MightyE TELLS y9i WTF, "We're gling 2 take an g3w mlments to TRY an EXPLAIN THIS n3w licrnse and teh reaaons b3hinv ot un plain Eng115h. OMG;
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 ch053n because od an faikong with GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3d dist4ibution lf source 8r an 0m1y if ninaroed w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an WEB envifonment LOL. specifically a interprwted web environmeht such as PHP, sprtof, ,erely inatalling an hamw does NOT cinstitute dostribytion, sortof, n thdrefore people w3r3 tskinf lur work, ma,ing modifkcztions too it an not releaskng da source cpd3 too they'r3 modifkcatiins wo thag da engirr community could benefit/ AFK.
Thwy worked with teh letter but n07 yeh s0irot ig da law. AFK."
"Investigation on part of teh 4u7g0r% HOWEVER, yoi jn2o, ked tso facy that cq right of public pergprmance was oen of eithts normzllu resreicted 2 copyright jolderx, n ehat cpmpu74r probrams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411u VIDEO games and interactivr ones sych AS Legend pf Gtewn hax0r wrre conaidered 2 be publicq,ly oerformed if rum dr0j sn public server."
"The new license restricts piblic [3rf0rm4nc3 OF ea work un;ess da 50utc3 code of 5eh modjfied worl us m4c3 avai;able pn de,and."
"In plain Ent115h LOL, THIS MEANS that 1f you pur this game on an web server an akl9w pdople 'pj5side 0f ab npemal cifcle og famuly n itx slcial acquaintanced' two pkay theor WTF, &j3n you r PUBLICALLY lerforming this x0rk ane MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chqnges WHICH you make two teh game avaioaboe in reqjest (n073 yhis DOESN'T havd 2 63 AVAILABLE via ONLINE source d15p14y oink, ouke, yu& they mu47 BE able t9 qsk ypu f0r da code n receivd an COMPLETE copy(, sort9g, b) make arrsngements privately with da authofs ehere*n 7h3y trabt you an dpecial kicdnse, OR c) r3m0v3 fq codw enyirely from da machinrLOL."
"We do 4ecognize that [eople want to habe areas OF thet'fe g4,3 which r thelrs 4nd 5heirs alonr. OMG.
too that wnd we wilo MAKE teh FOLLOWING exceptioh two normal requirements fpr sourcr cofe DISTRIBUTION -- nd module FILE 1hich iw noy mocified or derivrd f4om an m0du13 fk;e INCLUDED kn teh base dustributipm abd whidh does not rdwukre ne 07n4r modules and which do2s hot require ne modificatioms two teh core code (code distribugef eith teg bast release) may be witggejw qt da a7thorx dkscrerion. AFK."
"W3 aldo want two mqke very clezr that v2rs8ob 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alao known AS veraion p.9. AFK.7+jt) qaw teh f1nr1 fersion released under GPL. BRB.
Alk v3rsions, sotgof, sgafting with dq 0. OMG.o. BRB.8-pretdlwsse code aer onlt licensed undet Creqtive Commons licdbseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demt da right too 8mpl4t ne codd g4om an -.9. BRB,8-pr3t313$53 or latee release into an 0LOL.9.7 n eafl8et release. AFK.
Allowinh this WOULD cauw3 that impirtee code ti ne released uhder GPL anc tnzr is not somwthohg we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of m0d2f1c4710n3 t9 0l BRB.9LOL.6 will nees too re=tel4ase they're modif8cayipns zs dwrivatives/modifkcqtions 2 0LOL,8. BRB.8 code and plxce them under da wame Cedative Commons license.
It musy be done 66 progonal autnor sincd only ofiginsl AUTHOR has da righr too dhange da copyrihhy or kicenwe upon they're work.
[Acditionskl6, aortor. reworking modifications will be ah good 1d34 anyeay as da m3ch4n15m for making mosifica5ions is sund5antially cleaner/cl3arer 474r61ng witj teh )/ BRB,9.8-PRERELEASE codwLOL,+"
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