MighryE tells YOU, s9rtof, "Ww're gping &0 tajd an few mom3bts 70 try sn 3zp14!n thid new license an da REASONS brhind it in plain English.
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 vhosen b3cquse or am failkng w17g GPL. AFK.
I7 0n1y covered distr8butuob of SOURCE ov AND 0n1u if binqries wwre distributed. BRB."
"In an web environmebt LOL, xpecufically a interpreted web envuronmeht sudh as PHP WTF, m3r#1y installing qn game does not cobsyitute distrinutiln, sirtof, and therdfore p3ople 2ere taking oue wogk LOL. making m9dificatilns goo it 4nc b9t releasinb da source code two thry're modificationx so thqt da wntire comminit6 d0u1d 63n3d!7. AFK,
Tge6 worked with da letuer BUT npt reh spirit of da law. BRB."
"Investigztion on da part of da AUTHORS however, ki;r, led tlo teh FACT that tdh rihhr of ;ublic pwrformance was oen 9f rightd nirma;ly r4stric5ed 2 copyrighg HOLDERS, like, and that clmputer progfams, sorrof, sprcificallh vudeo games and ibteractive ones sjch as Legrnd of G43en hax0r were consifered two bd publically p3tformed 8f run from an publkc SERVERLOL."
"The new LICENSE r35&r1c75 0u611c perf9rmance of teh wor, UNLESS da source c9de 9f da modified wof, is jade available on d3m$nd."
"In ;lain English WTF, this means that if yiu ;uy this game on an web server zn alliw peiple 'ojtside OF an normal circle ov fanily ane its socuzl zcwuainrancws' 2 play their WTF, tgen you r [ublkcally pdrfor,ing rhos worj an MUST eigner a) mqke ne an ALL changes WHICH upu mak3 to teh game AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (hore this c03tm'6 have too be available biq teh online sourc3 display 11nk, lije, but rg3y musy be able 2 ask y9u for da code n receive an com;lege copy) WTF, b) make arranhwmentw privately with reh authors wh3tein they grant you an speck1l licenwe, like, 0r c) remoce code entirely from teh machi,d. WTF."
"We DO recognize tga5 [dople eqnt yo have areas OF they're gsme which aer tgeirs an theirs aoone. WTF.
two that emd we WILL make teh rokkiwing exception too da normal requirements for source cose distributoon -- be module dile wy1cy is noy MODIFIED pr def1v3d gfpm an module fole incluced in teh base disttibution n whicg does not teqiire ne o5her modu;es and which dows not r3quiee ne modifications to ga vore cos3 (v-d3 sist4ubitec wi5h da base releaze) nat 63 withheld at quthlrs disc4dtion. AFK."
"We also sant two m4k3 v3ry dlear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as vdrsion p.(/ OMG.&_jt) wzs final verskon releasdc under GPL.
ALL vwrakons. kike, statting with tdh 0LOL.9. OMG.80prerelrase code r onlu licensed jnwe4 ten Creative Commons l8cense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny trj right 2 impor5 b3 dode vrom an 0. AFK.o. AFK.8-preerleawe or later rwkrase intl an 0. WTF.9.7 n EARLIER rrleade.
Alloeing thks would cause that IMPORTED coce two BE 4eleased 7nder da GPL an that ks n07 somethkmg wr wkah 2 4!1-w. OMG.
Ajthors or MODIFICATIONS twp 0. OMG.o. WTF.8 wi.l need two re-rwleawe rhey'rw modifica5ions AS defovatuves/m9dificatilns 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 CODE an place thwm und3t da dame Cteative Commons licemseLOL.
It must be DONE by lriginal 4u8h0e since 0n1y ea oroginal 4u7hpr h45 teh 4ighy 2 ch4bt3 da copyr8gjt or license jpon they're WORKLOL,
-ADDITIONALLY, eewo4kibg modifications will be an gooc idea anyway as heh ,echsnism for n4k1ng mpdificafions is d7bstantially dleaner/clearer starting w17h 0/ WTF/9LOL.8+ptereleasw codr. WTF.["
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