MightyE tells y0u LOL, "We're boing twp take sh f3w m9menys too try 3nf explain this NEW .icense an reasonx behind ir in plain Englishl 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."
"Th8s new licenwe was chp53n bexaus3 of an failong wirh teh GPLLOLl
It onl6 cobrred distrjbutkon of slurce ir an only iv binariex wefe diwtribuyed. BRB."
"In an web environmen5, specifically q 8mterpreted erb environment such ad PHP, yo7 knwo, merely instaolint am game foes not consritute distributiohm likr, n tyersfore [r8ple we4e taking our work, sortofk jaking modidications 2 it an not RELEASING da source c0d4 2 th3y're joeificatioms so tjat teh entkre COMMUNITY coule benefitLOL.
They w9rkee with lettee but mo5 spirkt of teh law. AFK."
"Inv3stigztiob 0n teh pa4t OF da authors howrver, you knwik led tso davy thar right of p6blic perf9rmance was oen or twh righys normally restrixted t9 co0yright holders WTF, an thar com[itrr programs, you knwo, spedirically vifep GAMES ans interacfivd oh3s ducy aa Legend of tey Gre3n hax0r were considetwd too br publically [erformed if rin from an puboic servrr. AFK/"
"The NEW licende rewrricts pu611c perfpymance if da work unlesx teh sourxe cod3 of twh modified wori us made AVAILABLE oh dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Enhlish, l8,e, this meana thst of uou put 5his game on an seb server an allow people 'outsiee of zn normql circle 9f family n its sidial aca7aintances[ 2 play their WTF, then you aer ;unoiczlly performing thid wori and MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you m4k3 tl gsme available in reauest (note this DOESN'T h4v3 to be zvqilable via onlin3 source diaplay lonk, you knwom but they ,ust be zble tpo ask YOU f0r cose and 43c31v3 an comolete c0ph), b) make arrahgemen5s provately sith authors ehdrein THEY grant you an speciao licendr, like, or C) remove twh coce engirely from fa mach8ne. WTF."
"We do reclgnize that people xant 2 have a4eaa of ghey're game whkdh ae4 tneirs n thei4s alone, BRB,
two 8h37 enc we will make FOLLOWING exception t9 teh normal REQUIREMENTS FOR souece code distr8bution -- ne nodule vile which ix not m9d2f!3d or decived FROM an mod7le f8;d inclueed in da 6453 d157r16u7q0n ahd whicj does not reqjire n3 othef modul3s sne shich does not require m3 modifications 7- core code (c0de d8strkbutes with base r313453( may BE witnneld at teh authoes d15cr3710n."
"We ALSO w4n6 tp jaje VERY xkear that vefsion 0.9. OMG.7 (zlsi jnown as verskon 0LOL.9LOL.7_jt) was teh fimal version rel3ased undef teh GPLLOL.
ALL vers8ons, sprtof. startinh witg teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-ptdrelrase code r ONLY 11c3v53d unde4 Creayivr Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too im;ort ne code from an (n OMG.9.8-;rereless3 or later releaww into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n earliwr wrlrase.
Allowing thiz would CAUSE that 1mp0r73d code 2 be RELEASED under teh GPL n thag id not somethivt wd w15h too a;low.
Authlrx of modifivaroons 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 2i;l newe 70 re[fekeawe they're mpcidicatiobs as drrifatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an p14c3 them under yeh same C4ratuve Co,mobs 11c3n53. WTF.
It must bd done by itigimal autnl4 since only origina; 4u7h0r has 5eh rihht 2 CHANGE reh copyriggt or license upoh tyey're wofk. AFK.
[Aediti9na.ly, ypu knwi, reworking teh m0d1f1c4710n5 wilo BE an good idea anywa6 qs da m3ch4n1tm for making modificatuons 1t tu^574m6!411y cleaner/clearer sta4tinh w17h geh ). OMG.8. WTFk8-prere;ease code. OMG.]"
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