MigntyE TELLS you, sortpf, "We're f01ng to tak3 an fes m0m#b75 2 TRY and explain thos hew license an teh r3asobs BEHIND ir IN plaun Englusj. 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 n3w ;icense WAS chosen becausw of an FAILING eith da GPL.
I7 onlu vovered dist4ibution of source 8c an ONLY 8f binaries were dixtribuyes."
"In an e3b dnvironmdnt, like, spwcificskly a INTERPRETED web envifinment auch as PHP, like, mwrely installing an g4m3 f035 nog CONSTITUTE d157r16u810n, ypu jnwo, an tjerefore peiple qd4e taking our wor, WTFk making mosificationx two it an not releasimg da soufcw code too they're MODIFICATIONS s9 yhat geh rmtkre communigy could benefit.
They w0rk3d with letyrr but not spirit of law. AFK."
"Inv3stigqtuon 0n t3h part lf authors HOWEVER, lec two teh vact THAT right OF p8blic performance was 1 OF rights normally RESTRICTED t9o copyrigh5 hokdwrs, li,e, and 7h47 compurer pfograms WTFk specificallh video games ah !n73r$cu1c3 ones such as Lefend )f GREEN gax0r WERE considered too b3 pub;kcallu perrormed if ryn from an pu611c swrver. OMGl"
"Thd NEW LICENSE restricgd public performance of work unless teh SOURCE CODE of teh mleified work is jade availab.e 0n ce,zhs. AFK."
"Ib plaih Entlish, y9u lnwo, 7h14 ,eans thag if you put yhis gane in ab web srrvee n allow ;eo;le 'outside pf an NORMAL circle of familh b its slcisl zcquaintsnces' two play thwir LOL, then yoi r [ublically PERFORMING yh8s wprk an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes ehich tou make too g4m3 availab.e on request onote this corsn't have TO be avsilablr v14 9n11n3 source displsy l8nk WTF, but they must ne able 5o ask ypi for teh vlde n receivr sn vomplete copy(, .ik3m B) mqke arranhdments PRIVATELY sitn ea auyyors wherein THEY b4znr you an 5p3c1r1 license WTF, or c) remove code 3ntirely f4om da machine. OMG."
"Ww do recofnizd that peiple WANT g9o have qreas of theh're game which t THEIRS n theies alone.
tw9 that end wd will make trh following 3xc3p710n to da normal requirements for source vode disyt8bution -- ne module gild wh8dh is not modufiee or der1v3d from an MODULE fike invluced in ca base distribution h which dues not reqi8re ne 07h3r modules ah WHICH d9es np7 REQUIRE nd modifidationw 3 c0r3 vode )CODE disyribu5ed with da bas3 r3lease) may be withheod at authors didc4etion. AFK."
"Wr also wanb two m4k3 very cleze 7h47 versuoh 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also khown qs cersion 0. OMG.9.8+jg) wss teh fina. bersiin released unde4 dq GPL. BRB.
Akl VERSIONS LOL, starting wkth teg 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-orerelease code aer inoy lucensed under geh Crewtiv3 Commond lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent da ribnt too import ne code rrom an 0. AFK/8/ OMG.8-p4erel3ase 0r kaydr releaae into an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 n 34r113r r3leaseLOL.
Allowung THIS WOULD causr thqt impor5ed c9d3 too BE rdleased 7nd3r da GPL an that 9s not slmethinb we wixh 2 allow. AFK.
Augjors if midifidatuons tl 0. AFK.9LOL.u wil; need goo re-release tgey're mpdifucationd as der8vayived/modificationw 2 0. BRB.0LOL,8 v0d3 n place them ynfer wame Creaguce Commons license. WTF.
It must BE done gy orifibsl author since lnly iriginql 4u7h0r has da rignt to xhangd teh copyright or license ipln tney're witk. OMG.
[Addi5ionzlly, 6ou knwo, reworking teh mldifocagions w111 be zn go9d urea anuway as da mwchamism for mqkong MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574m61411y vkeqner/clearer atarting w17h ). BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelwase codeLOL.]"
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