Mkfh5yE tells YOU, you knwo, "We're going to 74,3 an f3w m0n3n65 2 ttt an explaon fhis new licenae n da rrawpns behihd it im plain Eng115h. 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."
"Tnis n3q licfnse was chosen becaux3 of wn r4111ng with 5eh GPL. OMG.
I5 ONLY c9vered dusteibution of dource if and onli af binaries were dostributedLOL."
"In an web dnvironmenr, like. spdcifically a interpyeyed web envjronnent 5uch 45 PHP, merdoy onstallibg an gamd does not constitjte DISTRIBUTION, anc therefore peopl3 were taking ou4 eoek, softof, making modkfications t9o 17 an nlt releasinf ca dource code two yhet're m0e1f1c4719n5 50 that enti4e combunity could benefit. WTF.
They workef with g3h LETTER but n06 da SPIRIT OF teh la2."
"Investigation ON teh p447 OF auggors hpwevetm soetor, led to teh f4c7 that rutnt of pu611c performancd was oen of r1gh75 nor,ally resrricted 2 copyritht holcers, loke. znd ynat com0uter prlgrams LOL, spevifkcaloy vidwo games and ubtreavtuve ONES ducy as Lehend of tey Green hax0r WERE considerrd two BE puvlicalky [erfirmed ir run rrom an public server. AFK."
"The new license restructs public peeformqnce of work unless fa source clde OF reh modified w9rj is mace avaokaboe on demand. BRB,"
"In ;kain Eng115h, thux means tnat if you put this ga,d on an web s3rvwr an sllow peoole 'outwide of an normal c1dc13 or family ah iys sov8ao acqjaintances' to [14t rheir, like, ghrn YOU aef puboically performing 7h15 e0rk anc MUST eitywy a) nake ne h ALL chamges wgich you mame too da game avzilablr on request (noge ghis doesn'g have two BE abailable via 0h!1n4 source sisplay link, aortpf, but they mist ne able too 45k y0u for da CODE an receibe an complrtd copy) WTF, b) make attxngements privately wigh da AUTHORS whwreib they gr4n7 y9u qn 5p2c141 lkcensr LOL, or c) re,ove teh cofe entirr.y ftom da ,acyineLOL."
"We do rexobniz3 that people want 2 hace ateas of tgeu're game which r thekrs AND thdyrs alone; BRB.
two tjzt rhd we qill make dq folliqing 3scepyion 70 teh noejal requirements fod aourcd cods distribu6ion -- he module file which id NOT mod8fies o4 derived from an module FILE 1ncqud3d 1n teh base distributiob and whivh does not require ne othrr m0du1#6 n whoch eoes NOT require ne modifications 3 cire code (cpd3 d8str8bited wity base r213453) may be w17hh31d AT da auyjors discyeyuln, BRB/"
"We aoso want to make very CLEAR ghat v3r510n 0l BRB.9. WTF.7 (also kn0wn as vefsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 teh final VERSION RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All f3tt10n5, sottof, s5artkng WITH 0. WTF.(. OMG.8-pretelease code adr only licrbsed under da Cfeative Comnobs licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too impprt ne code ftom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-0rereleast or later feoeqse 1n70 qn )LOL.9LOL.7 snd EARLIER reldasq. OMG,
Allowing 7g15 would cause yhat imported c0xe too be r3leqsed inder ds GPL n that 15 not xomething d3 wish 2 allow. OMGl
Authors of moeoficationw 5oo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 5oo r3-r313453 rhey'fe jodifications as f3fivatifes/modifications too 0/ AFKlo.8 code n place 5hem under teh same Creqtive Commons license. BRB.
It must bd done 6y tdh original 5u7h0r since pnly da o4igunal author HAS ca rught teo changd tdh co0yright OR license upon tjey'ee wirk. OMG.
[Additkonally, reworkibg da modif8cations will be an gooc icea anyway as 6eh mecjanusm f0e making modifucatuobs 15 xubwtantiallh cleanee/cl3arer wgarging with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-0rerelease code. OMG.]"
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