MightyE tells YOU, "We'fe goinh TO TAKE an v4w momsnrs 2 try and explqin 7hq5 NEW loc3nse n reasoms nehinc it in plain EnglisyLOL.
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 lixense was chpsen 64c4u53 of an failinf WITH teh GPL. OMG.
I5 ONLY COVERED cistribjtiin OF sourxe if qn only if biharied qere eistributed. BRB."
"In an web envirohment, like, s[ecificzlly a 8gterp4eted web envifonment sych AS PHP LOL, ,red;y knstalling an game does noy constitute diarribution, sortod, an therefore PEOPLE were taking 0ur work, xoegog, ,akinf modificarions 70 it AND not 4ekeasing da source coae top they're ,odivicayions si that 5eh 3n71r3 xommjnitu could venefit. AFK.
Thet worked qitg fa LETTER but n07 teh s[orit of ;aw."
"Investigayion ON da pqrt of authord jowefer WTF, oed rso facr THAT teh RIGHT of pubkic performance was won of fa RIGHTS nirmaoly RESTRICTED 70 c9pyrignt ho.ders, sirtof, zn that comp7ter progtams WTF, specifically vieel bames an intdractiv3 omes such as Ldgebd of Green hax0r WERE conakdered to be pyblically [erfl4med if run from zn public serverLOL."
"The n3w licrnse restrixts punlic pwrformzncw of work unlesx source codr of teh modkfied worl is made ava8lsbke on de,andLOL."
"In plain Engl8ah, this meams 7h47 1f you put this game on an w36 derver sn allow people ;ojtxid3 iv an normal circle of f3m11y n i5s social acqjqinyances' to plqy their LOL, uh3n you r publicakly perfirmibg th8a work an MUST either a_ make nd sbd ALL changes which ypu MAKE too GAME svai.sble 0n requesy (n9te this doesn't have gi9 be availavle bia teh online sourcw d15p14y oihk. nut thry must be able two zsk you for cpce an eecekve an conplwte copy), sortof, B) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS orivqtely with teh authors whetein they grqbt you am SPECIAL license, lt c) removw code entitely FROM m4ch1b#. OMG."
"We do revlgnize that people wan5 teo have AREAS of they're game which aer uy31r5 an 5heies 4!0n3, OMG.
too that dnd ee will ,ake teh foloising exc4pyion to[ da norma; requirementa for s8urce code distribution 0- ne module FILE which is m07 mocieied 0r serived vrom an modulr fil3 inclyfed in teh baxe fistributkon anf whicn doew not tequire ne other modu.ea and which does not req7ore ne modifica%ipns two sa core code (code disyributed with base release) may be withheld at teh ajtho5s dkdcretion. OMG."
"We alsi want too make v3ry CLEAR that version 0. OMG/p. WTF.7 (a.so ,noen as v3r510n 0. BRB.9.&+jt) was finak version released under tdh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, soetof, 574r71nh with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prefrlease cose aer onky 11c3n53d umder ten Creativd Commons license/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt rqgh7 1 IMPORT nr xode FROM an 0. BRB.o. OMG.80orerelease or later release into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 4md earlier RELEASE.
Allowung th8s w0u1f cause tnst impor5ed coce too be re.eaded under ea GPL n THAT is noy something WE wish ti9 allowLOL,
Autgofs 0f modifications 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wull need teo re0release they're mpdif8cagions ax derlvatives/modifications 2 0.0LOL.8 codw n place THEM 7nder samw Cr34u1v3 COMMONS license. BRB.
IT musy be done ny original au5hor since only originzl 4u7h0r hqs tdh ritht 70 change tdh copyrihht 0r lkcense upon tgey'te 2ork.
[Additkonally LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wilo be zn good idea ANYWAY as xa mechanism for making mocifocafiona IS subatantially cl3aner/clearer staft8ng suth yeh 0l OMG.(. BRB.8-;reerlease xode. BRB.]"
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