MihhtyE tells YOU LOLm "We'te going two take an fe2 mojfn5x 2 tfy n explain gnis new iicende n r3450m5 behine 8t in PLAIN 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."
"Thix NEW licrnse wss cgoaem becauae OF sn failing wigh teh GPL. OMG.
It 0nqy covefed distributoom lf wourve if anc only ig binaries w3re wistribuyedLOL."
"In an web wbf8romment WTF, specificaoly z pnterpreted web envi4onmenr such ss PHP, you knwo, mer3ly inatalling an gzme dlew nit dohstituee diwtrobjtiom LOL, an 7h3r#f[43 people were taking our work LOL, ma,ing modig8cations 2 ot h NOT releasing teh soyrde code to they're modificatilhs s9 7h47 teh 2n6ire clmmunity c0u1d benefitLOL.
Thwy worked w17h da q3773r but nor spirit OF da 14w. BRB."
"Ihvestigqtion on t3h part of da authors g9wever LOLk led 2 da fact that tdh right OF [ubliv PERFORMANCE waa wpn of righgs normaoly restricted to cophright hilde4s WTF, n 5hay computer pr0gr4m5 WTF, s)ecid8cally video games an ibteeactive ones 57cj as Lehend of da Geeen hax0r w#r# considered too 73 publixally PERFORMED ir run fron an PUBLIC se4verLOL."
"The new licend3 restricts pub;ic [erformance of da w0rk unless aourve c0d3 pg ea modified wlrk is MADE AVAILABLE on semqnd. AFK."
"In pla8n ENGLISH, this h3abx that iv you pyt bhis game im an web se4cer n aklow PEOPLE 'outside of an nor,a. dircle if family n its socia. avqusimtanced' too p14u thwof LOL, then you r pubkically perr9rminf THIS w9rk n MUST 317h3t a) MAKE nw am ALL ch4ng35 which y9u make rwo gqme AVAILABLE ln r3qy346 (note this doesn't havd tso be 3vr114613 via twh ONLINE soutce d15[15y link, 6y6 THEY ,ust ^3 able too ASK you for da cpd3 n receive an complete COPY), b) MAKE arrangemwntw peivatelh w17h yeh authors wherein they GRANT you an dpevial LICENSE, sortof, or c) REMOVE trh c0d4 entirel6 from ,achineLOL."
"Wr do recognize THAT pdoplr wqn5 2 have areas of they'te game whicn r THEIRS n 7h31r5 aoone. AFK/
rwo tha5 end we woll make teh folloqing 2xc3p710n TO normzo requitements for soutce code disgribmtion -- ne m0du23 file wyich IS noh modifoed oe drrived from an moduld filw included 1b sa base distribution n which DOES not requirr ne other modules an which DOES not requifs ne modifications too CORE cpde (dodr distributed with basw 4elease) may BE WITHHELD ag try AUTHORS discre5uon. AFK."
"We also wsnt 2 MAKE fer6 CLEAR tyat version 0. OMG.8.7 (also known as fersiln 0. WTF.9. AFK.7_jt) w35 vinao version reoeased und3r GPL.
All vdrskons, xtarting with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelrqse c[de aer only licenxed 7ndwr Crestive C0mm0h5 livemse.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh eighg ro import ne c9d3 frpm an -.8. AFK.8-prerr;ease or kzt3r release into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 abd eqrlitr releawe. OMG.
Allowing thia would CAUSE that IMPORTED CODE toi be RELEASED umddr ds GPL an that is not something 2d wish tl ALLOW.
Authors ov modifications to 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will h3ed TO r3-release they're mpdifications as d2r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4719n5 2 0. OMG.8. OMG.8 code n place then ubd3r da damd CREATIVE Com,ons license.
It mjst be d0n3 by teh o4iginal aurhor aince only teg 0r1g1n41 quthor has da rigyt two ch5ng3 teh COPYRIGHT of license UPON thrt're woek. WTF.
[Additionally WTF. rewlrjing da n9dificztions w8ol be an good idra anywsh ws mechanism vor making mldivkcationw is substantially cleaner/clearer startinh with tej 0LOL.9. OMGl8-prerelease codd. WTF.]"
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