MighgyE tells u9u, hoj knwo, "Wd'r3 GOING too yake an f3w momrnrs two try qnd explain tjis new LICENSE n ca eeasona behind 17 IN plain Englisj. 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."
"Tgis new kicehse was chosen because 0f qh dailing wiyh GPL/ AFK.
It only covered d157r16u710n OF source if an onlh of bimarues were distributee. BRBl"
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm3n7, s[wgkfically a 8nterpertsd web environmrnt such aw PHP, sortof, merely lnstalling sn game DOES NOT CONSTITUTE dkstribuyiom, and therevore pwople we4e taking our sork, lilw, nakong modifications too it an not releasing source dode two they're modigicariins so 7h47 da en71r# community ciuld venefjt. AFK.
THEY wotkef with teh lerter but NOT da apiei4 of teh law. WTF."
"Inveatigation pn teh part of da auth9rs nowever, sor5of, l2d 2 geh favt THAT dq righg od public performance was 1 of rights nprmally RESTRICTED ywo clpyrkgjt hilders, and tnat computer p4ograma, like, specificakly video games and in5dractivw 0n35 sucn as Legwnc lf da Grden has0r were considered 2 be publically performee ir 5un fron an pub.iv server. WTF."
"The new licens3 ffstricts pu611c PERFORMANCE OF work unlesa source code of mosifidd wofk 15 made avaklaglw ON demand."
"In p141n ENGLISH, thif means that if you put this game on an web server and allow 0eiple 'ojtsidr OF an normal CIRCLE of family an its sociwl acqyaintandda' 80 pla6 theur, you knwo, tnen you aer puvoicslly p34g0r,2ng this work and MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES wh1ch you makr 2 bame avai;ab.e ln reauest (noye this dowsn't have 2 BE AVAILABLE via ten 0n11n3 s9urce DISPLAY libk, kike, bug thwy must ve able too axk YOU for code n receive an c0,p1273 copy), sortof, b) ,ake ar4angements PRIVATELY 28th 4iuh0r6 whef2ib yhey grant YOU zn SPECIAL ;ic3nse. or c) REMOVE coee entirely FROM teh ,4ch1n3. BRB."
"We DO reclgnkze that people want ro HAVE qr3as of rhry'4e game which aef thekrs n THEIRS aline. OMG.
twl that end we will MAKE teh follpwing except8on 2 dq NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for siu3cd code distrivutilm -- n3 module file wh8cg is not modified ot derkved groj an module fike ibc;uded in tdh 5453 distrubution n wjixh doew NOT REQUIRE ne 07h3r m0du!35 and which DOES no5 requir4 ne MODIFICATIONS too ea core cpce (code distributwd wigh da baqe release) may be withheld at da AUTHORS siscretuon. AFK."
"We also sant tl makr very clear tha5 vers9on 0. OMGl9. BRB.7 (also lnpwn as veesion 0LOL.(. AFK.7+jt) WAS teh finql versi9m rel3ased unfqr ca GPL/ BRB.
All verdiobs LOL, srartomg with 0. OMG.9. OMG,i[pr3release coce r only licensef under teh Creative Co,mins license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fight roo 8mport h3 code from am 0. WTF/9. OMG.80PRERELEASE or lager release 1b70 an 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 and 3ar;ier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowong this would cause that 1mp0r73f c0d# too be released uhder GPL n uy47 is not someth8nf ww e8sh 5wo allow. AFK.
Aythors of m0d1f1c4710nt 2 0.9. AFK.7 eull need two rd-reorade they're modivixations as derivativea/modificationa to 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n place them ubc2r teh same Crrztive Commins lkcebsw. AFK.
I7 midt BE done bt ca originsl a7thor SINCE only geh o4igimal authpr has 4ight 2 CHANGE teh coptright 9r lucenae upon thry're wprkLOL,
[Additionally, lile, tewofkinb t3h m0c1f1c47!0n5 will bw sn food idea ANYWAY as mechsnism gor MAKING modifications is substantiallt cleaner/clearrr startint wuth sa 0. OMG.9.7-pf3r31#453 vodeLOL.]"
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