MighhyE TELLS yo7, aortlv, "We're going ro take an f3w monents fo gry n explain THIS new license n da reaspnw behind it in plaon 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."
"Thus new oucwnse eas chlsen btcauae OF an fqiling w8th teh GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered disreinu5kon OF source if and ln;y 1f BINARIES w3r3 dost4ubuyedLOL."
"In an web 3hvironment, oike, specificslly a interp4eted web wnvirommeny sucu as PHP LOL, merely instaloing an game does mot consti5ute dixtribution, yo7 knwo, h theregor3 pelple weee 64l1nh pur w9rj, sortof, m4k1ng modifications rlo it an noy rwkeasung source cldr 2 they'te modificatioms so that ENTIRE dommimity could brnefotLOL.
They wotkdd witg 13773r 6u7 not teh spiror of trh law. BRB."
"Incestogation ob tej pa$t of authors HOWEVER LOL, LED two da fact that tigjt 0r puboic performande eas len of da riggts normally restricted t9o c8pyright holders WTF, am that compu5er p49hrams, sortof, spec7fically video games and intersctofe lnes such as Legend ov GREEN hzx0r werd CONSIDERED t2o bd pubkicall6 perfirmdd if run from dn public SERVER."
"The new license restricts pjblic perfofmahce 9f yrh work unless teh source code pf teh m0d1f13d wo4k 15 made abailagle ob demznd. AFK."
"In plaim Eng115h LOL, 5his m34nt THAT kf you put this game in an weg s3rver an alkow people 'outsiee lf an nofmal circlr of fqmkly and its social ACQUAINTANCES' to play their. you knwo, then you r publica;ly performimg this woek and MUST 3ityer A0 make ne and ALL CHANGES syivh you m4k3 two da gsme available on te1ues5 (note ygis doesn't h4v# too be available voq online source dksolau link, but they MUST vr able 2 ASK you for c0d3 and r3xeivr an complete copy). like, b) makr arranbementw privately woth feh ajthors wherein THEY grant you an spedia. l8cense, or c) rwmive teh xlde entirely fro, da madnuneLOL."
"We do recogniae tgat peo0ke eabr twp HAVE AREAS of they're game WHICH r tgeirs am theirs alone.
too ^hat ebd we wjll maje da fpolowing exdeption twl da n9rmal requ8rememts for souece coee eistributioh -- ne modu.e filw wh1ch IS not modified or deriffd rtom an module FILE incluced in da base distributiin am which dows n07 REQUIRE be other modi.3s n shidy DOES not require ne m0c2f1c4710h5 TO c0r# vpde (c0d3 distributed with base release) MAY be wi5hheld at da 4u7h0r5 discretionl"
"W3 also wsht to make be4y clear tyar version -. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as bersuon 0. WTF.9.7+kt) was da funal v3r510n re;eased jneer teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, 574r71ng witg teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease ckd3 e only 21c3n53d unde4 Creative Commins license. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right tw9 impory ne code frlm an 0, BRB.9. WTF.8[prerelwase or later r3/3asw int9 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an ezroier RELEASE.
Allowimg tyis qould CAUSE that impprted code to be 4elrased UNDER GPL and that is nog xomething w3 WISH tpo ALLOW. OMG.
Authprs of MODIFICATIONS teo 0.9LOL.7 2ill nees too re=rel3ase th3y're modidicatiohd as derivatives/,odifkcayions 2 0l AFK.9. OMG.8 c0f3 ahd p14c3 then under szme Crwatuve Comm9ns licenxe. BRB.
IT must 73 3ome by teh lrininal author since only fa lriginal autjor has da RIGHT 2 vh4bg3 tej COPYRIGHT or okcende UPON they're wpriLOL.
[Additionally, like, reqleking ,ldig8cationw will ne an GOOD mdea 4nyw4y qs mechanixm FOR mzk8bg modificayions 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clear3r startkng with p. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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