MightyE tells you, like, "We'r3 go8ng to tzke ab fe2 MOMENTS go try n explain ghis new licrnse n da reaspns behind it in plzin Eng115h. 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."
"Tyis new licensr was chowen BECAUSE od an railinb with GPL. AFK.
It only cofered dostribution of so7rc3 kv ah only 1f binsries WERE eistributed. WTF."
"In an web 3nv!r0nm3n7, like, specifically q inter[$dted web wnvirobmwnt auch 45 PHPm mereky installinh an game DOES nor xonstitute disyribution, ahd therrrore oe9ple 2ere tak8nh our w9fk, majkng modifoxatiobs t2i it m n07 releasiht da SOURCE code go they're mod8ficagooms so thar 3n71r3 c0mmun17y ciuld benefitLOL.
Th3y wor,ed w17h da letter but nog spirit od da lawLOL."
"Investibation oh part lf teh AUTHORS however, led to FACT THAT rifht or pubkic performance WAS sin if da rights normaolt restricted ti copy4kgh5 holderd LOL, n t6at co,puter proframs, sortof, spexifically video games qhd interactive ones SUCH AS Legenf of teh Green hax0r were considte3d 1 be pu6q!c411y pervormed if run frpn an PUBLIC derver. OMG/"
"Thw nrw licens3 r357r1c75 pubkiv performance 0f tej WORK unless reh SOURCE code of modofi3d w0rk is nade available ON d3m4nd. WTF."
"In pla8n Englosh, you knwo, THIS ,34n5 that if hou [u7 this g3m3 in an WEB server n allow people 'outside of an norma. circle of f4m11y n ITS SOCIAL zcqyaintances' 2 p14y theit, like, rhen yoy r publically performing THIS work anc MUST righdr a) ma,e ne n ALL changes whuch you makw go da g4m3 available on request (not3 this doesh't have to be avsilable VIA twh 9nl8ne source display lin, WTF, but 7g3y mjst g3 able two as, you fof da code an r3ceive an compl3te co[y), you kneo, b0 make arrangdmentd privat3ly with twh aytjirs ehereim thet grant you an s[ecial lidens3 WTF. or c) remlvr teh code enti4ely from teh machibe. OMG."
"Wd do reclgnize THAT PEOPLE wsnt too HAVE 4r445 of thry're game which aer theirs sbd theirs alln3. WTF/
too that end we w111 make flllowing excrptiob two da normal rwquirrments for source code distributoon -- ne m0du13 file which us not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module filr inclydfd IN teh base DISTRIBUTION and qhicg does no5 requite nd other m)cu135 ab wh8ch does bit require ne modifixations too da CORE cpde (CODE DISTRIBUTED with BASE release) mqy be withheld ze da aythors siscfetion."
"Wd qlcl want 2 make vety clear that version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (415) known zs vees8on 0LOL.9.7+j5) was da f1m41 version relwased yndef GPLLOL.
All v#r510n5, aortof, startung w!7h teh 0.9. OMG.8_0rereldqse code t onoy lidensed under ten Creatife Commons ;icenweLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY eent r1bh7 too import ne v0d3 f4lj an 0. AFK.9l7-prerelease or 1473r relrqsr into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earliet releaae.
Allow7ng 5his would c4u53 tnat impofted v0d3 tlo bw rekeased under da GPL n that is not sonething we wush 7- 4110w.
Authors 0f modoficato9nw tol 0, OMG.(. BRB.& wyll heed to ew-r3lease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificatiins two 0, AFKl9. OMGl8 cpde an place them under da xame Creativd Comnons .icrnse. BRB.
Ig must be fone by orkfina. au5hor since on;y da original authir has right two change ca c0;yr!gh7 of l8censr 7pon they'rr work. AFK.
[Asditiohally, sortof, REWORKING da moeificatipns will be an good 1d2r ANYWAY 35 da mechanuem fof making mocifica5ions is subsgantially cleaner/clearer xtart8ng with tey 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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