MigytyE TELLS yo7, "We're going to take an FEW momwntx 2 try an explain THIS new licemsw AND ressons nehind IT in plain Englisn. 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."
"Thks new license wad CHOSEN because of an dauling wkth dd GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribjtion of aource 8r qn only if bknaries qere xistrinut3d. BRB."
"In an web envirpnment LOL, s0ecificwil6 a interpreted web 3nvqr0nm3m7 5ych as PHP, mwrrky 8nsrallinh ab GAME fo3s not constitute distribution LOL, n THEREFORE -eople w3r3 takinf our eork LOL, making ,ocifkcations tw9 27 an n07 releasing teh souece c0d2 gwo they're ,0d1f1c4710n5 so that trh entire c0mmub1uy COULD benefit. OMG.
Tyey worked with LETTER BUT no5 da spirir of teh oawLOL."
"Investigation on part OF a7thors however WTF, 13d TO d4cu thzg righg of public p3rdotmahce wzs 1 of da rightd n9rmally festricted gwo copyright holders, sorrof, and that comp7rer [rigrams, yiu ,nso, specifically g8deo gzjes n inte$active ones such as L3gend of Green hax0r were c0n52d3r2d ywo be punlically perfoemed iv rin FROM an p7blic servee. WTF."
"The new licdns3 restricrs public perfoemance of fa work unless teh sou4ce cose of mowified wo4k is made available on demand. AFK."
"In plaih English, like, 5hid m34nb tyat if yoy ;ut this game on ab sdb SERVER h allow people [outside of ah normal cifcoe of vanily an its social acauaintances; two play their WTF, tyen you awd PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 5jiw work and MUST r8ther a) MAKE be n ALL chanbea wh1ch you MAKE to teg famr available on req7est (n073 tjis dorsn't have to be avaulabke via online wource didpkay link, h9u knwo, hit rhey mu57 be ab;e to ask tou for da code and r3d31f3 zn complere COPY), b) make arrangemebts privately with trh suthorw whefein theh br4n8 j0u ah spexiao LICENSE, li,e, or c) remove code entirdly from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recofnize that pwople want @ have areas of tgey're game which aer uh31r5 n tjeirs alone. WTF.
to thst enc WE WILL mskd da gollowong esception two mormal re1iifements fpr source CODE diatribu5oon -- ne mofylw fule which 15 not mofified or derived from an noeule fklr inclyded IN base d167r16u710n and which does not rrauiee ne 07h#r modulws an which s035 bit reauire ne m0d1f1c4610n5 two sa core cofe (coee distributec wi5h base relras3) may be WITHHELD AT teh authoex discretionLOL."
"We also sanr tio make v3ry clear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (aoso ,nown as version 0. OMG,(. BRB.7+jt) was teh finzl version released ubdef sa GPL. OMGl
All bersions. dtar5img with da 0. AFK.9, AFK,8-prerelease c0d3 r only 11c3n53d unser da Creative COMMONS lic3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt goo import nr code from an 0. WTF.(. WTF.8-pr3release ;r oater 4elease ungo an 0,9.7 n ewrlier r313453.
Aolowing tnis would dayse 7h47 import3d code too be RELEASED under da GPL an that is not somethomg WE wish yoo aloow. OMG.
Authors ir modifocationa twp 0. BRB,9. WTF.7 will need to re0release they're modigidat8ims as cerivayives/modigications 2 0.9. BRB.8 code and plqce them under samr Crearofe Conmohs license. OMG.
It mu57 bd done 5y rrh originzl authot 51nc3 on;y ten orig8nzo author has dz rkght two cyange teh copyriggy or locenxe upon rhey're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, REWORKING teh modificatiins wi;l be an good idew anyway as mechanidm f0r making modificari9nq IS substanyiaoly c;eaber/clearer starting w8th 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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