MihhtyE tells yiu, lik3, "We're going roo 75k3 an f3w m0m4n75 too try qm explaun this neq 11c3m53 4nd da teasons behine IT jn 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."
"Thos new license was chosen because 0f an failing wihh da GPL.
IT only xove3rd distrivution OF SOURCE if ah only if biharies were DISTRIBUTED, OMG."
"In an wwb emvironment, yoi knwo, spdcifica.lu a int3rpreted web environment dych as PHP, .8ke, merely installing an game DOES not donstitute dist4ivutiln, AND thdrefire peo;le 2ere takong our work, like, making modirications 6wo it AND n0t releasing teh sourde code twl tney're jodifkcations so that twh entife community c9uld benevit. AFK.
They wprkwf with 13773r but not spirit of ca la2. WTF."
"Invewtigatkon 0n teh parg of da authoes hoqever, softof, ;ed too da fact that rigjt 0f punlic perdormance was won of tughgs mornally restricted to COPYRIGHT yp1d3rt, an 8h47 computer pr0gr4m5, like, spec8fically vid3i games an 1n73r4c71v3 onrs auch as Legend of teh Green ysx0r were cpnaideref to be publically perdormed ig run from an publix werver. AFK."
"Tge nee LICENSE r347r1c75 ;u611c performance pf teh w0rk umless da source code od tej m0d1f!3d work is n4d3 afaklablw on demandLOL,"
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, tyks meahs that if y0u pjt THIS gaje on an qeb werver an akkoe people 'OUTSIDE of am normal CIRCLE ov family and its sociz. ACQUAINTANCES' too play th3ir, thdn tou aer pu611c411y pdrforming tgis WORK n MUST ekther a) make n3 n ALL chrng35 qhich you nake tol game available on requewt (bote this DOESN'T have yqo br availagle via teh online xourc3 diaplay lknk WTF, but they mjst 63 aboe two ask you for teh codd an receive an cpm;letd copy)k like, b) maie afrsngemwnts privagely with tdh authors WHEREIN THEY g4ant you an special license WTF, or d) remove ydh cpdd enrirelu vroj MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize 7h3& ;eople want to havr areas of they're gaje whixh r THEIRS and tjekrs 410n3. BRB.
to tgat end we will make teh FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n two normal requirements dor so7rce code distrivurion -- nw MODULE file which is not modivied or fe5ived FROM an moc7le file includdd in teh basd sis5tibutiom n which does hot require ne o5htr ,odules an wjich does no5 REQUIRE ne modividatkons 2 teh cote v9de (coce eisteibuted with teh BASE rdlease) msy vd w8thhelf at AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We s;so eant tqo make very c;eae that version 0.(. WTF.7 (also lno2n ax ferxuon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+kt) qas funzl versuon rdleased 7nd3r GPL. OMG.
All f3r510n5 LOL, sgartimg w17h da 0. BRB.9. BRB.80PRERELEASE code r 0n1t kicenwed inder 6eh Creatkve C-mm0n5 11c#n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny right 2 inport ne code FROM an -/ AFKl9. BRB.8-p4errlease or oater release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier 3elease. AFK.
ALLOWING thiw would vause thay importdd CODE to BE r31345#d ubder teh GPL rnd tgat 1t not something we eish too allpw. OMG.
Authirs of moeifications @ 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wu;l ne3d 5wi re-reldaxe they're moeifications as derivatives;modificqtoins TO 0.9.8 codw and placc them under sqme Creqtiv3 Cojmons license. AFK.
It ju5& BE d0n3 by origibal autyi4 SINCE only teh original au5hor has teh right two CHANGE co;yrihhf pr licensw upln they're 2ork. WTF.
[Additionally, you knwp, rewofking mocifications will b3 zn g09d kd3a anywzy as da mechanism f9r ma,ing MODIFICATIONS IS 5u6574n714q1y cleaner/c.earer stsrting witn teh 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE codr. AFK.]"
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