M8ghtyE tells yoy, "We're foing @ take an rew momengs too gry AND EXPLAIN tnis new licenee AND reasons bwhine 17 in PLAIN EntlishLOL.
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."
"Thix new license was xhoseb bwcausw OF sn failing WITH tey GPL. WTF.
It only c9verdd dostribution lf SOURCE if an onky if gunatiea were disrribu5ed. BRB."
"In qn web enfironment, sortof, soecifically a 1n73r0r374s web envoronment sucn as PHP LOL, MERELY instaoling an fame d035 not vonxtitute diayrivution, l8kr, ab THEREFORE PEOPLE 2ere taking our wotk, like, making m.divicqtions toi it amd n07 r3leasing source coee too th3y're modivications so tyat enti4e communitt COULD BENEFITLOL.
They worked witn sa letter but bot da spiri5 of geh LAWl BRB."
"Invesrigstpon on part )f authors however WTF, LED 2 teh gact that righg og public performancd wda 1 or rights NORMALLY rrstrictec @ co;tright holde4s. like, an that computer prograns LOL, 5p3c1f1c31!t vicqo gqmes and INTERACTIVE ines such aw Lebemd of da Grden gaz0r were considered yoo y3 publically performed if run from sn [ublic server. BRB."
"The new livense eestricts public perfor,ance pf teh work UNLESS ea SOURCE c9ee of da modified w9rk ux made available ON drmand. OMG."
"In pkain English, 7h16 m33n5 thar yf ylu put this game ln ah web server an allow people 'putside of sn normal CIRCLE of family and its sociql ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p14y their WTFk then you 4 publicq;ly perforjing 7h15 work n MUST euthe4 a_ maje ne n ALL changes wjich you MAKE two teh gamd ava7lable 0n rew7est (noge 7h15 doedn't have 2 be available via teh onlime source sisp;ay link WTF, but they muxt be zble goo ask you for da code qns r4cekve an completr copy). b) make arrangemdnts privsgely with da authprs wgerein yhey gran5 ypu an special license, wortof, or c) removd codd enyitely from da MACHINE. AFK."
"We dp recobn8ze that people wany too havd areax lv thet're game whidb r theird an THEIRS alonr. OMG.
two that end WE will make ca FOLLOWING excrption ywo da n-rm41 fewuirements for 5purc3 CODE dostribution -- n3 m9dule file WHICH ks mot modified or derived from an moeule FILE 1nd!jd3d in 6353 distrivution an whuch d035 noy reqiire he othdr m0di135 n whicy d035 n0& r3qu1f3 ne modifications 2 cofe code (code distributrd with da bas3 releasr) mat be WITHHELD at authors duscretion. OMG."
"We also WANT @ make VERY clear that version 9o OMG.9LOL.7 (ALSO KNOWN as cersion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS teh fihal veesion releqsed under yeh GPL. BRBl
A;l cetsiond, you knwo, startong qkth teh 0/9. AFK.8-0rerelease CODE aer ONLY licensed une3r da Creatibe Commoms .icense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gg7 70 IMPORT ne code from an -l OMG.9.8-pr3r31445e of larer rekease 1b70 an 0.9. BRB.7 and eavlier release. BRB.
Allowinb this WOULD cause yhat imp94ted code two be r313453d ind3r da GPL ah 5hat is noh xomething we WISH w 4110w. OMGl
Authors of midivicztionx two 0LOL.9. BRB/7 will NEED TO te-r3leaae they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifixs5ions to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE n place tjem ybder da same Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
I& ,uwt 63 f0n3 by da orkginql author since only teh original author has da fifht 2 chznge teh copyrigyt or licdmse UPON gheh're sork, AFK.
'Aesirionqlly WTF, reworking fa modifications will be an gpod idea 4nyw4y qs mechanism for majing mpdificatlons is substantua;ly cleaner/clearer 574r71ng with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-0re4elease dode. BRBl]"
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