MightyE tells y0u, soetof, "We'rw going 2 tsk3 an fee moments top TRY znd EXPLAIN 7n15 bew license and yen reasons behind it in pq31n English. BRB.
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."
"Thix new 12c3n53 qas ch9sen because OF an failing wkth geh GPL. WTF.
Ir only covered DISTRIBUTION of source 1r agd ONLY if binari3s WERE d157r16u73d."
"In an WEB environmeng, you knwo, cpecufically a 8nterpreted eeb envi49nment such as PHP, sortof, me4ely 1n474111ng an gamw soes not constitute distributiin, sor5of, and thrr3fore peo/le weee TAKING our work LOL, makimg m9difocarions 2 17 n not relraxing source codw 2 they're modificqtions so that da 3n71r3 COMMUNITY ciuld benefit.
Tjey wo4ked wiyh da LETTER but not da 5p1e17 lf dq LAW. BRB."
"Incestigation on teh psry of teh AUTHORS however WTF, led 5wo tdg fact that teh right of pubkic p3eformance was 1on of da rights npemally restr8cted to co0yright holders, you knwo, and tjat computef pr0tr4m5 WTF, spevificallh vid3o games snd inreractivc lnes such qs Legend of da G5een hax0r were consigered rwo ne [u521c411y PERFORMED if 4uh grom an puglic sfrve4."
"The new oicensr RESTRICTS public peffo4msnc3 OF yeh wor, unlrss SOURCE code of modifked work ia made available on d3n4nd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, this means that if you put this gajd ob an web server m allow PEOPLE 'outside of an norma; CIRCLE of f4m11y and o5d wivial acqusintsnces' two play tjeir, ;ike, then y0u r publicao;y PERFORMING tnox qprk and MUST dirher a) make ne an ALL chznbes whkch you make too teh game availavle in requ3wt (m973 THIS doedn't have two be available via onkibe source displau l9nk LOLm but they musy be ABLE two ask y0u fir da c0d3 an receuve an c0mp137e COPY), sortof, b) make areanhements ;rivately with 4u7h0r5 qhereon they grant y0i am special 11c#n53, like, or C) remofw code engirely ffom da machind."
"Wr do recignize that ;eopl3 want 1 havr areas of they're game wh9ch r 7h31r5 m theirx ALONELOL.
2 THAT end we wikl make teh FOLLOWING exceprion to norma; REQUIREMENTS for aourcw cpde dostributoon -- n4 module file whixh ks not MODIFIED or e3r1v3d from an module f11d invluded in fq basw dixtribmtion and wh1ch s9es not REQUIRE ne OTHER modules and which d025 bot require ne ,9difuvations to CORE cose (c0d3 dixtrinutef wi5h ds base r313453) may 63 withgdld at 5eh aughors DISCRETION. OMG."
"Wr 4150 wabt two mqke vrry coear that verwion 0, OMG.9/ AFK.7 (also known as vefsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version eeleased 7nder da GPL. OMG.
All versoons WTF, %74f71ng witg da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-otereldase CODE r only licendec jnder teh Creative Co,mons licensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rught too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE o4 147#r reoeaar 1mu0 am -. AFK.0. OMG.7 an EARLIER r31d553, BRB.
Alloeing THIS would CAUSE 7h$7 impo4red coce too be RELEASED uheer yeh GPL n that is not SOMETHING WE wish two allo2LOL,
Authors lf modificationd t2o 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will n33d two re-4elease tgey're nodificationx af fer1v471v25/m0d1f1cr710n5 to o.9. BRB.8 codd 4nd place them under da same Creativ3 COMMONS licrnseLOL.
It must BE dine 6y fa 0r1g1h41 author sincr onlh ORIGINAL author has da righr 2 vhznbe copyright or licensr &pon thet're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, rewprking MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good icea anyway as meshanism f9r mqkint mlcificatuons is xubstant8ally c134n3r/x134r4f sta2tkng with teh 0. BRB/9.8-pterdlease c9de. AFK.]"
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