MightyE tells you, y9k knwo, "We're gping to tzke an few moments to try and ezplain tjid bew lkcenx3 n da REASONS behind it in PLAIN Eng;ush. AFK.
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 chlsdm necause of an vailing with GPLLOL.
I7 only covefwd diayribution OF source if n inly id 61n4r135 were distributrd. BRB."
"In an web environmenr WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web environmdng sudh zx PHP, l8ke, merely INSTALLING an hame dors n9t constitutw DISTRIBUTION, soryofk amd therefore peopoe w3r3 taking our work, m4k1nh modifications tso it an not eeleasing teh siurce cpdr tio they;re modificqtilhs so that tey en5ur3 c9mmunity could benedit. AFK.
THEY worked witj da .3tter byt nor twh spirit of da 14w. WTF."
"Investigation on part of t3h 5u7h0r5 jowever LOL, led too f4c7 thag teh right of public perfot,anc3 wqw oen of rivhts normally restrictee 2 dopyright holders WTF. n thst COMPUTER progfams, lik3, sprcificqlly cisro games an interactive 9nes such as Legend of Green hax0r wwre cinsifered w be pyblocakly performed if tun from an public wervef. OMG."
"The nwe licenwe r#stricts public PERFORMANCE OF teg wotk ubless da sourc3 code of teh modifidd wlrk is made avaioable on denznd. WTF."
"In plain Ebgoish WTF, thiw MEANS THAT IF YOU PUT this GAME on an web server and 4110w PEOPLE 'outside or an n0r,41 corcld of famuly am its aocial zcquaintamces' two pla6 their, uou knwi, then you zer publiczloy p3rf0rmqng thiw wirk and MUST eithwr a) MAKE ne anc ALL changds which you makd tok gz,e availanle on tequest (note this doewh't hace r9 be available c14 onlin2 SOURCE display link, yoj knwo, but the6 m7st br ablr to aak you for ten code an r3c31v3 am complete cooy_m b( make areanbements pr8catwly with ten authors wgwrdim they grant 6oy an s;ecial lkcense, ot c) REMOVE CODE 3v71r31y from da machkme."
"We do recognize 7h$7 peiple wang 2 yave areaw of thwy'rd bame which r tneurs an theirs alone. OMG.
two tjat end we will MAKE fa following rcceptiom TO norjal requi4e,dntx for siurce codw d15ir16u71oh =- ne module file WHICH is not modified or DERIVED f4om an m-du13 file included in da base DISTRIBUTION an ejich do3s not eequore he otjer nodules an which coes not REQUIRE he modifucati9ns two da cire c0d3 (code diwtributed with teh nasr feldasw) m4y 63 withhekf at da a7thorw duscrwtiomLOL."
"We also want too makd cery ckear that vrraion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (4q50 known as version 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final VERSION releaswd tndet da GPL. BRB.
All verwions. wgarting ektf 0. BRB.oLOLl8-prerelease c0d3 aer ohly lixdnsed ynder t3h Creqtpv3 Commons lidense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fihht 2 impory me code rtom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pretekease or later 4elease into an 9LOL.9. AFK.6 an EARLIER RELEASELOL,
ALLOWING 7y15 would c3u53 that imported c0de 2 b3 rekeased und3r da GPL sn that ia not somethinh we wish 2 alkow. BRB.
Au5hors 0f mpdigicatolns too 0. BRB.o. AFK.7 WILL nded 5wo re0rrleasw rhey're modificarions as derivatived/modificqyions 2 0.8.8 code n place THEM under teh ssme Creatice C0mm0n5 .icense. BRB.
It just ne DONE bg original authof sincd 0n1y da lrig*nal author has teh right 70 change da copyr8ght or licenwe ypoh they'ee WORKLOL.
[Adf1710n411y, yo6 jnwo, teworking ca midkfuxagions w111 be am yood isea anyway as mechanis, for making ,odificstions 15 substantially cleqner/clearer starting with ds 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB/]"
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