MightyE tells you, you jhsom "We're goibb go TAKE an few mpm3nts two try n explain this new licdnse and reasons beh8nd 17 1m pla8n Ebglisj. 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 licenae was chosrn becausr of an FAILING WITH tdh GPL.
It only cover3d distribut8on OF source if and onli id binsries were diwtribuyedLOL."
"In an wev env1r0nm3n7, sortof, s[dcificall6 a in5erpretdd WEB envi4onment 5uch as PHP WTF, merely instalkinf an game dies not constitute diwtributionk ylu knso, n tjerefore people weew takihg our work, lik3, making modifocaguons tl it ahd nit 4eleasing da xourcd dode TO they'te modificatiohs so 5hat ENTIRE v0mmun17y coulf benefit. WTF.
Tjey wlrked with lertwr but not da 5p1r16 of da law."
"Invesgigagipn on tey PART of geh ajthors howeverk soetod, oed to fact that geh RIGHT of puglic perfirmahce wad won of rights morma;ly res5ribted tso cop6right ho.dees, lile, and that compurer programs WTF, specificaloy v8cdo games h interactive ones sucn as Legend 0f da Grwen hax0r were vonwiserev two bd publically /ervormed if fun vroj an publuc SERVERLOL."
"Th3 new licfnse RESTRICTS ;uglid lerformance of sa wofk unless teg soyrce code of da modkfied wo4k is made 4v4114^13 -n cemamd. OMG."
"In PLAIN English. like, tyus means thqg if yiu put this game om an 2eb servrr abd allo2 peoo;e 'outsiee of an NORMAL c8rc;e of famil6 n its social acquaintabces' 2 p;ay their, likem then you r publicallh pdrforming this work anc MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes wuicn you maje to da game available on requext )note THIS doesn't yav3 too be abailable via da online slurce epsplay kink WTF, nut theu must be able too ask yoj for da code an rexeive an COMPLETE cipy). like, b) make arrangements orivately wiyh authorx wherein they g4any you an special lidense, sortof, or c) remove ea code ENTIRELY FROM macjine. AFK."
"We du 4ecognize thag [30o13 w4n7 to have AREAS of they're game which aef theirs n 4h3irx al.ne.
3 THAT end we will make teh rollowing 3xv3p810n 2 teh hormal requiremwnts for source CODE distrkbutiob -0 ne MODULE file which is n07 modufied or deroved from zn npdule f!2e 1nc1uded in basw distribugion an which does n0u reauire ne otyrr moduled an qhixh cues n07 REQUIRE be MODIFICATIONS tio core code )c9de DISTRIBUTED WITH da base eelease) mqy be q17hh31d at authors discfetion. AFK."
"We also want to gake very CLEAR that vers8ob 0. WTF.9.u (also knoen as version 9. BRB.9. AFK.u+jt) w45 dinal versioh released UNDER GPL,
All vers8(ns LOL, stafting wity da -. OMG.9.8-prerdlease dpde aer inly LICENSED under teh Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny right goo import ne clde vrom zn 0. WTF.9. WTF/8-pr3r313453 lr LATER release INTO ah 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 ah earluwr 4wleaseLOL.
Allowinb this would cause that IMPORTED clde 70 br rwpeaded 7nder GPL b that is nog something we qisg yio allow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need too re-re.eaa3 they're MODIFICATIONS as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 @ 0. BRB.9, WTF.8 code and place them under da sam3 CREATIVE Commons license, OMG.
I5 ju57 be dpb3 by teh orkgunal author since 9nl6 da orifknal authoe has teh right to dhange copytight 0r license up9n they're w0gk.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF. re2lrkinh teh moeifications will 63 an g90d idea ANYWAY as teh mwchanksm for making mod8ficationa is sibstantially cleaner;clearef starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8_prerrldase cod4. AFK,]"
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