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."
"Th8s NEW lixense was cnosen 63c#u53 if an fail8ng 217h da GPL.
It onlu covered dis4figution 9f soutce if and only 1f bibari3s wefe dixtribugedLOL."
"In an web 3nv8ronmwnt WTF, specufixa.ly a knterprrted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, sortof, mereoy INSTALLING an game do3s not xinstitute distfibugionm like, n tyer3fore pdople werr taking 0ur WORK WTF, naking modufications two it n mot r3leasing SOURCE code 2 they're m0dqf1c4&q0n5 so thqt da entirr dlnmubuty coild benefit. AFK/
Th3y worked with lwttwr but NOT da spirit of law. BRB."
"Investogation on teh p4r7 0f teh zythors gowever, led two da fact that teh righy of public performance s46 eon OF da righgs NORMALLY rwstrictwd two copyrigjt h01d3r% WTF, and yhat vim;uter programs, sort9f, dpwcifically v2d38 games n intrractibe ones auch as LEGEND pf teh GREEN hax0r were considered too bc puvkically performdd if run from an pu611c serb3rLOL."
"The hew licrnse RESTRICTS pubkic perfowmancd ov work ynless da sojrce cpce of da modified work is madr availqble pn demand. AFK."
"In plain Engloxh LOL, 7gq5 MEANS that IF yoi put this fqme on an web server n al.oq peopl3 'ourside of an normal corcle if family AND its s9ciao acquaibtances' too p14y thd8r WTF, then you aer publicaoly p3rf-rm1ng this worj and MUST eithet a) m4j3 ne 4nd ALL chqngea which you mzke too game availab;e on reqjest (note yhis eoedn't have too be availablw VIA yeh obline sourcw fisplat link WTF, BUT they must bd able two asl yo8 sor da code ah receive an complwye coph) WTF, b_ maje arrangements privately with da quthors wherein they brznt you an speciak lkcense, lkke, or c) r3move da code ebtirely vrom da machinel WTF."
"Ww do r3cogm8ae that people want to have afeas pf they're game whicg r theirs an 7y31r5 alone. OMG.
yoo 5hat end we wulo make FOLLOWING exception to no4mal r3q71r3m3n75 fot 50u4c3 cod3 distrubuyion -- ne mocule file which is nor moeified pr xerived fr0m an mlduod file incpuded ih da 6453 diwtribytiom and whkch DOES not require ne 9ther nodules an whocj doea n07 req7ide ne mocificagions 2 cor3 code (code distributfd witj base telease) m4y be withhrld at da authors disctetiln. AFK."
"We also wahr two m$k3 VERY dleqr that v#r510h 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3rsion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) 2as teh finzl vetsion releaswd und3r GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, lkke, starting witn da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer on;y LICENSED uhder Cr3571v3 Commons lixense. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny sz rignt yoo impiry nd codw srom an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-p4erelease or 147#r release inti an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an rarlier releaseLOL.
Aklowing thia would cause thae impotted code to be RELEASED ynder GPL b that is not 50m37nqng we s8sh ywo aloow. WTF.
Authors of mocifications two 0.9. BRB.7 will neef 2 re-release they're mocifivations AS deruvs5ives/modofications 2 0. OMG.8.8 c9d3 an [lac4 them UNDER da same Crdative Commond license. AFK,
Ij must vd done by da original augnor sinde 0n1y da original AUTHOR g46 roggt 5wp change copyribgt or lixens3 upon they're wprk. WTF.
[Adsitionally, slrtof, reworking yeh mocifications w8ll BE an GOOD 1c34 anhsay as da mechanisn for m4k1ng m.duficatupns is subdtantially cleaner/clearee atarting 3ith 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prwrelezse code. AFK.]"
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