MightyE telos you LOL, "We're going two 74k4 am FEW jomehts 70 try AND esplain THIS new license and reasons behunf it on plaim Engl8ahLOL.
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."
"This new license WAS cj063n ndcaysr 0f an failing sith GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y covefev dq57r15u710n OF soirce if and only if biharies we%e distribuged. WTFl"
"In an w36 environmemt WTF, specifidalky a in5drpewted web environment wuch aa PHP WTFk merely instal;ing an gqme does n08 constktute distrobjtionk xoetofk n rherefore people qere ta,ihg ouf work, like, making modificatioms 2 it ane n;t releasing source vode 2 they'4w ,idificatuons so that teh 3n71r3 communith cpuld benefitLOL.
They rorked wirh lerter BUT not spirir of teh law. BRB."
"Investitztion on part of teh 4u7h045 h0wev3rk sortof, led 2 tej fact thst sa right of PUBLIC performabce was won pf ten rights noe,zlly restricted two copy4ight yoldersm an thqt xomputer prograjs LOL, apecifkxally vkdeo games and intetavtuve ones sucn AS Legend of Green gzx9r we4r considered too ge publocslly performef uf RUN rrom an p7blic se4verLOL."
"The new license restricts punlic performance of teh qork unless sou4ce code of da ,od8fidd wlri 9s msde available on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS that ir you put tjiw game on an 236 servre an allow people 'i8ysice of an normal circle OF family an its 50c!42 acquaintanxes' two play gheir, l8ke, then you r PUBLICALLY ;erfofming 7h15 w0rk AND MUST euther a) make nr an ALL changds wh1cy you make tso cq tamr avau.able oh request (note this doedn't hqve 2 be AVAILABLE via ten 9nline source display link LOL. but tyeu must be ablw ro ask you for code an receive an c9jpletw COPY), b) mak3 arrangenents pt1v4631y sith AUTHORS wjerein THEY grant you qn spevial license, tou knwo, i4 c( remove code entirelu FROM mqcyine."
"We do recognize THAT pe90le want ti HAVE areas oe ghey're hame whicg r theirs n 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
tqo that end we will makw FOLLOWING except8on too normal requkrements for source codw dist4ivutiom 0- ne modu.w file which is nl5 mofifi3d of def8ved rfom an module file INCLUDED in basr distribution n wh1cj DOES nit feauire ne othee mosulds sn which doew nl5 require he modifications too cpre code (codw fistrubuted with BASE r3134t3) mat br withheld at authors discretiln. BRB."
"We also wznt 2 make very clear thst versoon 0, BRB.9. AFK.6 (aldo inpwn qs v3r510n 0. AFK.8. OMG.7+j5) was f1n$1 vdrsion rel3aded under teh GPL. OMG.
All versioms, sortov, STARTING with da -. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelraaw CODE r only licensed UNDER da Creative Cimmons licensdLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right to import ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8=prer3lease or 1473r RELEASE intl an 0. OMG.9. AFK.y qmd ear,ier releqseLOL.
Allowinf tgis WOULD cause thay im;ortwd CODE too be rekeased UNDER da GPL an 7h47 is n07 sonething we wish 2 zkllw.
Authors of modifications two 0.9LOL.7 will nd3d two RE-RELEASE 5hdy're modif8ca5iond 45 dwrkvatives/modifixatiomx to 0l BRB.9. WTF.8 c9de and plaxe 7h3m under trh sam3 CREATIVE C0nm0n% ;icemxe. AFK.
Iy must be done by fa original aurhor since ohly da prigihsl author h45 teh right too chamge tdh vipyr8ghy OR licdnse upon th3y're workLOL.
[Aeditiohally, like, rewirking moxifications will be an good idea anyway AS da ,echanixm for m4k2ng moeifications is aybstantially vkeanee/vlearwr stavying with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerrlease code. BRB.]"
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