MightyE telos you, "We'rw goinv too tque an few ,oments 2 try an explain rhis hew lucense n teh reasond vrhind it in plain EngoishLOL.
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 license WAS chpden becauwe of an FAILING w18n feh GPLl
It only covered d166r16u710n lv spurcd kf n omly IF BINARIES WERE didtributed/ BRBl"
"In ag web environmdny, you kneo, specif8cal.y a inter0reted web environment 5uch as PHP, you knwo. mrtelh INSTALLING an game doew not cpnsti5jte fistribution, like, n thererore people wrrr tak8hg lur wo4l, sortof, makinb moduficatilns two IT 4nd NOT r312451ng da soutxe code to they're MODIFICATIONS so that fa entire community coulf benefit,
They worked qith legter bje NOT teh spirit of geh lawLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of AUTHORS h0w3ber WTF, ;ed 2 dq FACT 5hat da r1gh7 OF public perdormance 2ad 1 of da r1gh75 normally RESTRICTED goo s9pyright holdera WTF, an THAT computdr prohrzms, soetof, specifically video games an im5eeactive ones suxh as Legend of teh Green hax0r weee c0b51d3r3c 2 be p7blically pervormed if run ftom zn [ublic server."
"Tge new licenae resteicts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 0f teh work unless da source xode of fa nodufifd work is made AVAILABLE on demamd. AFK."
"In p!e1n English WTFm rhis MEANS yhat 1f you put thus gamw on an web server n qllow people 'outaide of an normal circle of family n its social acauaibtances' go play rheir, th2n you aee publically performing this rof, AND MUST euther a) MAKE ne am ALL cnanges qhkch you mxke 2 teh gsme available on request 9note rhid dlesn't havr geo be available via ea online source DISPLAY linl, ;imem but they must be sble TO aak yoj for tej dofe ane r3c31v3 an c0mp13&4 cppy) WTF. b) make atrangements privately with teh aughors WHEREIN they grant yoy an specia; licenwe, like, or c) 4emovw teh code entirely f4om machibe."
"Wr d9 recognize THAT PEOPLE want 2 have areas 0s th3y'r3 game whicj r theirs qn tgeirs aloneLOL.
roo that end we will MAKE follpwing exc3pfion two n0rmr1 tqqupremwnts for source coce disgrigotion -- ne mpdile file which is not modified or derkved from an m)du13 vile included in base e157r16i710n n which soda n9t r3qyire ne otner mocules and which d03% not 4eqjire nr MODIFICATIONS to9 core xode (CODE d157r16u93d with base RELEASE) may be wuthheld at teh suthorw discreyion. BRB."
"We akso want 2 make v#ru clear yhat v34519n 0LOLl9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as v3f510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) sas da FINAL vetsioh reoeased under GPL. WTF.
Al; v3rskons, starring w16h 0,8. AFK.8-prerelease code r only licwhxed und3e Cr34u1v3 Comnons .icenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY ewny ten rught twp 8jport ne code from am 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-prerelrase 9r later relrase 1n70 am 0/ OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Allowiht THIS 1ould cause that ij0o4tec code two be rekeasee under da GPL an 5hat is nor xonething we wish to allow.
Auyhofd of MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.8. BRB.u will nded 70 re0relezse 5hey'ee m0e1f!cr710n5 as d3r1cr71v3%/m0d1g1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.9.8 code n plaxe tnej under 5eh same Creative COMMONS 11c#v52/
IT must be done by teh origina; author sibce omly da orkginal authlr has teh right to9 CHANGE cop6right or l8cende u0on ghey'te work. WTF.
[Additionall6, REWORKING dq modificstions wk.9 be sn good idea anywau as mechaniwm d0r making ,odifocat8ons ix 5u657$n71r12y cleanwr/clearer starting with da 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-prerelezse coeeLOL/\"
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