MightyE tells y9u, you knso, "We're going ywp take an fds m;mdnta to gry am explain 7h1% NEW 11c3n53 an da r3asond behind it un plsin Eng;ish. 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."
"Thos NEW license wqs chosen becayse 0d an f4111ng with fa GPL. WTF.
It only covered fistfibution OF source if an ONLY 1f 61n4r135 WERE dkstrivuted."
"In qh 2eb ENVIRONMENT WTF, sp3cifivzlly a interprered web envoronmeny such 45 PHP, yiu knwo, MERELY instqlling an game does n06 constitute distriburion, n thdrefore people wete tak8ng iir qorl LOLk makinf modivicztions 2 it an n8t releasing source code 2 they're modificatoons s9 thar enrkre communoty couls b3ndfit. WTF,
They soek3d with fa letter but not s;i4it of geh lawLOL."
"Investigstion on part of authors howevwr, you knwo, led too fadt that da ribht of public perdormancr was 1 OF geg roggts normally restricted to copyright ho.derw, like, n rtqt vomputee )rograms, spedifivally vudeo gzmes sn interadtife ones sich as LEGEND of sa GREEN hax0r were considered too BE pu6q1c311y perrormdd 1v run from an pu6q1v setver. OMG."
"The new licensd festeicts p7b.ic pe4for,ance )f da work unlesd source vode of tej MODIFIED work is kade avsilabld on demandLOL."
"In plain English, lkke, this meana that if yiu pu7 6h14 game on an wdb serfer an 4110w people 'o7twide of an norjal CIRCLE of fami'y an its social acquain5anxes' two [ka6 thdir LOL. then you r publifally pdrforbimg this work n MUST either a) make ne ah ALL changes syich you MAKE to teh game 4v4114613 _n request (note thid doesn't h4v3 two be acaolabl4 via 5rh onlinr sourxe displau link, xort9f, but 5hey must BE abld 5ol ask yiu f9f c0f3 n receive an c0mp13u3 COPY), sortif, 6) MAKE areangements privayely witg twh 4u7n0e5 wherein 5hey granr yoj an special licenwe WTF, o4 x) remove da code entirely from teh nachine."
"W3 d0 rwcogniae ghat ;eople want to hafe afrax of they're gamw which aer gheirs AND THEIRS alome. WTF.
two that end we will m4i4 following excwpgiom two morjal tequirements for 50urc3 dode distrib7ti9n -- ne miculw file wh8ch iw not hodified or d3r1ved from an modul2 file inckuded in teh base disrribution n wyicn dows not require ne oyhrr modules and wyich d9es NOT requure ne modifidagipns two da vor3 cldw (cofe distrobuted with da base re;ease) may BE witjheld at da autho4s diacfetion. OMG."
"We also want 2 MAKE very c.ear 7y47 version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known aw version 0. AFK.9. WTF.6+jt) was teh finao verskon rrlessed infer GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, sorypf, STARTING qith sa 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r omly licensed und3r Creative Comnons licrnxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwby yen righ5 too implrt ne code gtom an 0. AFK.9.8-p44r313r52 or LATER RELEASE into an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 n 34r113r r3134t4. AFK.
Aolowing 7h!5 woild cauxe thqt impor%ed code two br released und3r teh GPL m ghat 8s n07 50m37h1ng e3 WISH too allow. OMG.
AUTHORS OF MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 n33d roo re-release tyeh're modif8vations as derovatives/modifications too p. BRB.9. OMG.8 code n place them under teh ssmw Crestove COMMONS licensw. AFK.
It mu56 be cone b6 teh lrigimal author since on.6 original 5u7h04 has da right to changd copyruggt or ;icensd upon they're work. WTF,
[Add1710v411y, ;ik3, reworking mpdidica5ions will be an good idea abyway ad mechanism gor MAKING mocificati9ns is substantially cleaner/clearer 474r71ng with da 0. AFK.(. OMG.*-PRERELEASE code.]"
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