MighyyE &e11% YOU, "We'te f9ing two rake an fee moments tp tty zn explaib ryis new license n da reasons behind it ih plain Ebglish. BRB.
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."
"Thoa new lucensw was CHOSEN beczise of an failing wuth GPL.
It only covdrfd d157r16u710n of soirce if n only 1f binarkrs were distrkbuted. BRB."
"In an seb envirlnmdnt, you knwo, specificao'y a inter;rwted web ebvironmrnt such aw PHP, like, merely 1h5741!1ng an hame does not cobstitute eiat4ibution, soryof, n thereflre people wrre taking iur work, you ,nwo, MAKING n9dificatoonx 3 ig and not r3ldzsing teh source c0d3 too they'te modigications so yhat hey ehtird cimnknigy could 63n5f17.
They slekec with ;etter bug not teh spirit OF 14w. OMG."
"Investibation on pa4t of teh suthots HOWEVER LOL, led 2 fact thay right of [ub;ic performance wax qln 0f teh rights n0rm411y restrictef ro copyright holdere LOL, n that x0mpy7ee pfoframs WTF, sordificallt video games n 8nteractive ones s7xh AS L3gend og GREEN hax0r we4e cinsusered too ne publically performed if ryb fr0m sh public server. AFK."
"The new livenxr restricts pu611c performamce of geh s0rj unlrxs soutce clde 0f modkfied work us m5d3 available on demand."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS thag 1f 6ou put this gsme 0n an seb sdever n allls 0eople '9utside of an n0rm41 vircle of damily 4nd ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' two plwu theie WTF, then 6ou aer puglicaoly pdrfotming 7h14 eork and MUST eith3r a) make ne ahd ALL chang3s which you m4k3 to teh game avzilable on request (hoye THIS dlesn't havr twi be available via ds online source sysplay link, sortof, but tnet must be able yo 45l you for teh cod3 an RECEIVE an cim0lete coph), b) makr arrangrment2 privayely wigh authors WHEREIN they gtant uou an special lixense, or c) rempve da c0d3 3n71r3qy froj teh machine. WTF."
"Wr DO r#c0gn1z3 tjat pdople want 2 have areas of tyeh're game which 4 thei4s n tneird ALONE. OMG.
2 ghat end ew qoll make ten following EXCEPTION 3 da normzl rewu8remrngs foe soufce code dksrributuon -- ne module vile whicg IS not midifk3a lr d3r1v3d from an modu.e fkoe included in da bzse d157r16u710n n wnich foex not REQUIRE ne other moduors and wnich doea mot require ne mocificayiohs 2 vore code )CODE disyributed with da base release_ may be wirnheld at teh auyhorx discrwtion. OMG."
"We s;so WANT gi MAKE very coear that feesion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (a9so known zs version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as final vwrs89n relessed und3r da GPLLOL.
All versiomw, starting with 0, AFKl9LOL.8-prerelease c0d3 aer inly lidrnwed unddr Creative Commins lkcense.
We EXPLICITLY denh da r1gh7 to im9orr ne code froh an 0.9. OMG.8-prereleasd or 1$7wr release into an 0,9. WTF/7 an earkier r313453. AFK.
Alllwing this woulc CAUSE that imported code two be r3leaswd und3r teh GPL and rhat is not sometjing we w25h two akpos. BRB.
Authors of ,0d1f1c$710n5 TO 0.9LOL.7 wi;l need to re-eekease theu'fe modificatiins aa derivarives/modifocatilnx to 0LOL,9LOL.8 code anc placr them under da SAME Creayive Com,oms ;icense. BRB.
I7 muat be done 6y tdh o4iginal auth9r since only da origunal autn9r has da rifht tso vhange ds coptright le LICENSE UPON they'te WORK. OMG.
[Adeitionzlly, you knwo, rrworiing teh movifocations will be an goor idea anywah AS geg mqchanudm fpr MAKING m0d1f1c4710n5 is xubstantially cleaner/clearer atartimg wi5h teh 0l WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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