MighttE tells yo7 LOL, "We'rd g9ong too take an few momehtw tio try n rxp.ain tgis new license 4nd da t3asons behind it in plakn English/ 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."
"Thiw new 11c3n53 WAS cy8den becausq of an failing with da GPL.
I8 0n1y COVERED dist4ibutikn of source uf and ONLY if BINARIES WERE distributee. OMG."
"Ih an web 3bb1r0nm3n7, specifocally a 1n73rpr373d web enbironment xuch as PHP, you knwo, mere.y 2n574111ng an game dorx not cobstitute d157f16u710n, yo& kn2o, n therefore p3oplr were taking pur wi4k LOL, makunf modufications two kt 5nd NOT rdleasong source cpfe 2 tgeh're ,odifications so &g47 da entird clmmunity xiuld genefit. WTFl
Thry worked witg teh letter but n07 da 5p1r!7 oh da lzw. BRB."
"Investigation on 0art ov aythlfs however, sortof, led to9 da facr that teh RIGHT 0f puboic petformance was 1 of sa riggts NORMALLY trstricted t2o copyright h01d3r5, yiu ,nwom an that c0mpy734 0rogeamw, like, specificalky video games an interactuvd 0n35 such as Legrnd OF Green hax0r wefe donsidered to be 0ub;ucallt pergormef if run from an public werverLOL."
"The NEW licrnse restticts [jblic performsnce of teg work unlesw sa source clde of da modified w0rk is MADE ava8lable 9n demand."
"In plqin Ebg;ish LOL. this meqnw nhat kf yoj pu7 tjis game on an web server ah ALLOW people 'outside if an nlrmal ckrcoe of family an its SOCIAL acqiaingancrs' goo [lay theur, like, then you r puboically performing thos wor, n MUST ekther q) ,5k3 ne and ALL vhanges 2hich you jak3 top sa game available on REQUEST (nore this dodsn't HAVE too ve AVAILABLE via online source dixplat linkk xortof, buy they myst be able 70 45k you for teh cide n rrceive an complere copy) LOL, b) mzke arrangements privqtely wifh authors where8n they gran5 yoy ab sp3cial lucenxe, or c0 remove teh cose 3h71r#1y from machine. OMG."
"W3 DO r#c0gn1z3 thqt pdople w4n7 two n3v2 srdas 0f 5hey're GAME which aer theirs zn tn3irs 410n3LOL.
2 that end w3 qill make teh folliwing excdp5ion too hormal requitemengs fkr 50ufc3 code fistrib7tion _= ne MODULE file which is npt m8dorird or derived from an m0du1e f113 oncluded IN teh nase dosrribution and which d035 nor r2quire ne otger mpdiles an which does not requi4e he modificationx two dore c0d3 (codw distfivurwd eith base RELEASE0 may be WITHHELD at da autjo4x discretion. WTF/"
"Wr a.so wamt w m4k3 very clear ghat version (. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known ad version 0LOL.9LOL.7+JT) wax yeh finzo veewion rdleawed umfer da GPL.
All veesilns WTFm ststtinb with da 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-prerekease code 4 only l8censee under da Creat8v3 Commons license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right 70 IMPORT ne code fr0m an 0.9.*=prereoeawe or oater r3lease into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlidr re;ease. AFK.
Allowimg this would cause that imported code yoo BE relezsed under twh GPL znd THAT ks not 50m37h1ng we wish too al;9w. BRB.
Authofs 0r m(eificatjlns 2 0.o. WTF.7 will beef to 4e-release they'rw jodifications ad derifatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 coce n place tgdm under same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It must be done 6y oeiginal authod simce 0n16 teh oribinal sythoe has r1gh7 too ch4ng3 copuright or licehse upln they;rr WORK/
[Additionalkyk like, rewprking da modifications wil; be am tood ifea anhway 45 teh mechanism vor majint modificatiomx ix wibstantiaoly coeamer/clearer syarting WITH teh 0, OMG.9. AFK,*-prerelwase code. WTF.]"
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