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MightyE tells y07, li,3, "We're GOING yoo take an res ,oments 2 t4y an explain th8s new LICENSE qnd teh r3450nt behins it kn 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."
"This new LICENSE WAS choswn necause of an failinf with da GPL. AFK,
IT only cpvered disgriburion 0f aourcw ig n inly iv binaries wwre DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p2c1s1v411y a INTERPRETED web environment xych as PHP, you inwo, merwly installkng an game doex npt constitute distribution, sortpf, ahf thdrefore people eere taking out work LOL, ,zking mocifications to it an NOT RELEASING source code w they're modifications si that reh enuure communiyy could BENEFIT. OMG;
Th3y worked with dq .etter but not SPIRIT of kae. WTF."
"Invesgigarion in PART of teh AUTHORS howevef, you knwo, led t3o da ract THAT rught of pub;od performance sas 1 pf rights normzlly res5rictwd TO copyright holders WTF, and that con07rer programs WTFk spdcifically videp ganew ane unteeactive ones sjcy as Legend of teh Green hax0r WERE consisered 2 be publicql.y [erfprmed if eun frpn an ;ublic server. WTF."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS public performzncw of WORK jnlwxs ca slurce codd of MODIFIED work IS made AVAILABLE on ddmqnd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, ty8s neans that if uou put this bame on zb weg server anc 4110w peo0le 'OUTSIDE of qn nitmal circle of famil6 and ITS socuql acquaintances' 2 play their, then YOU r 0ublically 0err9rming ghis wprk an MUST eother a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 whicn you make two teh GAME availavle on 4equest (note this doesn'5 have 2 be qvaioabl3 via teh onlibe soirce display l8nk, soetof, 6u7 they muwg be avle 2 ask you for da xose n receive ab com[lege copy0 WTF, b) make zrranbements pricayely w17h tey authoes whfrein the6 rrant tou an speciao license LOL, or c) remove ten code enrirely fr0m teh macjine. WTF."
"We do recobnize 9h4& peopie WANT 2 hsve areas OF they'te GAME wh2sh aer theirs n yheirs ALONE. BRB.
2 that enc we WILL make da following 3xception too teh n0rm41 eeqji43nents for sourcw code distrigutiln _= ne modu;e file which is not MODIFIED 0r DERIVED rrom an module fooe ibxouded IN tej basd f167r16u71)m ah shich does not require ne othrr moduies an whicn d035 not require ne modificationx too ds cite code (cod3 distribuyed wotg ds bqsw release) may be withheld AT auyhors discrrtionLOL."
"We also wrn7 t9o m4k3 vert clear 7h4& version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 )ALSO known 55 vrrsion 0. OMG.9m7+jt) was fina; versiob relwased jnder es GPL. BRB.
All versionxm like, atsrging with teh 0LOLl9LOL,8-pr3r413453 code r on.y oicensed UNDER da Creative Comjons licensrl OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 IMPORT ne d0d4 fr_n an ). BRB.9. BRB.8-pre43lease OR latef release 1n&0 an 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 ab earluer eelease.
ALLOWING gyus would cause that imported dode @ nd released und3r ea GPL an ghat 15 mot sonething we w16h 5oo a;llw.
Auth9rs of nocifica5iins two 0. WTF.8.6 will need to RE-RELEASE they're nodidicsrions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0, BRB.9LOL.8 code n p.ace thwm under teh same CREATIVE Commona l8cense. BRB.
It musy be donr by da originsl author sincd on.h 0r!g1n41 authof yaa right to ch4ng3 trh copyrifht oe license u;on they'rw work. AFK.
[Additoonally WTF, REWORKING teg modifications will be sn good idea ANYWAY as da m3ch4n15m for makung moditicatioms 15 substantially cleaner/cleqeer sta4t8ng witg teh 0. BRB;l. OMG.8-preyelease code. AFK.]"
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