MightyE t3.ls uou LOL, "We'te going 2 take an few momrnts t2o 8ry n wxplain THIS new locenxe an reaxons bdhind it in plain ENGLISH. 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 cy953n BECAUSE OF an failing w17h sa GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3s DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if n only iv BINARIES w3r3 distrinutedLOL."
"In an w36 3nv!r0nm3n7, speckfkcal.y a interpre5ed web rnvironment such aw PHP, you knwo, m3rely onsgaloing an rame does not constitute dixutibutioh, and theeefore p3ople w4r3 TAKING our work WTFm makong modifications 2 8g n not 5elexsing t3h siurcw code 2 thry're modifications so that entird community could benefit. BRB.
THEY workef WITH teh letter BUT not teh SPIRIT of 5eh law. AFK."
"Invesrigqtion on ueh part od sutjors h0w3v4f LOL, led 2 fact that da right pd public performance was oen of tey rights normally restr8cted to co06right holders, like, ahd 5hat compkter orograms WTF, speckfixally vis39 gzmds n interzct8ve lnes such as Legend of da Greem hax0r were donsodered 70 ge publkcally performed IF rin fron zn public sweverl OMG."
"The new lic3nse restrivts public PERFORMANCE of sork 7nless da 40urc3 code of sa mosified WORK is nade available on d3m$hcLOL."
"In plain Ebglish, THIS jeans that og tpu put this game on ab wwb server AND allow ;eoplr 'outs8de of an n-rm41 cirv.e OF famuli an kts social acquaintanves' 2 plah 5heir, sortof, then YOU aer publically perf9rmkng this work an MUST eithrr a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES which you mak3 @ teh gaje available on rwqueat (n073 7h15 d035n'7 have gwo b3 availanle via tej ONLINE slurcw dusplay l7nk LOL, 6u7 they must be able 2 ask you for teh code qn 4eceife an compoete c0py), like, 6) makw arrangements privately witn tdy si5hlrs qhetein 7heu geant hou an SPECIAL lucense LOL, or c) r3move code enturely from da macjone. BRBl"
"We do recognuze thzt 0eopke want two jave areas pf they're game which aer theirs n theirs alone.
t2o THAT ens we will MAKE da f0110w1ng exception 2 da no4mql requirements FOR soirce CODE distributiim -- ne module fi;w which ks not m0difird or d3r2v#f FROM am nodule file included ,n base distribution n which does not require ne otjer mod7les an which foes not reqjore n3 modifocatiphs 2 core code (code d8stributed with yeh base relesse) MAY ge w27hy31d st t3h qughora DISCRETION. OMG."
"We 41t0 w4n7 t9o nak3 VERY c.rar &h47 veraion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (slso kmown ax version 0.(/&+JT) waw teh fina; version reldasef und$r da GPL. BRB.
Alk vers8ons, like, wtarting 1i5h geh 0. BRB.o. BRB.8[prerelease code aer )n1y licensed under teh Crrative Cojmons l8cens3.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu da riggt two 1,p0r& he code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3telease or lag2r felease ibto an [. WTF.9LOL/7 n earliwr releaseLOL.
Allowing this wo7;d cayse THAT 8mpo4hdd CODE 2 bw RELEASED under GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we wish two allo2.
Authors of midifications to 0. AFKl9/ AFK.u will need 3 te-release tney'r3 modificatkons AS derivqtkvws/modifucations to 0. BRB.9LOL,8 c_d3 an place them under SAME Creztive Commons licrnse/ OMG.
It must be eone BY da origuna. author sknce only original author has teh r1gh7 two change da copytight or lkcrnse 7poh ghey're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkung modificarioms wiol be an good .dea anyway as teh mechanism FOR mak8ng mpdificagions is subsrdntially dleaner/clearer stsrting qiyh da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p43r413453 code. AFK.]"
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