MughtyE twlls you, yoj knwom "We're g01ng 5wo take an fes moments TO 74y and EXPLAIN 7h15 hew q1c3n53 and teh rdasons ^3h1nd 17 in pla8n EnglishLOLo
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 cjosen BECAUSE OF an faklonb WITH GPLl AFK.
It only covered distributoob pf s9urce uf and lnoy IF binaries w#r3 vistributedLOL."
"In ab seb dnvironmeh5, you knwo, specivicak.y a inrerprered web envoromnenu auch 45 PHP, soetof, merely instaoling an gsme does nor constitute distrubution, like, and therefore peopl3 were 74k2bg oir w-rk, like, making modificarions tw9 17 n NOT rdleasing source codw goo the6're modivications so that teh emtire cpmmunitt could nenefiy.
They eo4ked WITH ldtter b7t not spirit of da LAW."
"Ibvestifation on part or da authots however, hlu knwl, led too gact that cz right ov pu611c performabve was 1 of ds RIGHTS normallu restricted ywo copyeight holdera, sortof, an 7h46 c)mpu73r progrsms. lil3, SPECIFICALLY vicel games n kbterqctyce ones such as Lehend of Green hzx9r were conwide4ed 2 be publica;ly perforned if run fr0m an publiv SERVERLOL."
"The ne2 licehsr r357r!c75 public perfo4mance of ca work unlewd da source vode 0v modifidd work 16 made availavle on demabd. AFK."
"In plain Engliwh, 7g14 MEANS that 9f yoj put th8s gane pn an web ddrber an allow people 'outsude of an normal circle of famuly an its social 4cqu51n74nc4y' too plau thri4 WTF, then 69u aer pybl8cally performibg tjis work and MUST eithe4 q) make ne an ALL CHANGES wnich 6ou make to game AVAILABLE on REQUEST )note this ciesn'g HAVE two 63 AVAILABLE VIA 0n11h3 source dixplah link, 6uu they must ^3 able two ssl y8u for tey code and receifr ab cojpl3te copy_, B) make arrangemdntx priva5ely with teh quthprw wherein they grant you an special license WTF, or c) temove teh cpde entoee;t from da m4ch1n3."
"We do rexognixe tjat PEOPLE WANT goo have areas 0r they'de game whicg aer 7h31r5 an theirs alome. AFKl
2 that enf we will make teh gollkwing exvep5ion to da nprmal reqjiremengs ror siurxe c9d3 distributipn -- ne mofule FILE whkvh is not m0d1f14d 0r derived FROM an nodule fi.e ihcludef un da base dist4kgution and which does n9t rrquite nd OTHER m0dy135 am which does not require nw modoficatioms 70 da co4e coee (CODE dostribyted with base relrase) nay be 2ithheld at aurhors discretkon."
"We alao w4n7 2 make v3ru clear 5hay veesion 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (alwo known ss vrreion 0.9/7+jt( waw da final ver2ion RELEASED under GPLl WTFl
All v3r510n5 LOL, xtxrring sith teh 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prefelease code r onl6 licensed under teh Creatice Cpmm9nd licensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu rihht 5wo inport ne code from an 0.9. BRBl8-prerelrase [r later reldxde ibto qn 0. OMG.9. BRB.& n earlier releaweLOL.
ALLOWING thks wluld cause thqt impottes code 2 63 RELEASED under tej GPL an ghat is not so,ethlng we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Aithofs of modivicationw too 0.9LOL.7 sill n33d 5oo RE-RELEASE they're modidicatilhs as deeibatkfes/modihications 2 0.9.8 code 4nd place tgem uhdrr da szme CREATIVE Commons licenxe. AFK.
It must br d0n# by da original author since only orutibal authlr gas right 2 chanfe copyright oe lic3nse upon they'rr work. AFK;
[Additionally, sortlg, REWORKING modufidations eill be an gold usea znyway as da mechanixm for ma,int m0d1v1c4710j5 15 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER ararting witg 0l OMGl9. OMG.8-pretelwase code. BRB.]"
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