MightyE telld you, uou knwo, "We're GOING yoo gake an feq nomwnts ri yry and 3xplain tgis new locense an da reasons behind it in plain ENGLISH.
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."
"Thid new lkcensr was chosen because if an failing WITH da GPL. WTF.
IT only covered d8dtributiob og source id qn pnly if binaries were distribjtev. BRB."
"In an wev emvkronnrnt WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpeeyec web environjent such as PHP LOL, merel6 1n574111ng an g4m4 does n07 cpnstitite distribution LOL, an therefore ;elple were tqking oyr qork, sortofm making modidicagions gwo i5 an noy releading tdh 50jrc3 code 2 thwy'rw modifkcations so thst teh ENTIRE c0mmun17y xould benedit. OMG/
They worked wity da letter gut not da spirit OF da la2. AFK."
"Investigatioh ON part pf a7th9rs howev3r LOL, les TO tdh fact that da rigyt of public performance wzs oen od t1hj75 normzlly RESTRICTED 1 copyright holders LOL, an that co,piter peoframw, specificzlly vid3o f4m35 anc in5eractive 0n35 5uvh aw Legend of da Green hax0r were consideree to b3 pu611d411y perforndd if 4un from an publid servdrLOL."
"The new license restticts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF teh wptk unless souece cofe of mldified work 15 made available on cemanrLOL."
"In poain English, this meand THAT IF you pu5 this game on an weg server and allow pelplr 'outsude ov an n9rmal circld of faji.y and 8ts sociql acquauntances' gqo p14y thdie WTF, th3n you aer publically perfoeminf THIS q0rk and MUST 3ither 4) MAKE ne ane ALL changes which 6ou make 5wo t3h gane scailab.e 0n requrs5 (nore THIS doesn't h4v3 2 be avai.able via onkine sourcr d!5p2ry link, like, but thdy must BE able ywo awk you for code and rec3ove an c0mplet4 copy(, b) make drrangwments [rivately with authors whereim they gtant you qn special license, you knwo, or c) remoce da CODE #n71t31y from da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wqnt TO hafe areas OF they're GAME whqcn t tjeirs and theirs alobe. WTF.
tsp that end we WILL make following exception go norma; tequirements fov source c.se distr8bution -- ne module file WHICH is not modified or derived fro, an module vile included kb da bade diatribut8on an WHICH fods nlt rwquirr ne other modules qb whicn dods n06 REQUIRE ne mocifixati9ns 2 teh core coce (CODE c157y16u73d wity bsse rdkease9 MAY be qitgheld 46 teg authorw ciscretiob. BRB."
"We also want 70 MAKE v3ry c134r that version 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 *also kbown as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was fknql vers8oh relrased und3r teh GPL. BRB.
All v3rsions WTF, sgarting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pewrdlesse coxe aer ONLY lic2nsed ubd3r Creative Commons lic3nsw. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY demy da r1hh7 two impirg ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peerelease lr later 4elease into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earlief r3lease. AFK.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 kjp9rted code TO ne RELEASED under teh GPL n thar is n07 somethinf ww wish y9o alloqLOL.
Au&h0r5 of modiskcations two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wiol need roo re-rdlease ty3y're mixificatiobs as ferivatived/modificagion2 too 0.8. AFKl8 cide n p14c3 them umd3r geh same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It musy bd done BY teh ofigobal author sincd only originql aughor has rught 70 cjange cop6right or kicense upon they're 3ork. BRB.
-ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS will bs ab hood *dea anywah as jevhanism FOR makibg modufications is sybstantiallh c.eaner/clearer startkng with teh 0.9. AFK.8-pre4wleas3 codeLOL.]"
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