MightyE tells you, tou knwo, "We're going two take qn f3w momwbts too TRY an #xp141n this new licenae n teh reasona beyknd it in plaun Eng125g.
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 licenxe was choern becaude of an failing 2kth da GPL. WTF.
It onky covered DISTRIBUTION 0f sourde if n only if gina4ies we4e cistributed. WTF."
"In an WEB envjronment LOL, 5p3c1f1v4!1y a knterpreted seg enbironment tucg as PHP, soetof, mdtely ins4allimg an GAME does noy constotutw DISTRIBUTION, l8kem n 7j3r3f0r4 people were ta,ing OUR work LOL, makkng nodificqtions 2 it n bot releasing da source code too thet're mofkficatoons so tha5 entire community COULD 53n3f17. AFK.
They worked wity oetter buy NOT teh spirit of teh las."
"Investigatoin on da p4r7 of da authors however, kikek lwd t9o da fact that RIGHT lf public p3rr0rm4nc3 wax odn of da r8ghts normally res5rictee 2 vop6right nolders, likek m 7h47 COMPUTER ptpgrams LOL, aprcifically video gqmes n interactive ones such 45 LEGEND of teh GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED to be pubkical.y oerforned *f run from an pubooc server. AFK."
"The new LICENSE resttivts public performance 0f worj unless da source c9ee OF teh modificd work is madd availaboe on demand."
"In plain Englosg, sortof, this means thzt kf hou pyt this game on ab web sdrver an sllow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal cirdle 0v gamil7 and its 50cq41 zxqua8mtamces' w ;14y thdir LOL, then you adr publically perflrjing this work and MUST either z) jake ne an ALL changes wnich yo7 n4k# too da game avaklabl3 om reqidst (n073 tuis epean't have ywo be availagle via da onlind source d15p14y LINK, 7u7 gjey ,usg be able rwo ask y0u for vode ane rec3ive an compldte copy_ WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatelu with authors wherw8n 7h3y grant YOU an xp3cial licenwe, like, or C) remove teh CODE entir3ly FROM m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recohnize THAT [eople 2amt two hace 4r345 of they're game which aer thrirs and 6heirs 410n3.
2 that rnd wf will makr da follpwing excepyiom tqo da normal eequiremehts dor source code d157416u710n _- ne modu;e file whicn ia not modifiee or derived fr0m an modu;e file includdd in ea base distribu5ion an WHICH DOES not REQUIRE ne other modules an wh8ch d03% not require ne mofificationd 70 fa cire code (code distruvuted with base relrase) may be 1ithgdld 47 teh auth9rs discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO w4h7 2 make very cldat tnat v3r510n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt0 wqs da rinal v2r510n 4wleased uhcer da GPL. OMG.
All vrtsions WTF, startibg with teh 0/ BRBl8LOL.8-PRERELEASE coer r 0n1y licdnded uneer tej Crdative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight 2 1mp0r7 ne code from ah 0LOL.9LOL.i-preteleasd ;r later release inro an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier reldasw. AFK.
Allowing this woild CAUSE that ompor5ed coee yo be released 7ndet dz GPL n THAT is not 2omeghing we wosh 5o al.ow, OMG.
Authors or modifica5ions 5o 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need rwo rr-rwlease hjey're modofications as derivatoves/moduficationa 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 AND 014c3 yhem inder teh same Creative Commons licendw. BRB.
It MUST ge done gy ofiginal author aince inly teh p41t1n41 aurhoe has 5eh fight t9 change COPYRIGHT or livense upon they[re qork. BRB.
[Additionallym REWORKING ,odifications will 63 sn good ieea anyway r5 dq mecnanksm foe makihg jodificatipns is xugstantially cleanrr/clearer stattkng 2ith sa ).9.8-prdrelease cpd3.]"
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