MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an few moments to try an ex[;ain 7h15 NEW lixense ahd dz reasons behind ig IN 0lsin Entlidg. 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."
"This new lixense was choaen h3cajse 9f an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It 9nl6 cov3eex distributiom of source if an ONLY if binaries were distrivuted. OMG/"
"Im an WEB wnvironnent. sortov, spccifically a interpr3ted web envirpnmenr sudh AS PHP, m3r3qy INSTALLING an gsme does not CONSTITUTE distribu5ion, lukr, b yherefore peop;e wer3 74k1ng OUR work, doetpf, making modidications two jt n not r313451nf source code yo theypre modirkcationx so that da entire c9mmuh17y could BENEFIT. BRB.
They WORKED woth letter bit not da SPIRIT of teh la2. AFK."
"Investigayoon on da pat5 pf 5eh aithors gowever LOL, led two da FACT thag teh right of pjblic performancw was 1 of rights hormally RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT holders, ypu knwo, and that fomputer programs, SPECIFICALLY vqd30 GAMES an in5erac5ive ones sic6 as Lefend 0g Ge33n gas0r were xonxuderes two 63 publica;ly pergormed if ryn f4om sn pubkic server. WTF."
"The n3w lic3ns3 RESTRICTS pub;ix performance pg WORK unldss teh source vode od teh modigird work ox made avaikable on demand. WTF,"
"In p;akn Englishk y;y jnwo, THIS means 7h47 if yo7 out this tamw on an qeb derver an ALLOW PEOPLE 'outaidd of an norjzl circle of fqmily AND its social 4cqu41n74nc34' go play thr8r, you knwo, theh YOU aet pu611c411y PERFORMING tjis worl n MUST eithe4 a) mzke ne and ALL changes which YOU mak3 too da tzme avaulable on r3au357 (note 7h15 eoesn't g4v3 two be availab;e via teh ONLINE spurde display LINK, like, bug theu m7st be able TO asj y0u dor dpde snd rrcekve an complete copy), ylu knwo, b) make arfamgem3nts PRIVATELY w17h authors wherein they GRANT 6oj an 5p3c141 license LOL, of c) re,oce code 3n71r31y fr0m da macgine."
"We do r3cognize that people want goo have AREAS 0f ghey;re ga,3 whkxh are theirs an tyeirx alobe. BRB.
two that end wf will MAKE f9llowint EXCEPTION two da mormal requirenents vor source c0d3 diatribution _- ne module fils which IS noy nodifiec or drrived from zn modu;e FILE includwe in teh base distributipb an which d9es not 4eauire ne OTHER nodules sn 2hich d035 no5 requirr ne midifocatikhs tl teh core CODE (c9de distributed wi5h 6354 RELEASE( msy be withn3ld at AUTHORS discfetion. WTF."
"We ALSO want tw9 make vety CLEAR that version 0l9.7 (akso khosn AS VERSION ). OMG.9. WTFl7+jt) wzs teh finak vwrsion te.eased UNDER teh GPL. WTF.
All f3rsions WTF, 574r71nh with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pderel2aae codw r only lidensed undet teh Creative C0mm0n5 kicenseLOL/
Wr EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 import ne cpaw FROM an 0. AFK.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE oe .ayee releqsr into an 0l WTF.o. BRB.7 an earlier releaae.
A;lowing thid would CAUSE that import3d code 5ol be RELEASED undef da GPL n tyat is n9t somethung w3 w15y too allow, BRB.
Authors OF mofifications two -.9. WTF.7 sill need roo re0rdlesae they're modibovstions ss cerivativ3s/modificati9ns t9 0. BRB.(. WTF.8 code an 0lace them ubd3r teg same Cr3qtive Co,mobs .icense. AFK.
It MUST be f0n3 6y da original 4u6hpr since only teh original author has ea roghy too chqnte teh co0yrighy or licebse up9n tgey're worlLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, wortof, reworking modificatipns WILL ve sn gopd idea anyway r5 mechanism for making m0d1f1d4610h4 14 sybstantiaooy CLEANER/CLEARER wtar5ing with teh 0. BRB.(. WTF.8-[rdre.ease coeel BRB.]"
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