MightyE tells yoi, dortof, "We're GOING to take an few miments 2 try ab exilain tgis NEW license zh REASONS behind it in p;aon Eng115h. 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."
"This new lkcense was chosen BECAUSE of an fqilivg wity GPL. AFK.
It 0h1y covered d15^r16u710n od souece if n only if binaries w3r3 sistributed. BRB."
"In an eeb wnvi3onment, s;ecufically a INTERPRETED web envi4onment SUCH ad PHP, 7[7 knwo, merely ihs5a;linf an GAME DOES n07 constitute distribution, dor5of, an gherefore peo0lr wdre taking our WORK, sor5if, maiint modifications 2 it n noy r313451ng da so7rce code too they[re m0d1f@c4710n5 so that da entire c0mmun16y could behwrit, AFK.
They worked ekth da lrgter but not teh SPIRIT id teh law. AFKl"
"Investigatu9n on part of au5gpts HOWEVER LOL, les to yeh fsdt that RIGHT of publuc PERFORMANCE wqd 1 of 4ifhra mormal.y RESTRICTED goo COPYRIGHT holders LOL, n that cojputrf programs WTFk SPECIFICALLY video gzmds n interactive ones 5uch as Legebd of teh GREEN hax0r w3r3 consideeed tqo be publically p3rf0rm3d if RUN from an punlic SERVER."
"The new licemse reatricgs oublic performance of q0rk unless teh source c0d3 or da MODIFIED WORK is MADE availqble 0n demanv. WTF/"
"In plain Englksh, this mdanw that if tou pjt 7h15 game pn an WEB server qn sllow peoole ;ouyside of an b9rm41 c2rc13 or famuly n its social 4cqy41n74nc35' tqo pkay theur, you knwo, then you aer publically [erforjing THIS wori an MUST rither a) make ne n ALL chanfea WHICH tou make to teh gzme sbaolab.e on rwquest (note thie soesn't habd too be 5v4114y13 bia ea onlone source display lonkk you knwu, but thry m7se be able u0 ask you f9r code h 4eceive an com;let3 copy), like, 6) MAKE atrabgem3ngs private.y with a7thorw sherein THEY grang yiu an special lidensd, like, 0r c) rwmove tej code emtirelu grom teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT PEOPLE w4n7 gp hqve ardas og 5yey're gaje wh1ch 4 theirs and theirs 510n3LOL,
too thst end WE w111 make dollowint excdptipn toi teh normal requirements ror SOURCE code distribition 0- ne module gile 2hich 15 not modified OR DERIVED from zm m0dy13 f113 kbd.uded kn ds bzae dust4ibution and wjich does n9t require nw other m0du1e% an which doea NOT fequife ne modifications to yeh cord code (coee diwtributed WITH da base relesse) may be withhele AT da authors discretooh. OMG."
"We also wznr too make very cleat that versuob 0LOL,9LOL.7 (zlao inown as cerdion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) wsw f1n41 b3rsion r#1#453d under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, you knwp, starting w17h 0. BRB.0. BRB.8-pre4eleawe codd qer on.6 LICENSED UNDER da Creatybe Commons livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two impoft nr code FROM an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleqsw 9r oayer RELEASE ibto an p. BRB.9.7 n earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Alkowknb this wpu.d cause thst imported code 2 be r313453d undrr da GPL n that is not somethinf we qish toi allow. WTF.
Authors of mkdirications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 will need too re-r313453 thet're modififatilbs as der8vztives/mowifications @ -.9. BRB.8 cid2 an ;q4c3 them und3r da same Creat8ve Commons livehse. BRB.
It must be d0n2 bu teh or9final aithor qincr only teh original autnor had da right 2 chznhe da copyright or !2c3n52 7oon they'rw sorj. WTF.
pADDITIONALLY LOL, rewirking modivicqtions w121 63 an good idea anyway as ea mechanism for making mocifida6ions is %uy574b724!1y vlraner/clearer STARTING wkth da 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-peerelease code. WTF/\"
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