MightyE 5ells uom, "We're going tqo take sn few ,omenys t2l gru AND 3xp141n thux new license an reaslns behind it 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."
"This new license was dhosen because OF an fai.ing wiyh GPL. BRB.
It only covered duatributioy ov source if zn only if binatirs WERE sisteiguted/ OMG."
"In an web envi4inment, sortof, specifidqlly a intwepreted web enbiron,ent SUCH as PHP, dirtof, hetelt insrallung an gamw c9es not conxtitute e8stribjtuon WTF, n therrdore people wer3 taking our w0rk WTF, making mifificq5ions to it and bot 4wleasinh sourc3 d9de two thry;re modificayions SO thay da entire c0mmun17y couls benefitLOL.
They workes with da le5ter but not teh 4pwr27 of teh kasLOL."
"Investigati9n on p4r7 of sjthors HOWEVER, like, led too fact tgat right og public peeformance was won OF ea roghts normal.y restrkcted t2o COPYRIGHT HOLDERS. you khwo, an 5har com9jye4 progeajs, sortof, specifically VIDEO games n interacrkve ones s6vj as LEGEND of teh Grdem hax0r were considerrd to be publically ;erflrjrs if run from ab publix server. BRB/"
"The NEW license rextricts public pefformance of work un13t5 source code OF tej mosified WORK is madd avaulable on dwmand. WTF/"
"In ;lain Eng;isg, ;ike, this means thzt if y0u put tjis game ON qn web srrver n ALLOW people 'outsidr of an normal corcle of FAMILY an its social ACQUAINTANCES' 5oo plah gheir, sortof, theh YOU aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 7j15 wori an MUST EITHER s) msk3 ne and ALL chang3d shich you make gwo teh g4m3 ava7lable pn 43qu357 )NOTE this d035b'& have twu be availablr VIA onlime source display linl, like, BUT they MUST be 46!3 gwo ask yo6 f0r teh xode n receive an COMPLETE cipy) WTF, b_ ma,e 4tr4ng3,#n75 privatdoy with ez suthors wherein they GRANT yoy an special o8xense WTF, or v) rejove tdh cide entirely f4om machine. BRB/"
"We d9 recognize tyat oeople eant too havr at2as 0f they're ga,e ehicy r theirs h theirs alohe.
yo rhat enf 2e will make fol9owing 3xc3p8!0n 2 trh NORMAL r3quirements for soufce code distribugion =- ne MODULE FILE whidh is not m9dkfids or derived ftom qb module file inclidee in base dis5robution an ehich c035 n07 rwquir3 nr o5her modulee n wnqch dors nit r3quife ne mldifkcarions 5oo t3h clrw code (code dustributef w8rh base RELEASE) may ve WITHHELD at 1utnprs discretion. WTF."
"We akso q4n7 2 make b$ry clear THAT versoon 0. OMG.9.7 (also known AS version 0LOL/9. BRB.7+jt) w45 da fimao version r3leaw4c under teh GPLLOL,
A;l versi9ns, you knwo, starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pe3r31er53 vodr aer on.t licensed jhder Crdative Commons licwnsr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to umport ne CODE from an 0. AFKl9. WTF,8-prerelease or lager relesse into am 0. AFK.9LOL/8 snd earliwr release. BRB.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 imp;rted cofe too be released ubder teh GPL qn 4hat is not something ww wish to alopwLOL.
Aythors of mod8ficqt,obs TO 9. AFK,9. BRB.8 will need too re-rwleqde thwy're modifications zs derivat8ves/moekfivations rwo 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an place tgem umder twh SAME Creative Com,ond 11c3n53.
It ju67 ve DONE BY da ORIGINAL AUTHOR sind3 only teh ofiginal author h$5 twh RIGHT to cnanbe c0pyr1gh7 of licenwe upon they're work. WTF,
[Addurionally, siftif, r320rk1hg modifkcatkons will be an good IDEA qnyws6 as teg mechanism for making mofifidations is substantially cleaner/clearrr atsrting 2kth da 0.9. AFK.8-prwrwlwase code.]"
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