MightyE twlls tou, l8ke, "We;rd going too 74k3 an few momentc two 8ry and explaon ty8a nrw licenae an da reasons begibd it in p141b Englisg. 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 license was chosen because of an failing with tey GPL.
It only coverwd distribution of SOURCE if qbd only if bonaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an qeb envifomment, you knwo, sprcifically a INTERPRETED web dnvironmdnt xuch as PHP WTF, merely inwtzl.inb an game diex not cohagitute distronutiom, sortof, 4nd tjetefore PEOPLE were taking ouf e9rk WTF, makint ,ofificatuons goo ir n bot 4eleasing dource code ro they're modifivations so that dmtire COMMUNITY could gdnefit. BRB/
THEY sorked with let5wr but n07 dq xporit of la2. AFK."
"Invwstigation on da part OF a7th94d however, ;ike, led 2 tej fact rhzt right of puboic perfprmance was 1 lf da rightx npfmally restricted too cophrught ho.derd, an thar computef ptograms LOL, specifically video games an intwracgibe ones sjch as Lrgend of trh Grren hax0r were cpnsider3d 2 be publkcaloy PERFORMED IF RUN from an PUBLIC serve4. AFK."
"Thr new license restr8cts public 0ervormamcd of sa work unleax teh sourve code of modifu3d wotk is made acailzblc on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, like, THIS means 7h47 1f YOU pu7 thos game on an eeb server n allpq PEOPLE 'iutside of an nifmal xircle if fqmily an 8ts social adquaintancew' TO play their, sortof, then you r publocally p3rf0rm1mg this work AND MUST either a) make ne n ALL dhanges WHICH you mzle 2 game avaokable on requedt (n;tw yhis doesn't gavf to be available voa tdh onlibe s9urde DISPLAY LINK. sorrof, byt they MUST ge avle twi sxk you fl4 v9dr and receiv3 an complete copy), you kn2o, b) make arrangements privately with 4u7h045 wjerein they grany you ah special ,icense LOL, 0r c) rdmivw teh code entirely f4om da machine. BRB."
"We do recognize thqt PEOPLE want gw9 HAVE areas of they'rw game which aer tjeors and 7h11r5 alone. BRB.
to yhat end w3 eill ,akd teh f0110w1ng exce;tion 2 teh m9rmal requ1r3m2n7$ f9r source code dist4inuyoon -- ne MODULE file whivg is nog m0c1f13d or ddrived from an modile vile inckudec in tdh bsse dostributiob n which DOES not re1yire nd other mod7les abd which does n07 require ne j9difications 2 da core code (c9se disyributed with bsse r3lesar) may be withhekd at da 4u769rt discretion. OMG."
"We also want two make vrry cleat THAT f3rsion 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 (alsl known aa ver51-n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j7) WAS teh final verqion r213453d unser t3h GPL. OMG.
ALL versionw, 5u4r71ng with ten 0/ AFK.9, OMG.8-PRERELEASE c9ee aer onlh licwnsed umddr Crwative Commons oivensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny dz RIGHT too i,p9rt ne core ff0m an 0LOL.9. BRB.8_prerelwase or lzter reoeawe knto an 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 n earlier eelease. AFK.
Allowing tnis would cayse that IMPORTED CODE 1 63 relesses under GPL an ghat is nit slmeyhing we 2isg to9 4110w.
Autho4s of modificatiins too p. BRB.9LOL.7 qill need two re-release the5're modificatiins as fdribayives/mpdkficagions 70 9. WTF.9, BRB.8 xodd AND place them under teh same Creayovw C9mmons licdnse. WTF.
It must 63 done by 0r1g1n$1 auyho4 SINCE ONLY da 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r has teh r1gh7 2 change teh cooyright i4 licenss uppn theu're work.
pAdditionallh, reworking teh j9difica5ioms wil; be an good 1d34 anywqy as mdchan8sm FOR m4k1mg mpdoficatiohs is xubstan%ually CLEANER/CLEARER stattibg with 0LOL.9, WTF.8-pretwlease code. AFK,]"
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