MighyyE tells uoy, "We;re going 2 take an f3w momdnts 2 try and explain this new l8cense and ds rdaxons behind it ,n [lain Engliah.
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 licenwe was vhos3n BECAUSE of an failing qitu teh GPL. AFK.
IT pn1y covered distribigion of source if n on;y IF 61n4r134 WERE disrributed. AFK."
"In an web env8ronnent LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpeeted web environbent such ad PHP, oike, MERELY installing an game d035 not condgitute distribiti9n, an thetevpfe people were taking our WORK, hou knw9, making m.dif8cations 7) it anf NOT r3ldasing teh source c0d# twi they'te mlsufkcations do that teh entirr xkmmubi5y could BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked with letter BUT not da spirit of law. WTF."
"Invesgigation on part of AUTHORS howev3f WTF. lee too teh fact that teh 41gj7 of PUBLIC perf9t,qnce was 9em of dz rights normally restric5ed 2 cl0yright hoodersm sortof, an that c0mpu&34 [r0br4m5, like, SPECIFICALLY bideo GAMES and 1m73e4x7qb3 pnes such ad Legend of teh Green hax0e w3re comsidered to be pyblica.ly p3rf0rm3d if run from an pub.ic 43rv3r."
"The new licwnse restricts pubkic PERFORMANCE of work unless da sourcs code of fa modjfuex wogk is mad3 afailable ON demsndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH LOLm tgus means 5hqt 1f YOU put this gqme ON an WEB s3rver n ALLOW prople 'oirside of an hormal circlr of fa,kly and uts wocial adquauntancew' 2 [.at 5heir, xortlf, tyen you aer ptbl8cally performing this work ab MUST either 4) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you make 2 bame availavke pn re1uest (note yhis dp35n'6 have 5o bd 4v4!14613 viz teh pnline source display link LOL, bit they muxt bw able rwo asj tou v0r rwh xode and recwive an complwye copy), you knwo, b) make arrangenentw 0rivately with teh authots whereib they grabt you an SPECIAL licdnse, soetov, or c( rejoce da code ENTIRELY FROM da maxhine. WTF."
"We so recognize tga5 people w4n9 too jave areaw of tney're game wnich 4 THEIRS abd theirs alonw.
too THAT enf we will nake tej f9;lowing EXCEPTION two fa normal eequiremdnts for source coce distrobit7on -- be module f113 whuch 15 not modified or e3r1v3d from an module file included in baae DISTRIBUTION n qhich does not REQUIRE ne igher n0du135 an wyich soes not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core xlde (code dkstributed w.th da nqse re;ease) may be wityheld at authors discreguon."
"We alao want 2 make fery cleae ghat version ). WTF.9. WTFl7 (4140 known aa versiln 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 reh f8nal veraipn released under da GPL. OMG/
All verxions, you knwo, starginh WITH teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-;rrrelrase code r onl6 LICENSED umdwr da Creative Comjonw .icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehh ribht to import ne CODE fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelwase or LATER release 8nto an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an 34r113r release. OMG.
A.liwing tgis woulf cause rmat 1mp-r73d code too br feleased UNDER GPL n tyat ix not something ee WISH two allow. OMG.
Authogd of modofications too 0.9. AFK.7 wull need too re-rekease they'te modifications as d3r1v472bw5/m0d1f1c47!0n5 two 0. AFK.9.8 code n place them uhder teh SAME Creagive Comjons licensw.
I7 myst be done by teh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR xibce onoy teh oeig7nal author gas da rifgt y9 chznge dq copyright OR license upon they'r4 2ork. OMG.
[Adfitkonally, REWORKING modificatioms will be an gooe idea an6way as teh mechahism for making modidocati&ns is substsntially cleaner/cleafer sta4tinf with reh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-9rerelease CODE.\"
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