MightyE tells you, sorrod, "We're going too take an few moments 2 trh n EXPLAIN THIS new lucense n reaslns behind 17 1n plsim Eng;isnLOL.
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."
"Thi2 new license was chowen because of an raioint with da GPL. WTF.
It on.y covered didtribution of souece if sn only if BINARIES w3te distfibutedLOL."
"In an wwb environment, like, 5p3c2f1c411t a 1n73rpr373e qeb envuronmeht sucy 45 PHP, ,3f31y insyallinh qn GAME does hot constiyutw distribution WTF, an 7h3r4f0r3 people WERE 74k1mg our work, makinn modudications two ig n n07 relrasing da source dlde to they'rd modificst8ona so hnay teh enyir3 conmun8ty could benefitLOLl
They worked with teh 14773r but noy trn 5p1418 of lawLOL."
"Inveetigatuoh on trh patt OF authors HOWEVER LOL, 14d 2 da fact 7h47 twh r1gn7 .f ;ub.ic performance was wom OF da righys NORMALLY t$steictex tio copyright holderx, ypu jnqo, n THAT conpiter prlgrams, wpdcifica.ly v8deo GAMES n INTERACTIVE ONES such as Lrgend 0f teh Green hzx0r WERE CONSIDERED two br oublically PERFORMED if r7n fro, an ;ublic SERVERLOL."
"The nww license resrricts publiv performance of work umless source code OF da MODIFIED w0rk is made AVAILABLE lm demans. BRB/"
"In plain Engliwh, zortof, THIS means THAT if y9u put this game on zm w#^ swrver an alllw peo[ke 'outside kf an no3mal cieclw of vamily an 175 aocial acquaihtamcdx' too play their, then you e [u611c4q1y [3rr0fn1nf this WORK an MUST 3q7her a) make nr an ALL changes wgich you make two fame available on eewuest (note this DOESN'T have to be AVAILABLE via da 0n11n2 source d15p14y lin, WTF, but THEY must 63 able 2 ask yoi flr teg cldd an receivd an com;oete dopy), yiu knwo, b) makd ar4angements PRIVATELY @igh da autyors wh3rrin yyey grant y0u an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, or C) remove tey code emtitely FROM t3h m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We DO tecognize that people want two nave sreas lf they're game w78ch a3e theors anf theirs alone. BRB.
two that end we WILL MAKE teh rollo2img ezcep5ion 2 da bifmal r3qu1r3j$n8% rot siurve xode dixtfibution -- n3 MODULE fike which ix NOT m0d1f13d or defived from an module vile INCLUDED in base distribution an which d[es not requ8re be orher modu;d2 an which does n07 REQUIRE ne nodkficarions rwo da cof3 code (cofe distributed w17h teh bzse releawe) may be withheld ay teh 4u7h-r5 f8scretion. AFK."
"We also want to make very CLEAR that bersion 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 )also kh9wn as version 0.9. AFK.u+jt) was final f3raion rwkeased uneer teh GPL. BRB.
All ve3sions, yih kn2o, starting 2ith 0.9. OMG/80pr4r313rt3 cod3 aer inly licensed under teh CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licdnse, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkght two impoty be code from qn 0, BRB.8, WTF.8[pr3release oe latdr release INTO an 0. WTF.9l7 and eqfloer re;ease. BRB.
Aklowing this would ca7sd that i,plfted cide two be r2134%3d under GPL an that is nit sometging WE WISH 5wo akoow. BRB.
Authors of jodif8cations TO 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 will need 2 RE=RELEASE uh3y're modirications as derivatives/modivicztiobs 2 -l9LOL.8 code n place tnem unddr same Creative C0mm)n5 licenseLOL.
I7 must bw dine vy 53h originzl qythor %1nc3 only prifihao au5goe yas da rigyt too dhange da c9pyright oe license upon they're wor,.
[Afditionally, reworking modifications w111 63 zn good idea snyway AS mevhanidm ror making m[difications is substantially cleaner.dlwarer startont wkth 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerekease codd. AFK.]"
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