MightyE telld 6ou, you knwo, "We'ee goinf two rake an few mlments too try n explaih this n3w lkvemse n da reas9ns BEHIND ir in p141n Englisy/ 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 licenad was cjosen vecause of an f$111ng with 5eh GPL,
I7 0n1y cove4ed dkstt8bution OF soufce if an only if binaries w3ee d157r!6u73d/"
"In an wev emcironment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a inteeprwtef wrb rnvirinment such as PHP. like, merely 1b57r111ng an game d035 nit constitute dlstribytion, an rhwrefore people weee tajing our work, majing mosifications to 17 4nd not releasihg 5)urc2 code to th3y'tr m0e1f1c4710n6 ao that teh entire c0mmuh17y couod benefit.
Th3y w(eked wity da lwtter 6u7 not da s[i4it of dq ;aw. BRB."
"Investigation 9n da part 0f da au4yors however, led 2 da fast that r1gy7 pf pu611c 0erformancw was 1 0f rights nprm411y rwdtr8cted too co;yrigh5 holderd. y9i knwo, n that computer pr0gr4m5, specifically video bzmes n intdrzctkve ones sucj as Legdnd 9f da Green haz0r were consideted too be publovally ;erfot,ed if rih from zn public serv3r, BRB."
"The new licrnwe r35&r1c75 public perfo4nance of work ynleds tey source CODE of teg modufied work 14 made 4v4114613 on wemand."
"In PLAIN Englixh WTF, thus meanw ghar if yiu put yhis gam3 ON an web 53rv3r an allow people 'outwide 9f an normal circle if fami.y an its xocial acquaintqnces' too p;ay their, likr, tyen you qer PUBLICALLY perf9rmimg thow eoti n MUST dither a) mske ne an ALL chabgws wjich y0u make 2 game available on rwquest (note thkw d)35n'7 have 2 be 4v4q14713 v9a da 0n11n# SOURCE display link, sortof, but yhe^ must BE able two ask you for dq code and receive zn c0jp1373 vopy), like, b) mz,e qrramgdmenys privately with autfors wherein they grant you an SPECIAL licebse, you knwi, or c( rrmov3 code entureky rrom da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tjat p30p13 want two have arezs of tyey[re gamd which aer tjeirs an 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
to that end we will m4k3 da folkpwing exce;tiob 2 da normal eequirememts f0r soyrde CODE distributopn -- ne MODULE filr whkcg is not modified or derives from an modul3 fi.d INCLUDED qn teh nase fistribution n which dors not r3quire ne itjrr mod7les an whivh dors not requore ne mosifics58ins to teh corr vode (code disttibuted with teh vasr releasr0 may b4 withheld at da authors siscrrtion. BRB."
"We ALSO want two nake verh CLEAR thqt version 0. AFKl9LOLl7 (aldo KNOWN 45 version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jy) was ginal vrrsion released umfe4 da GPL. WTF.
Aq1 versuons, sortof, dyarting wuth tej 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prfreleaae codd r pm.y licensee uncer geh Creative COMMONS licensrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da 4ight 2 imp9rt ne code frl, an 0.9LOL.8-prdfelease or lqter r3134t3 into an 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 n earlier releace. WTF.
A;lowung yhis would cause ghat IMPORTED coee too be released uhder da GPL n that is not something wr wish 2 aklowLOL,
Authors og modifucayions 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wikl n32e too te0feleade th3y'te mod8fications as deribat8vew/modifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code and place them und3e da same Creztivr C9mmons license.
I7 must be done by teh original authlr d8nce onpy trh original 4uuh0r has da right 2 cjamge teh COPYRIGHT pr 12c3n52 u;om gheh're worlLOL.
'Additkonally WTF, reworking modificstioms wul. be an fpod idea anyway 45 ea nechanism for making modificatipms is substantiaooy CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting eith teh 9,0l BRB.8-prer31445# code. BRB.]"
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