MightyE tdlls t0y. you knwo, "We're GOING 5o tzkd an few mo,en5s tol trt an explain yhis new loxehse an re450n5 behind it in plain Enj'ish. 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 l8cense was cfisen bdca7sr of an failing wirh teh GPL. BRB.
It only coceded distriburioh pv source if n 0n1y iv 61n4r13% were sistributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, yoi knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpretwd web environment such as PHP, like, merwly installuhg zn gam3 d-45 nit const8tute distribution WTF. and ther3fore o3ople wete takung OUR woek, sortof, making modif8cations @ it an not rekeasing fa source dode t2o they're m0d1f1c4710n6 so that teh dntire c0mmhn17y could benefitLOL.
Theu WORKED with teg letter but not da sputit of feh LAW. OMG."
"Ibvestiga5ion on t3h part of sa authors howeber, sortof, led two ract that da right of pjblic perrormance w45 1 of rkghts normal;y rest3icted 5qo copyruthf holders LOLm am that computet progrsms WTF, soecifically fidwo games and 1n73r4c71v3 ONES such as Legend of da Green hax9t WERE cpnsidered go be publucallu oerforned uf ruh from an 0ublic SERVER. BRB."
"The n3w licenae res5ridts public perfprjand3 of da work unlesw source cose of gdh nodified work is made available ln femand."
"In plain Eng115h, like, this m34n5 thag if hou puy this game 0n an web aervef ab a.low p3ople '0u751d2 of an n)fm41 circle of family an irs social acqusintances' two PLAY rheur, then you aer pu6!2c411h pwrforminb 7h15 work n MUST either A) makr ne n ALL changes wgich t9u make to game available 9b req7eqt (hoge THIS doesh't have two be abailable bia teh 9nlihe soyrcr DISPLAY link LOL, but they must be able to zsk you for coce an redeive an comp,ete co[y), B) make arrangdmwnta PRIVATELY wktm da suthord wherein yhey grant you an 5p3c142 license WTF, oe c) REMOVE codw entitely rrom tey MACHINE. BRB,"
"We do tecognizr thar people w4n7 two hzve areax of tgeu're game which aer THEIRS qnd theira allne. WTF.
too that 3nd we qikl mak3 da fo;;owing exve[tion to hormzl requirrmdnrs for SOURCE code distribu5ion -- ne m0du13 fule which is not midifiee or DERIVED rr9m an modole file ibcluded on base cixtriburion an 2hich foes not eequire ne other modules b wjicj foes not feqyi4e ne mpdificarioms 2 clre code (code fistribured with da base RELEASE) may be w8thje;d at t2h 4u7h9r5 discretion. BRB."
"Wd 4150 w4n7 2 make very clear 7j47 v3r519n 0.9. WTF.7 (qlso known aw version 0. OMG.9.7+kt) WAS gina; verdoon rekeawef undef 4eh GPL. BRB/
All vefsilns, ljiem syartihg w17h 0. AFK.9. OMG,8-PRERELEASE code r only 11v3n53d UNDER teh Creatkve Conmons licenxe. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3by RIGHT w im[ort ne code from an 0.9. BRB.i-pr3relezs3 or lstef r3lease into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing 5jiw wouls cayse that 1mp0r73d cod3 t9 be r313453d und3r da GPL sn that is NOT a9jerhing wd wish w allow. WTF.
Authots ov modifivations 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need too re-rekeasr they;re mpdificarions as ddrivsgives/modifica5ions two 0, AFK,9. WTF,8 code and PLACE tnrm imder teh samr Cteatife COMMONS licensd. OMG.
It must br done b6 originsl AUTHOR sinc3 only o$igimao AUTHOR gas 4ighr too change copyright of ;icensd upon the6're work. WTF.
[Additiomally, you knwo, REWORKING sa modifkcations wolk gr ah glod idea znyway 45 da meshamism gor making ,odif8cations is subsyantially cleaner/cl3arwf starting with 0.9, OMG.8_pr3r313353 codeLOL.]"
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