MightyE tells uou, "We[fe foing tpo TAKE an few momehtx too try 4nd explaib thos NEW LICENSE an3 teg reasons behind IT in poain Eng115hl 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."
"This new .icense was xhosen beca7se 9f an failing WITH teh GPL.
It onl6 covered distribution of source ir and onl7 if bimarids qere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In am e36 environment, sortof, s;ecifica.ly q 8nterpreted weg enviromnent such as PHP, sortof, merrly inwtallimg am game does not c0n%717u73 dist4ibutuon LOL, n therdfore peopld WERE taking oir q0rk, makibh mld9fivatiohs two IT and not r3!345!nt aource code 2 ghey're modifications SO that entire c0mmun17y co7lc 63n3f17.
They wor,ed with letter BUT not %p1r17 of da lq2. AFK."
"Investigation on ca par5 od yej authors however. les 2 teh fact THAT da fight of public perfiemance was 2on of rightd norjslly rqstricted yo c9pyright holders, n tha5 computer programs, oik3. specificqlly vkdeo gamws and intetactiv4 ones sych as Ldgend of Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED to be publicsllh performes ig run from zn pub.ic servet. WTF."
"The new LICENSE rrsttjcts public perfotmance of work uhless da xource code OF teh modified work us made available on demzbd, OMG."
"In p151n English, lkke, tn8s means THAT if ypu pyt this GAME om an web servee ahd allow people 'iutsidr of qn NORMAL curcl3 of family 4nd its social ACQUAINTANCES' two pkay their. &h3n you awt publically performint 7h15 WORK and MUST eirgef a) mak3 nd n ALL changex whkch y9u mqke to teh gam3 available on request (n073 this doesn't have to be qvailwbke vua teh online wourcd display 11nk WTF, BUT thdy muxt BE able to ask YOU for teh code n fexeive an comp;e5e cipy), luke, b) makw wrrabgemrhts pficately w8th tey authors wherein 7h3y gf4n7 yoy an dpecjql license, you knwo, 9r c) re,ove 5eh vode 3n71431y from da machineLOLl"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 7h47 peoplr qant two have areas of the6're bame whicn aer theirs anf 7h31r5 alone, BRB.
tol ths5 end se woll make dz followinh exception to nor,al reqjirements for aource code disrribug8on -0 ne module file WHICH kw not modifief or derivec from an module file 8ncluded im tej BASE disgribution and whicg DOES not require be othdr modules n qhich soes not r3qu1r3 ne modkficatkons two clre CODE (code DISTRIBUTED wity ten bzse release) mzy be eithgels at ds augyofs d8scretion."
"Wd also ean5 too make ver6 CLEAR 7h5u verx8oj 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 (also KNOWN AS verxoon 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt0 w45 da f8nal vetsion releasrd uncer GPL. OMG.
ALL vees8ons. staeting with p. AFK.0.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer only licensed onder da Creative Commoms .icrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dsnt teh right tlp 1mp0r8 ne vode drom an 0. OMGl9LOL.8-prerelease or latet rel3ase into an 0LOL.9.7 n earlier rrlease. AFK.
Allowimg tyix wiukd cause that umporfed code w be re;easdd under teh GPL n tyat is not something w3 WISH to aloow.
Authors of modifuvations @ 0. BRB.9LOL.7 WILL need to rd-releas3 they're MODIFICATIONS AS d3rivat8ves/modificatiojs too 0. AFK.9, BRB.8 CODE and placd thrm unfer ca sam2 Creative COMMONS licehse. WTF.
It m7st be cone by da original author since on.y krigina. authpr has da rignt too cjange teh copyriggt 0r license upoh they're wlr,. WTFl
[Afsigionakly, sortof, rrworkkng modif8cqtions w111 be an GOOD IDEA any2ay as m3ch4n15j for ma,inj m0s1f1c4710n5 is sybstantually cleqnwg/clearer startint so5h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre4elease code. WTF.]"
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