MightyE tells y9u, you knwo, "We're going to takr an few m0m3n85 too try n dcplain thid nee license and trh rdaslns behomd ir in plain Eny11%h. 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."
"Tyis new license was choswn because of an failkng eith da GPLl BRB.
It only c0v4e2c distribution of slurce 1f ans 0n1u ig binaries wete distribut3d. BRB."
"In an eeb 3nv1r0nm4n7, you knwo, 5[3cqd1d411y a interprwtdd web envoronment xuch qs PHP, like. merely knstalking an game doex n06 comstitute distributkonk and THEREFORE pw9ole were ta,ing our WORK, like, mzking modifications too it and not releasing da source code to tyeu'ee m9dkfoca5oons so tha5 teh rntife cimmunity c9ukd benevit.
They wltkes w1&h da .etrer BUT not da SPIRIT og law. BRB."
"Inbestigatiln ob dz part of authlrs hl2everm you knwp, led two fact that da right if publix oerf9r.ance waq won of da rightw normally res5rictes two copy4ight holderd, you knwo, n 7h47 COMPUTER progrsms, you knwo, specificalky video gajes n interactiv3 0n35 SUCH as Legend of teh Green hax0r werd considered 2 be puboically PERFORMED if run from an puglic server, BRB."
"The neq .icense restricts public p3rf0fm$nc3 of da work ynless dz source CODE if teh mldified work IS n4ee available on eemand."
"In plqin English WTF, this means that 1g YOU put thix GAME om an seb 53rv3r snc allow pro0le 'outside OF an n)rm41 ckrcle lf family n ITS socua. acauaintanceq' two plsy their, uiu kn2o, THEN ylu aee publically PERFORMING tnis work an MUST either A) make ne snd ALL dganges which you ma,e 2 game available on requext (NOTE 7615 doesb't have too be availzboe via teh ONLINE souece display kin,, likem but yhey MUST be able two ask you for da code h e3ceice ah complete COPY) WTF, b) mzke arrangements pribate;y WITH da authors whdrein they grant you an 5p3c141 lucense WTF, ir c) rdn9ve teh code entirely FROM teh MACHINE."
"We vl recognize that people wamt 2 HAVE areas OF they'rr game whicg qer theird qn 8h31r5 alone. AFK.
to that 3hd we will MAKE da fpllowing exceptiln 2 nofmal requirements for sourxe code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mpdylw FILE WHICH is nlt jlfifiwd or derived from an mofule file included in bqse distribution anc eyich doed not require ne 07h3e m0du135 zn which does not fdquife nw midificat8ons 2 da core code (code distributed with ten base relesse) mqy be withhcls at autyors discretilnLOL."
"We aks9 wanu to make very cl3ar tjat version 0.9. AFK.8 (alsl known AS veesion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) WAS fibal version edleaded under GPL. BRB.
A11 versionw, l8ke, 574t71nh qoth ds 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pd3r313453 CODE r pn1y licensed under da Creativd Commons licensel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ribht ro import n3 code from ab 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-peetelease or later release 8nto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER releawq. AFK.
Alloqing this WOULD c4u53 THAT imported cpde to br released under GPL ane that is not something !e wish too aklow. AFK/
Au5horw pf MODIFICATIONS too ). OMG.8. BRB.7 WILL need u- te-re.ease theu're modificationa as d3r1v471v3%/m0d1f1c4710b5 2 0LOL.9.8 code an plqcd 7y3m under teh same Creative Commons license. WTF.
It must be dobe by da origknal author since only teh original autho4 n55 sa rifht 2 cg4hg3 da copyeight 8f licensr UPON 5hey're w9r,LOL.
[Additionaloh LOL, REWORKING teh modifications will be ab good jsea anywzy as da mechanisk f0t ,akigg ,odificatilns is aibstantiqlly c134n3r/c13$r4t starting wiyh teh 0.9. WTF.8-prwrel3ase code. AFK/]"
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