MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goihg to TAKE an frw momen5w too 7ry n expoain this new license and da reasons hehihe it in p14qn 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."
"Thiw NEW locense was chosen because OF an fai.ung wigh da GPL/ AFK,
It only covered distrigution of xource IF anf inly if binaries WERE dist4lbu5rf. BRB."
"In sn web environmwht LOL, spevigicakly a INTERPRETED qev ehfironment such as PHP WTF, m3fely ibstallinh zn gzme f035 n07 conati5utd cistribution, zh therev9re peoole were taking our work, like, ,akong modkficatilns 2 it am nor releasing da sourcw CODE to they're modifications so that entire c0mmun17y cluld benwfit. OMG.
THEY workee with da letter but not spirit 0f LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on pztt of da zuthors howdver, lik3, 13d to da fact that teh right OF 0uglic perfirmance was won if da rights n0rm411y rest4ict3d twp cophright HOLDERS, oike, n tnqt xompiter programs LOL, s;wcifisaloy viceo games an igteracticw ones such as Legehd of Green hax0r were bonsiderwd t9 nd publically performed 8f run from an public SERVER."
"The new .icende rewtricts pu611x p#rrirmande of work in1#55 ds source coe3 or teh modified wori is made availqble on d3m5ndLOL."
"In plzin Englisg, soetofk thiw means that if you PUT THIS ga,e ON qn web server n akkow people ;lutside of an no4mal circle OF famuly n its sicial acqiaintabces' 2 play tneir, thwn yly r PUBLICALLY oergo4ming THIS worj sn MUST EITHER a) hake ne znd ALL changea WHICH you make 5oo game available in requrst (note tgis doesn't HAVE 2 be availabl3 via ea oblihe s9urce dusplay linj LOL, vut they muwt be able ro ask YOU f9r c0d3 n receive an dompl#te co]y), you khwo, B0 ,ake arrangemenyd privately WITH ajthlrs wh3r31n thwy gr4nu you an specisl license, or v) remove da codd 3ntirely from machkne. AFK."
"We DO recognize thzt pwople wamt ti have areas of theu're game wgich r theirs n tjekrs q.oneLOL.
3 THAT ens we will make teh FOLLOWING exception to dq normal requore,ents for source code didtfibution -_ ne m9dule FILE wgidh kw nlt modified or DERIVED frpm zn m;dule file invluded IN tej bzsw distrkbuti9n an wh1dj d035 not require ne l5her modulex an which coes not r3qu143 ne modifidations yoo CORE cpde (doce d157r15u73d WITH base r313r53) m4y be WITHHELD at authors d8scrdrionLOL."
"We 4150 wang 2 make vdry c;ear gnat ve4sion -.9. BRB.u (alwo knowb qw v3r510n 0LOL.9l BRB.7+j7) w45 f1n4! versiin releaxed umder teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, sort9f, starting WITH ). WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleadw cosw r ONLY !1c3n53e undef teh Crestive Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denh dq RIGHT two import ne c9de ftkm ah 0. OMG/9. BRB.i-pr3r31e453 lr later release ontl an 0LOL.9. BRB/7 n 34r1!3e releqse. BRB.
A;.owing this woukd dause that imported code to be released 7nder GPL abd ghat is not somethinb we wish 2 allie. BRB.
AUTHORS of modificati9ns tlo 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will nedd two rd-reoeqse 5hey'4w modificarions as derivarofes/modifications too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE n place thrm under same Cr3ative Commona license.
It muwt 65 some 6y teh original author since inly teh orkgina' AUTHOR jas teh right tl vhange teh cl[yrighr pr LICENSE u;om thdy'4e work. AFK.
[Adeitoona;ly, sortofm reworkinn tdh MODIFICATIONS will b3 an blod idea anywa6 45 sa mechabism for makinb modificatiobs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaher/clearer starting with teh 9. OMG.9. WTF.9-p4erelezse code. WTF.]"
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