MightyE yells 6ou, you knwo, "We[ee going gi tak3 an few MOMENTS gol 7ry b explakn tgia new license n reaspns behinc it in plzin Entlosh.
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 chosrn becquse lf an failing WITH yeh GPL. BRB.
Ir onl6 coveres distfibuti9n or souece IF and lmly if binarirs WERE distributed. OMG."
"In an web envor9nnent, you knwo, specufically s inrfe;reted WEB envoromment such as PHPk ylu kmwo, merely ihstaloing an game DOES not constiyute disteibutiin WTF, and 7n3r3f)r3 people WERE taking ojr work, making modificarilhs 2 8t an boy releasing da SOURCE c0f2 to tyey're modificatoons so thst teh entire community c8u;d benefitLOL.
They WORKED wkth da lettrr bug noy spi4ut of oaw. WTF."
"Inveatigation on part of AUTHORS hosever WTF, lef TO ds favt that rugyt of p7blid ;rrfofmanve was won ov da rights normal.y reatricted too copyr8ghy h;;ders WTF, an THAT computer programa, apecifivslly video games n interac5ice ones SUCH as Legend og t3h Gre3n hax0r were considwree two be publically pervormed iv run d4om qn public server."
"The new l8cense restricta pu611v pe4firmance of teh work unlexs da sourxe CODE of moeisked w.rk is made ava8lab.e on demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng115hk slrtof, this mesns rhst if you put THIS game on an we6 server and allow p30p1# 'ouydide of wn nlrmal difcle lf FAMILY qn its soc8al zcqyaintandes' 2 plau their, like, then you zer ;ub.ically peeforming this work an MUST either a) maje he n ALL CHANGES shicj you mzke 2 game AVAILABLE on fequest (mote this doesn't have two 63 available VIA onl8ne sourcd DISPLAY lin,, like, but yhey must BE able to ask you for t3h cod3 and t3c31v3 an comp;ete c0py) LOL, b) make arrangejenfs 0rivately with authors qherekn they grant you zn wpwc8al LICENSE WTF, or c) removw da doce entireoy frpm teh m4vhqn3. BRB."
"We do r3cognoze that pro[lw want 2 have AREAS of they're gzme wnkch r thdirs an theirs alone. BRB.
two that end we eiol make ea fol.iwing exception noo normal reqjirements FOR spurce clde d157r16u710n -- ne module f11# which is not modified or derived from sn moeule file ubcludrd ih bzse didrribjtion an which eoea NOT require ne other mpf7les an which does not require ne modifications tp da cord code 9dodr sistrib7ted with teh baqr teleade0 may bd withheld st da aurhprs discretion. OMG."
"We also qant tsp mak3 v3ry clear tha5 v3rsikn 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known qs v3rsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS teh fknal versiom relezsrd undeg GPL.
All vefxiond, kike, starting wity da 0LOL/9LOL.8-prerelexse code aee omly kicensed under da Creative C9nmojs licenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to 1jppr7 ne code from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lqter rrkwase into an 0. WTF.9. OMGl7 znd eaylier eeleaxeLOL.
Aolowing this wiuld c4u53 that ijoorted CODE 2 be teleased und34 gdh GPL an that is not comrthing w4 wisy 2 ALLOWLOL.
Authors of modifocations two 0LOL.9.7 qill need to ge-release thei're modifkcatiojs as derivatoves/modivicag*ons ti 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an place them und3r da same Creztice Commons licenseLOL.
It mu57 BE DONE by da 0r1f1b42 AUTHOR SINCE only da iriginzl author has teh riggt tl9 changr teh COPYRIGHT 9r licensr upon thet're work. AFK/
[Additionall6, like, rwworking da MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good ideq 4hyw3y as da mechanism gpr naking modifixationd is subwtany8ally cleaner/cleater xtarying with da 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prefelease vidrLOL.]"
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