MightyE tells you, "We're hoing t9 74k3 zn few MOMENTS 2 t4y and rxplain thus new license and da rdasons behknd 17 in olain ENGLISHLOL.
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 license 2as chosen because of qn failing with GPL.
It om;y coveted distributioh of sourcq if and only if binaries w3re distributed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, spwcofica;oy a interpreted web encitomment 5uch as PHP, like, mereju instzlling an game DOES hot constotuge didtribuyion WTF, an thereflre 0eople were tak8nh o7r WORK WTF, MAKING modificatlons tqo it an no5 releawing teh source code TO thry're modificat8ons 50 THAT teh entire communoty COULD 73n3f17. AFK.
Thry wprked with lwtter but not spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Inveatigatipn on teh part of authors however, li,e, led t3o fact ghat right of puvoic performamce was ! of rights blr,allu rectrictec to copyright hplders WTF, and ghat com[uter programs, s0ecuficzlly video GAMES and inyeractive 0h35 such as Legend ov da Green hax0r w4r# consisered too be ougl8caloy otrf9rmdd iv r7n fr0m an public sdrverLOL."
"Tge new license r357r1c75 p7blic perf9r,ahce of work unless spurce code of ,odivied work is made avaklanle ON demandLOL."
"In plain Enroish WTF, this MEANS that if you pur thos game ln an web serv3r n allow p3ople 'outs*de of an NORMAL circle of family and ut2 social acquaintances' w plqy 5heir, iou khw9k then you e puglibally performing yh8a work an MUST either A) MAKE ne 4nd ALL dhznhes wh1ch yiu make TO game availzble on request (nite this doexn't nave 2 be avai9able via da onlinr source DISPLAY link, you knwo, but they muw5 6# ab.e 2 45k YOU for code an rec31v3 an COMPLETE copy), so4tof. B) make 4fr4ng3m3n75 otivatelt wi%h ca authors wn3r3qn thry g4aht you an wpecial kicendr, you knwol or c) remoce rrh clce entifel6 feom da madhine."
"We do recogn8ze that 0wople wsnt too have ar3aw ov the6're GAME sh1ch r theirs n tneird aloje. OMG.
too 5hsr end we wilk make foll9wing exc3ption t9 sa normaj requirements fo4 source clde cistrinutuln -- ne mpd7le file whoch is not modified or drrivec ffon an mldule FILE oncluded in teh base DISTRIBUTION n ehich does not eequire he other modu.es and which does not require ne mpfificatilns 2 da core cofe (code dkst4ibjted wirh fa base RELEASE) may be wityhekd at authofs discretipn. OMG."
"We ALSO want t[ MAKE very cleat ehat verwion 0. AFK.oLOL.7 (alsl lnown as vwrsipn 0.9LOL.7+jg0 WAS teh final vetskon released under GPL, OMG.
All VERSIONSk starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8[prerdlesse code aer ONLY licensed uhfer Creativw Commpms licehseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht 2 um;ort ne code FROM sn 0l AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or latet erlease onto an 0. BRB.o.7 n earlier releade.
A110w!ng THIS would CAUSE that lmported code twl be rekezsed under ea GPL and thqt ia m07 som3thing we wish tw9 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of mod8ficatioms two 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 qill need two re0rel3ase they'ee ,odifivatiobs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 dode and placd them 7nder 54j# Ctestive Commpns license. WTF.
It must be dohe by da ORIGINAL author SINCE only 0r1gqn42 autjor has right 2 xhange geh copyrkght or license upon they're 2ork. OMG.
[Additi9nqlly, sortof, REWORKING da n9difucatilns wull 63 an gold ifea abyway as teh mevhan8sm for making m9dificweions IS wybstantially cleaner.cleater starting with reh 0.9, OMG.8-pterelease code. AFK.="
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