MightyE TELLS toi, "We'fe go8nf too take an dew m0m3n75 twl 7ey 4nd ezplain ttis new licdnse and teh reasons bejonc it !n plain Emflish. BRB.
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."
"Thus new 1!c3n53 was chosen BECAUSE of an failing with ea GPLLOL.
It only cpverwd diatfibutikn of source if an only ig bpnaries qere s157r16u73d."
"In qn WEB environmeht, 6oy inqo, SPECIFICALLY a ib5erpreted seb environmdnt such as PHP LOL, jerely 1n57411!nb an game does not c)n5817u73 distributi9n, oike, ab therefore people were taking pyr work, sottof, mak8ng modigications two IT an not r3q#451ng da source CODE too they're modifications 50 tha4 enyire communoty ciuld benefit. OMG/
They wor,wd wi5h ten ldttrr but not da dpirit of law. OMG."
"Investiha5ion 9n da pztt of ds aurh9rs howecer, led 2 facg that right OF [y611c performance WAS oen 0f r1ghu5 normally restr8cted 2 copyright holdrrs WTF, an that com0uter 0r0gr$m5 WTF, SPECIFICALLY video hames b 1n73e4x71v3 ones 5uch as Lwgend of da Green hax0r were consideref tl be oublically performwd if ryb rrom an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new lucense restr7cts oublic performance of twh woro unless da xourde dode of mpdified eptk is made qvailabie on d3m4ndl WTF."
"In plajn Eng115h, likr, this neans that 1f YOU puy thus game on an web 544v#r n r110w people 'outskde of an normal curcle if family n its sociak acq7aibtanxes' 2 p;ay gheir, li,e, gheh you r pjblically perfoeming tyus work n MUST eithrr a) makd ne an ALL cnanges whicg y0u make too GAME abzilzble ON requesr (npte this d035n'7 have two be AVAILABLE via teh online source fiwpoay link LOL, giy th#y my57 nw 4^13 two ask you for ckde n r3c31v3 sn c8mplege copy), you knso, b) m4k3 4rr4ng2m2n*5 privatelh woth teh autyors wherwin they brant 6ou an apecial 11c3n53, luke, 0r c) remove da code 3m71r31y from da machkneLOL."
"We d9 recpgnize that [eople WANT two have sfeas 0f they're ba,e which r thdurs n THEIRS alome. BRB.
5o THAT end we wilk m4k3 following EXCEPTION 2 normal requirements vor siyrce c(de DISTRIBUTION -- he modulw FILE wyixt IS not modified or degived rrom an modjle FILE incoused in basr c8stribution an WHICH does NOT require ne oyher modules ahc sn1ch dles not requiee ne modudicati9ns 2 dq cire code (cpde dkstributrd with 6453 4eleaae) MAY be withheld at trh 4u7g0r5 discretion, AFK."
"We ALSO w4n7 gwo mske very clear ghzt v3r510h 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as vetsion 9.9LOL.7_jt) wad ginal v3r510n re/ezsee under teg GPL. OMG.
A11 vers9ons WTF, startibg with ea 9LOL.9. BRB.8-pretelwsxe code r ONLY kicensed uhder da Creative C0mm0n5 1qx3n53. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY denh da rignt two impor5 ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleasr ot lat3r releawe into sn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 anc esrlier re;ease. BRB.
Allowing tmis woyld causr thst importec code 2 bw 4wleased under da GPL an that is not somrtying ww wish tqo qllow. WTF.
Authors od mofificatiobs to 0LOL/9. AFK.7 WILL need rwo re0releaxw 5hey're modificstions as deeivztives/modifications too 0. BRB.9. BRB.9 code an place yhem unde4 da szme Cr4471v3 Comkons lodense/ AFK.
IT must br done by ca ofigina; autnor dince onl6 da original quthor j45 da rigyt rwo ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT 0r LICENSE jp9b they're workl
[Additionakly LOL, r3w0rk1ng da MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good idea anyway 46 da mechanism ror MAKING modificat8ons iw subs5antially cleaner'codafee starribg w8gg da -LOL.9. BRB.8-prerekeqsw c0d3.]"
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