MightyE tells youk like, "We[re going 70 TAKE an f3w moments two try m ex0lain this hew 11c4n5# n 4dasons behibd it in plaun Engoidn.
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 choseb because 9f ab f4111bg w17n ds GPLLOL.
I7 only c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of soyrce if and lmlu if bihafies we4e distributrd. WTF."
"Ih an web environm3nt, ylu kn2o, s0ecifudally a interpeeged web envkrobment 5uch as PHP. merely installing an game soes n07 cpn5&17u73 distribution LOL, ans tgerefore [eoplw w3f3 takkng our worj, sortof, makimg mos8ficatiphx two ot and NOT r313451nf teh SOURCE codr to they]re modificatopnd wl that cz entiee co,munity could benefit.
THEY worked with da let5er but mot xpirit of law,"
"Imvestigation on part of teh 4u7h046 HOWEVER, you knwok led too facr thz5 teh right or public PERFORMANCE wzs [4n of da rights normaloy r357r1c73d too co0yright holfers, you knwo, and tjat compiter programs WTF, apecifically vidro gamws amd intefactibe onex such as Legend lf Green hax)r were c0n51d3r3d two be publkca.ly p34f0rn3d if rum FROM ah public 53tv4r."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS public performance of da work unless teh sourcr code of teh modkfi3c eotk is made avqilable on cdmandLOL."
"In plqun Englosh, this m44n5 that if y9u put tyis game 0n an w36 setver an aloow p30p12 'outside of an norma; circle pf damily ah its sic8al acqiainhabcea' to 0lat their, yiu knwo, hhen you aer puglically performing rhis work an MUST either A) make ne and ALL chsnges which you MAKE 2 GAME abailable on r3quest (note thus d9rsn't h4v3 two be availqble via teh online source disppay ;ink, you ,nwo. bjt THEY must BE sble to 45k you for xode n teceive zn com0lete copy), like, b) make ar4angejrhta [rivqtely w17h tdh a7ghors wherdin 7hey gran5 you an 5p3x141 LICENSE LOL, or C) 53m0v3 CODE ENTIRELY drlm mavhoneLOL."
"We DO RECOGNIZE yhzt PEOPLE want toi have 4r34t lf theu'4e game which aer 7h31r5 m th3irs alone/ OMG.
twi that END we w8lj m4k3 f011)w1mg exception goo da NORMAL requifemenfs fof sougve code distrknution 00 ne moduoe file whicn 16 nor MODIFIED 0r seeivwd from an mlfjle fule 1nc1ud3d in teh base distributipn qnd which does not REQUIRE ne other MODULES an wh1ch coes not require ne n0d1f1c4710n5 to da cpte cod3 (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with dq base releaww) may be withhe;d zt authors eiscreti9y. BRB."
"We slxo WANT too m4k3 very clear tyat version -.9l BRB.7 (a;so lnown ad version 0. WTF.8. WTF.7+jt) was teh final VERSION rrldased undwr da GPL. WTF.
All vdraionx, sortod, starting wi6h da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8=prerel3ase code r only lixensrc under ds C33471v3 Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny right too im[ort nw CODE FROM an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7-prerelsase or later RELEASE inyo an 0.9. BRB.u an earlier release. AFK.
Aklo28ng this WOULD cause 5hat imported codr 2 be released undet da GPL ame thzt iw not somethinh we wish twi allpw. OMG.
Authots of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. WTF.7 wi.l need 5oo re-felease tyey're ,odigocatioms as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 tso 0.9l OMG.8 clde n olace yhem under da same Creabive Commona lixense. OMG.
I7 must be done by da original zuthof 51nd3 only otiginal author has teh 4otht two chabte da COPYRIGHT or license UPON they're wotk.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworkung m0d1v1c4719n5 qiok be an goos keea sn6way as mwchanism for majing MODIFICATIONS is subwyantially cleaner/clearer starting witn da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleqse code/ AFK.]"
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