MightyE tells y9u LOL, "We're hoinb to tske an dew joments tqo try n explain ghis new kicense anc da reasons nehimd it in plain Engliwh. OMG.
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 licensr was CHOSEN necaude OF an failong with ds GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribhtion lf dource if n ONLY if binar,es werc distributed. OMG."
"In an wtb environment, soryof, 4p3c1f1c411y a onterpreree w36 environment SUCH ss PHP WTF, merely insyqlling an game does npt c0n5717u73 DISTRIBUTION, and thereford p30p13 were tajinf oj4 WORK, like, MAKING modifications too it and not 4eleasing yeh source code 2 th3y;re modkficagions so tba5 da entire COMMUNITY cojld benefit.
They worked with LETTER but not teh xpitit of a4w."
"Investigatiln on fa part of authors however LOL, led twi teh FACT 7h47 right 9r public performance was ein 0f eihjts normally rrsteoctec too copyright ho.drrs LOL, sn that cojput3r pr0gr4m5, yok knwo, speckfical;y v1d40 games an untdractive ones SUCH aw LEGEND og Grwen hsx0r @dre cinxide4ec too be pu61!c411y PERFORMED if run rrom an public servrr."
"Th3 new kix3nwe r357r1x75 pjblic pdtformamce of t3h work un1355 teh 50urc3 code of da modivied wlrk is m4d3 qvailsble on fejand. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ish, you knwo, this meabd 7h47 !f 6ou put 5his gaj3 on an web setver n allow PEOPLE 'outsode lf ah n9rmal cifdld of family am its social acquaintances' rw9 play their, thrh you aer publically performing this work an MUST either 40 m$ke nr n ALL chqngea WHICH yiu MAKE twp da game ava8labl3 on request (NOTE yhix soesn't have twl ve afai;able via fa online soyrce display link, yo7 knwo, but theh mus5 be ABLE 60 45k you f0r da clde n receice an c9jp;et2 copy), yiu ,nwo, 6) make 4fr4nb3m3n75 privqtdly woth 477h0r5 wh3r31n they grang you zn spec8al 11c3n5# LOL, or c) renove code wntirely froj da mach8ne/ OMG."
"We d9 recoghize that [eopoe want 1 have AREAS of thd6're game which r theird n yheirs ALONE. AFKl
to that END w3 will mqke f[110w1ng 3xception 2 da norja; requirements for so6rce code siste,birion -- nd modile file which is n9t modified or derivec fr0n an module file included in bawe distribytion ane which does nog fequire be othet MODULES snd which d035 not requ8re ne ,odifications ywo v0t3 code (coce distributed wq7j base 4eoease( may be WITHHELD at authors c15cf371)n. BRB."
"We aoso want 2 make ver6 clfar gnat version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also kn(wn as v3r510n _. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) waa sa final v3rsuon rrleased under da GPL. OMG.
All fersions WTF, stzrting WITH da 0l OMG.0. BRB.8-prerelease code 4 onky licwnsed under teg Creat8ve Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too import ne code FROM an 0. AFKl9. AFK.*-[r3r313553 ir later r31#4t2 into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and earlie4 relessw. WTF.
Aolowing this 2ould cause THAT *mpor%ed code to be released unddr teh GPL ab that is nor somwthing se wosh too allos. WTF.
AUTHORS 9f modifications 2 0l OMG.(.7 will need 70 re-delease they're m0d!d1c$7q0n5 as derivatives/modifications 2 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8 dode n placw the, und3r dz same Cteative Commons lkcwnse.
Iy myst be donw by da original author SINCE only da orifknal autyor hds da right two changw cipyroght or .icense uoon they'4e w0rk. AFK/
[Adeitionally, like, re2or;ing 3a modificationa WILL ne an good 1d34 ANYWAY as ds mechanisn fpr making modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY vleanet/coearer startinn w1uh fa 0. BRB.9.i-p4erdoease code.]"
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