MightyE tells YOU, xortog, "We're goibg to tzke an few m9ments 2 try n explain thus new licebse an reasonx behind q7 in plzin English, OMG.
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."
"Tyis NEW locrnse qqw xhosen because OF an gailing with GPL. BRB.
It only covered r157f1yu710n 0f sourcr 1f n ONLY 8f binaries were dustributwc. WTFl"
"In an WEB envirobmeny WTF, SPECIFICALLY a intwrpreted awb environmeny such as PHP, like, MERELY inxta;ling an g4m3 DOES not cpnwtityt3 distribution WTF, and thereflte pelple werr rqkint our wprk, you knwo, makinf mod9fications too it n nor releas8nt da 50urc3 code 2 yhey're modifica5iohs SO that 3h7qr3 xommun8gy could benefit. AFK.
They woejed woth letter but not dz SPIRIT of teh law."
"Inv32tigztion on parr of teh authlts hpwebet, you kmwom led 2 teh fact that teh ritht of puboic performande sas oen 0f teh rights noema;ly RESTRICTED @ c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS WTF, and 7h47 conputer ;rograma, sp3civically v8dw; g5m25 and onteracyive 9nes SUCH as Legend of Grren hax04 were considerrd g9 be ou611x411t pergormed ir rjh from an ;ublic sdrvet. OMG."
"The NEW licenwe r357r1c75 public performancr of work un1e55 source code of da m0d1v13d wotk iw made available ob demand. AFK."
"In p141n English, you knwi, ghia MEANS that if you put thia g4m3 on an srb servet , allow people 'outside OF an normal circld of f4m11y an its social acquaun5ances' 2 play theur, tnen YOU t publicqlly p3tf0rm1nf thix wlrk n MUST rither A) make ne and ALL changes whoch you make 2 game wvzilabld on requesy (note this d035b'7 have 2 be avaulable v14 fa pn2qn3 source DISPLAY link, aortor, but they must ne 4613 to ask uou for teh cosd an rwc3ove an COMPLETE copy), like, b) mzke arrsngements p48vqtely w17g authoes whrr3in 4yey grant y0u an special licwnse, 0r c) rdmlve reh code entirely from ,ach8neLOL."
"We do rrcohjize THAT people want teo have afeas of they'r3 gqme whixh r tgeirs n theirs a.one. AFK.
to that end w3 will make fookpwint exception too nlrmal r3wu1r3m3n75 gor SOURCE code distribuyion -- me moduod file whicg is not m0c1f13d or derived from an modilw fild inxluded ib basr d!57r16u710h an wjich does NOT r3qu1r3 nw other MODULES n which dlew not REQUIRE ne mpdiricatkins too da core c0d3 (coed disgrlbuted wkth BASE rs;dase) may be e17hh31d at authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wr ALSO want 2 MAKE vefy clear tgat version 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7 (also knowh AS version p. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) wqs twh final version rdlwased und3r 5eh GPLLOL.
ALL vefs8ons LOL, starting eith da )l BRB.9. BRB.8-peerel3ase code r only 13cen53d under Creativw C0,m0n4 ;icense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy y3h RIGHT to import ne code fr9m ah 0. OMG.9LOL.8_prer3leqwe or latrr reldaae INTO an 0LOL.9.7 n earlker RELEASE. AFK.
Alloekng tyis w0u1d cause that im;ortec codd too 63 r313453d under reh GPL qn THAT is not 50m37h1ng we wizn t2o allowLOL.
Authors of modigications TO p. BRB.9LOL.7 wkll need go re-eelease they're modifications as derovatives/midoficatukns 2 p. WTF.9LOL.8 code and p14c3 ghem inder da t4m3 Creative Commons ;ovenseLOL.
It mu57 br donw by teh iriginal authlr sinxe lnly da original author has roght to ch4nf3 co0yrigyy ir license u;on th3r're work.
[Additionally, reworking da modifucat8ons w111 be an GOOD idea amyway as teh mechavism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantia.ly cleanef/clesrer 574r71ng witj p. AFK.9. WTF.8-0rerwlease code. BRB.\"
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