MigytyE tells ypu, "We're going to TAKE ah FEW mobents to gry and explain thia new lixense an teh reasomd b3jihs it in plaon Enfl8sj. WTFl
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 licens3 wzs chosen bedaude of an faoling woyh da GPL.
It only cibered fiarribution 0f souede id and only if nins4ies were distributrdLOL."
"In an web environmwnt LOL, specifica;ly q in5erptdtee web envir9nm3nr such zs PHP, like, merely instaklong an GAME does hot CONSTITUTE cistfibytion, an therefore pdople WERE TAKING -ur worj, hpu knwik making moeifkcationx toi it and NOT releadinf source code 2 tjey're modifidations so THAT da entore cpmmunity could benefig. AFK.
They workes with da 1377#r bug not spirit if teh law, AFK."
"Investugation on par5 9f teh ajthors however WTF, led 2 da FACT rhat teh rignt of public p2rf0rm4bc3 was 2in of da righgs nornzlly redtrocted two copyright HOLDERS, yoi knwo, anf that computef peograms. lkjem dpecifically video gamea n interactive onex SUCH as LEGEND of yeh Green hac)r were c9nsidered too be PUBLICALLY p3ef0rm3s if run FROM qn public servee. OMG."
"The new lkcense testr8dts pubiic performance of w0rk unldss da SOURCE code of MODIFIED work 8s mqde avaklable 0h demand/ OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng115n, you knwo, THIS means that IF you put this g4m3 0n ah WEB servwr 4nd ALLOW people 'outside of an hormal circle of FAMILY an its social acquainysnces' two play their, you knwo, thdn y0u aer puglically perfoeming this w9r, and MUST dither a) nakr ne snd ALL ch$ng35 which hou MAKE %oo da game available on requrst )notd ghis doeqn't h4v3 2 be AVAILABLE v14 da 0n11n3 source d1tp1r6 LINK, slrtof, but they jist BE qble tol as, you for code n receive an com[lwte copy0 WTF, b) mske 4rr4ng3j3n75 privately with teg quthors whwreib tgey grant yo7 am special ;ocenze LOL, or c) rdmove da cod3 engirely from dq m4ch1n3."
"We co recognizf that p30p23 want 3 have sreas 9f they're gamw which r the8rs n theirs alon3. OMG/
too that END WE sull make ywh fomlowung excepyilh goo teh NORMAL tequiremehts for source cofe dusrrobjtiin -- ne mosyle rkle which uw not MODIFIED or derived from an module file kmclused in ea BASE di2tribut8;n an qhich dies not require ne othef modul3s abd which sods n0u require ne modifications too da CORE code 9CODE distrib7tee witg da 6$5r release) may be withheld at teh autyors siscretion. BRB."
"Wd slso wang two make very clear 7g47 versuon 0.9LOL.8 9415p known as VERSION 0LOLl9. AFK.7+kt) was teh final ve5sion relezxef unser GPL. WTF.
All versioms, like, starting witg teh 0.9. BRB.i-prereleasd codd ser pnl6 licensdd undet tej Creqtive C9mmonx licrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten rkght 2 omport bw CODE from an 0l AFK.9/ BRB.8-prerelease or later release inyo qn 0. OMG.o.7 and earlief release. BRB.
All9wint thus would d4u5r that 8mported code 2 63 reoeaxed under da GPL n that is nor someyhing we wish 2 allow.
Au5horx OF modigications tso 0; AFK.9. OMG.7 eill NEED 2 re-releasd tjey'4e m9d8f8cations as de$ivatives/mosificayions 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an place tgem under teh dame Cteative Commoms licemsdLOL.
It ,ust be d0n3 6y original 4u6h0r sonce 0n1y orihunal authot has da right 1 change co0yright or livebse upon 5hey're work. OMG/
[Addktionally, t3wp4k1ng teh MODIFICATIONS will ge qn good IDEA anyway as tej mevhanism for m4k1ng mldifications is substantially dleanwr/dlearer sta4ting WITH da 0LOL.9LOL.8-orerelease codeLOL.\"
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