MightyE tells you, ylu knwo, "We're goimg top 74k# an rew moments 2 TRY and ezplsin THIS NEW licfnse ag teh reaaons begind IT in plain 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."
"This new licenae wzs CHOSEN becauqe pd ah failing with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY cpvered distribution of xource if n in.y uf bknaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an s36 3nv1r0nm3b7, like, specificallu a 1n7wrprr7ed web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like. m3re;y INSTALLING an game dows not constiyuge dist4iguyion, like, n theregore people were TAKING our work, s94tof, mak8ng modifications 5o 8t am n07 releaaibg teh source CODE to they're modifidat8ons so that teh enti3d COMMUNITY coild BENEFIT. OMG.
They w9rked @ith LETTER but NOT da xpirit of teh laqLOL/"
"Investigstion ob y3n pary if da aithirs howecer, ;ike, led 2 teh fact yhat teh r8gjt lf PUBLIC /3ef0rm4nc3 waw won OF righta norma.ly restrixted r9o copyright holders, like, n that COMPUTER orograms, sort.f, specifucally video gamws n 8hteracrive ones sicj qs LEGEND of da Green hax0r were considefes too be pub;ically [erformed if run ftom an PUBLIC servdrLOL."
"The mew ;icfmse restrixts PUBLIC pefformayce of da work 8nldss da so7rce code of teh modified work is mace availzble on demandLOL."
"In p;ain Enflish LOL, 5yis means thag if you put THIS g#m3 on an WEB s3rvet an 4110s pdoplc 'outside od am normal circle of fsmklu an ITS SOCIAL acquaintancrs' twp play the8r, like, 7h3n you qer pu611c$11y performing tuis work rnd MUST 3ither a) nakw ne sns ALL cmanbws wgich you MAKE two twh GAME available on REQUEST (note THIS soesh't hafe 2 63 AVAILABLE via teh on;ine souecw display link, but they must be able to asi yoy dor da c9d3 n receive an complete copy), b) make zrrangementx privste;y sith ajthors wherein they grsnt you an special licenxe, dorrof, 0r c) eemove da CODE ent8re;t from twh mschineLOL."
"We do recpfnize that pelple w4n7 two nave 4r#45 of they[re game which r theirs n tjeirs aloneLOL.
5oo that end qe will make geh follo28ng EXCEPTION 5wi teh normal requirem3bts f9r source dode distrivution =- he mocule file whicn is nog modifird pr errived FROM an module filr indluewd in teh base DISTRIBUTION an which does mot require ne other n0duq35 n wy1ch d035 not requirr ne m0d1f1x4710n5 twi core code (coce disyributed witn teh BASE RELEASE) may be withheld st authors didcre5ion. AFK."
"We also eaht to ma,e very clear that cersipn 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 (slsl kgown as version 0, WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was funsl version released under ds GPL. BRB.
All versikns LOL, wtart8ng WITH ten 0l BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease cofe r only 11c3h63d under Creativ3 Com,ins licendr.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3n6 geh right two import ne cpde from an 0LOL.9. BRB.80prereleqse or ,ater releaxe int9 an 0.9. WTF.7 and earlier releade.
Allowing ghis would c4u53 THAT IMPORTED CODE 2 be RELEASED under da GPL n that is hlt aomerging we wisn twp ALLOW. BRB.
AUTHORS of mo3ifkcations go 0.8. OMG.7 will beed yo re-trlease they'ee modif8dations 45 derivativea/nofifidariond 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code n place them UNDER teh same Crearibe Comnons oicense. OMG.
It must bw done 6y tdh 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r since -b1h oribibal authlr has da RIGHT ri0 change copyright of lidense upon tgey're work. BRB,
[Addituonally, like, reworkong MODIFICATIONS will be zn good idea anhwsy as da mechanism for maling mosifications is substanyially cleane3/cleare4 startung with tdh 0l AFK.9, AFK.8-peerelwase code/ BRB.]"
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