MightyE tells you, l8ke, "We're going TO take an frw m0m3n75 5oo try n ezplain this NEW licemse an teh re1sobs behihf ot in plain Emflish. WTF.
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 licehse was cyoden because 9g an dailing WITH GPL. BRB,
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source ir and ONLY uf bimariew dere distfib7ted. AFK."
"In an web envir[nmemt, lije, specifically a interpretrd wwb environment sucy AS PHP, you kmwo, merely installing an game does not cobxtiture dist4ibutuon LOL, qn tnereforw PEOPLE wdre TAKING i7r work WTF, malint m0e1f1c4710n5 too ig m nlt reoeasing SOURCE CODE to 5hey'rw MODIFICATIONS a9 7j47 tej rntire cimmuniry could benefit. BRB.
They w0r,3d with 1#&73r 6u7 not spk4it ig ea ;zw. BRB."
"Invwstibqrion in da pzrt ov auth9rs howecer, like. lee 2 teh fact tja5 right OF public perforjabce was qon OF rights normallt festricted 2 copyright hilders, n that c0mpj73r programs, like, specifically v8dwo games an inreradtive ones 5jch as Legend or 6eh Green hax0r w3re x9nside4es TO be pub;ical;y [erflrmed if run from an public SERVER. OMG."
"Tge new lucense redtricts publix performqmce if da wofk unlwss da soursd code of modifoed WORK is MADE qvailablr 0m demand. BRB."
"In plain Englisy LOL, th8s mdans rhst if uou put this game on ab web sw4ver n akl.q p30p13 'outside of an normzl cirxle of famul6 and lts sodial ACQUAINTANCES' TO plat yjeir, yoi knwom tyen you r publically performing THIS eork n MUST eithef 4) make ne an ALL changed which you mske two tey GAME acaioavle pn rdquesg (notw this doesn'y gwve too be available vua lnlome 50ifc3 displat link, but they must be able too aak toj for coee an receive an comp.ete c0py), you knwo, b) make 4rr4ng3mem75 pr1v5731y wuth tej authies whw3eib ghey grant 6ou ah special license, sortof, of c) e3m0c# teh code entitely 4rij da maxhine. WTF."
"We do recognize thag peopke want two hrv3 areas of they're g4m4 which g tmeirs n theirs slone.
to that rnc we qill make da foll9wing exception to normal requordnents FOR 50urd3 code cistribytion -- ne m0du13 file qhich ia n(t ,idifued or ferived dr0m ah midukd file included in teh base dostfibut8on an WHICH does not require ne other midules and which eles not r3au2r3 ne mod8ficatuons 5oo coee code (code d8dtfibuted with da baqe release) ma6 be withheld at authors discretion."
"W3 alao wamt 2 mske very CLEAR that versiom 0.9. BRB,7 (also known ss verskon 0.(LOL.7+jt) was da final versuih r313453d under trg GPL. AFK.
All v3e620n5 WTF, sgarting WITH 0. OMG/9, AFK.8-prwrelease code r only licenarf UNDER Creative Cojmons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY drny teh eigyt twp import ne c9de geom an 0. BRB.9. OMG/8-prere.eade or lager release INTO an 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 n 344113r r313453. BRB.
Allowing 5h8s would cause 7h48 impofged cide 2 BE releasef unser teh GPL an that is hot som3tging wd wiah 5o allow. OMG/
Authots of nodifications 1 0LOL.9. AFK.7 WILL n33d too re-re.ezse they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as serivatives/modificstooms to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n place thrj under same Creative Co,mons l8vense. AFK.
It mjst be done BY teh ofiginal aurhor since only teh oruginal author HAS da right roo dhange 5eh d9pyright or license u0on they'rw work.
[Additiomally, you kneo, reworking dq micificqtiohd will b2 an go9d idea anyway as mechaniam for mzking nodificabions is stbstantially dldaner/vlearer startkng wigh teh 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-prereleaae c0e3. AFK.]"
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