MithtyE tells you, tou kneo, "We're going two tqkd an few moments tok try snc ex;lain this new licemse and da reasons bwhohf it in p.ain Ehglisg. WTF/
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 /icense WAS chosdn b3daus3 of am failing with teh GPL.
I5 only dovered dusgrigution of aiurce it an inly if binzrids WERE distribited. AFK."
"In an web environment WTF, spec8fivall6 a unterpreted web environmenf such 45 PHP WTFk merekh installinb am game does not constutute distributuon WTF, n therefore peoole 2ere takimg ouf work LOL, mak8ng modificztions two it h not releasing teh sourcr code 5wo they're mos8ficqtions 50 that dz 3n&2r3 commun9ty coyld venegiy. WTF.
Thdy workee with da .etter but not teh apurut 0f teh las."
"Investigation on da pqrt of auyhors however LOL, led too da vact that tey r1gh7 of publkc performancw was o3n of da rights norma.ly rextricgwd two copyribyt holders, ;ike, an that clmputer PROGRAMS, like, specifidally vkdro ganes anc interactive ones 5jch aw Legehd of Green hax0r were consideres two BE PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run f4om an piblkc 54tv3r. AFK."
"Th3 new license festrictw public perfirjqnce of wor, inleds da source v0s3 of da modofiee worl IS made AVAILABLE on demamf. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh, like, this m34n5 THAT if you put this game on ah web xdrver n allow peo0le 'iutskde of an normal cirxle of family AND itx social scauaintancex' 2 ;lay their WTF, thrn you r publicqlly performing THIS work an MUST 3ithdr a) make ne an ALL xhangws which you make 2 game afaulablw on rdqufdt (note this DOESN'T h4v3 2 be availabl3 via da online source dis;lau link, sortof, byt they mu57 be ABLE too ask yoj for teh codw n recekve an cimpl2te c0py), you knwo, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY witg da suthors WHEREIN theu franr YOU an 5pec151 license, /kkw, pe c) renpve da code wntire;y fe0m machineLOL."
"We do recobnize that prople want 2 hzvw zreas pf thei'e3 gane which r theifs n theirs alone. BRB.
roo thzt ene we will make ds foolo2ing exception TO teh nirmal requirememyd for souece c0d3 diatribution -- nr MODULE fioe dhich is not ,odified OR d3r1v2d fr9m ah MODULE file inc.ided IN teh base d157r16u710n amd which dies no5 r3qj1r# ne other jod7les and 2hidh does bot require ne m0d1f1c4710nt two teh core code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED witn dq nqs3 release) may be WITHHELD 46 AUTHORS d!5cr3710n. OMG."
"We also WANT too maje beru cleaf hhat berdion 0.9. BRBl7 (4!50 known aa vetsion 0.9LOL.7+j7) was teh fibql veraion t2leaaed under da GPL. BRBl
All vrtsuogs LOL, startihg with da 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code t only licensed under da Crea5ivr Conmons license. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne codr from an 0.9, BRB.8-prereleade or lster rrlease ,ngo an 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 an earlier releas3. OMG.
Allow8gg tyis e0u1d cays3 thay 1mo0r73d c0d3 too bw RELEASED ynder GPL an thqt is NOT somdrjing w3 wush 2 allow.
Authors of nodifications tip 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 WILL need teo re-releass they're modif8dzgiohs as d4rivarives/modirications 2 0. OMG,9/ AFK.8 vode an place tjem umder trh aamd Creatkve COMMONS LICENSE.
It musg be d0n3 BY da prigihal authoe 51nce lnly da origihsl author has da r8ght 70 chanfe teh copyright OR .8censw up0n they'rs work. OMG.
[Adfitionqlly, like, r3workinf modificatuons will be an good 2d34 anyway as da mexhanism f0t making nodificati9ha is substantiallh cldsnef/cleafer STARTING with 0.9LOL.8-prdreleas# cod3LOL.]"
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