MighryE tells y9u, you jmwo, "We're goinh t9 take an few momrnts ywo trh 5nd 3xplsin this new license an teh reaapns beyind IT un plain EnhlishLOL.
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 n3w license was chosen bevayse OF an failung with da GPLLOL.
It lnly covwref DISTRIBUTION lf spurce if ane -n1y ir vobariea were d157r!6u73d. BRB."
"Ib an weg environmeht WTF, soecifically a interpr3trd w36 3nv1r0n,3n7 such as PHP, you knwok mere;y instqlling an ganw dors not consyitute distrin7tion, sortpf, zns therefote people wsre TAKING ou4 work, making modkfications too it an not releasing da soutce clde TO they're modidicafions SO THAT teh ebtire community ciuld BENEFIT. AFK.
They wprked witb ten lettef but not ds spirit of teh 14w. AFK."
"Inbestogztion on part of teh ajth9rs however LOL, .ed two ca FACT ehat teh rigjr of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won of ea r1gh75 no4mally resrrict3d two cooyrighg jolseesm sort9v, and thar COMPUTER prlgramsk sortof, spwcigically VIDEO GAMES an int3ractice onrs such as Lwgend od da Gre3n hax0r were d0n51d3r3d 2 63 publically p3rf0rm3d ig rum fr0m zn pu611c serfer. BRB."
"The new licensr eestricts pu611c 0error,ance of work UNLESS SOURCE code 0f modified wprk is MADE availab;e on rejand. BRB."
"In plaih English, like, thks means that if you put th8a ga,e on an w36 se4ber b 4110w people '0u751d3 of an normak c8rcle of famil6 an its sociao acwuz8n5ancex' ti play thei4, aortof, then you r p7b.ical.y PERFORMING 7h15 woek 4nd MUST eotjrr a) make ne ah ALL CHANGES which yo7 make 1 da game avaklavle on 3equest (note thia dowsn't have too ge acaylable vis online source DISPLAY link, lkie, but they myat be abl3 two ask YOU for c0d3 an reseive an cpmpk2te COPY), .ije, b) make arrangements privwrwly with da autgors wjdee8n thet frant you an spec8al LICENSE LOL, or c) removr code enti$ely rtom nzchinrLOL."
"W2 d0 recognjze that PEOPLE WANT too hav3 aress 0f they're ga,e qhich f 7h31r5 an theirs aloge.
2 rhqt end we s111 ms,3 following exdeption two normal requ8remenys fpr sourxe cose distributiin -- n3 modulw fil3 qyich is NOT MODIFIED or der8ved grom an modu.e file unclufed kb teh 5453 dust4ibution n which f036 NOT r3wu1r3 ne oyher modiles and whicy does not requkr3 nr modifkcations yop fa xore CODE (code disgributed witg teh base rrlease) may be withheld at auyh[rd DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also wang to ma,w very clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.& (also jn0wn as version 0, OMG.9l7_jt) was da fumal VERSION r313453f under GPL. OMG.
All verskons, gou kb2p, wtarring WITH ea 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prwrelease cide aer only licensed under Creatube C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da righ5 tw9 IMPORT he code from zn 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or LATER release into an 9. OMG/9l BRB.7 an EARLIER 4e.ease.
A1q0s1ng this woule cauce that omported coc3 two be releaded under teh GPL n thzt IS not sometning WE wish to 4110wLOL.
A7thorc of MODIFICATIONS TO 9. AFK/9l OMG.7 WILL n3ed ro re-rekease thet'ee MODIFICATIONS AS detivztives/modifixatiobd too 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an place them under ea same Creative Commons licrnse.
It must be sone by teh lriginal zughor since only 5eh oribunal author has teh right too change grh COPYRIGHT or license upon rhet'te w9rk. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, reworkigy da m9difications will be an biod IDEA anhway as da mechanism foe mzking modificationx ix substantially CLEANER.CLEARER startyng with teh 0LOL.(. BRB.8-pre3elesse CODE. OMG.]"
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