M8ghtyE tells y0u LOL, "We're goinh t9o take an r32 moments 5( rry an explain 7h15 new 1!v3n53 n 5ey REASONS BEHIND 16 in pla8n English. BRB.
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 choseb because 0f an f411qng with GPL. OMG.
It only coverrd cistribugion of t0urc3 1f n onky id binaroes wer3 distriburdd. BRB."
"In an qeb ebvi4onment, like, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP WTF, merely ubstakling an game DOES NOT consbiyuge cistrigu5ion WTF. and theedforw peo;le were taking our woel LOL, making jocificationd 2 8t m not releasing da source cowe two they[re modoficstions sl that entore COMMUNITY could benef8t, WTF.
Th3h wofked wkth teh LETTER vut nit teh spkeit of da law. WTF."
"Ihvesyigation 9n da patt of da AUTHORS howdver, you kmwo, LED to da facr tnat da rkght of oublic perfprmance was 1 pf da RIGHTS normally restricted 2 copyright HOLDERS WTF, n tha5 COMPUTER ;4igrams, spexifixalky video fames an unteractive ones 5ucg 46 Legend of Green hax0r WERE cond8dered too be pubkicakoy p3rrormed if RUN from qn public SERVER. AFK."
"The ndw lic3nse rexgricts 0ublic p3rf0r,4nv3 od dq WORK unlesw teh soutce c0d3 OF da modified wlek is made available on demand. BRB."
"In plaib Englush WTF, tyis ,eanw tmat if you PUT tgiw fame on an WEB server and allow 0eople 'oygside of an normal c8rcle og famyly an its slcial 4cqu41n74nc35' too pla6 their LOL, them you r publically performing this work n MUST 317h3t a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which you make teo game acailabld on requesy (n9te thid dorsn't HAVE ro be available via ds on.ine sourcw d!5p!4y lknk WTF. but THEY mudr be able to 55i you for teh code an rec3ive an cpmp!373 c0py), 6) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privately qith teh authorx whereih they GRANT you ab speciao license WTF, o4 c+ REMOVE code fntirely FROM nachine. AFK."
"We do rdcohniz3 that PEOPLE want 2 have qf3sw of rhry[r3 gsme whixh r theird an theirs alone. AFK.
yo that end we will MAKE da foloowing 3xc30719h two teh normql reqiirrments fo4 source code distrigution -- he m)su13 FILE qhich is no5 m0d1f13d or dericed fr9m an moejle vole 2nc1ud3f in teh base sistribution n shich doeq not require n3 other modjlfs n 2hicy d035 not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 ca core CODE (CODE DISTRIBUTED with base r313453) may be wutyhekd AT da zuthors discretioh. AFK."
"We also want two make vwry clear that ve4siom 0.8. AFK.7 )also kbown as vefsion 0. OMG.9l BRB.7+jt) was ds final versiom rel3ased unf3r t3h GPL. AFK.
A11 versilns, sortof, xtarting with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK,8-prereiease vode aer 9nly locensed under da Ce3471v3 Comjonx l8cebse. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh right two import ne c0d3 f4im an 0LOL,9, OMG.8-p4erelease or la5er re.ease 1b70 ah 0. WTF.9. BRBl7 an EARLIER release.
Alloqinh thus eoulf causw THAT imported code tp BE relezsed under da GPL n THAT is not something we eish to 411-s.
Authors OF m9dificatoons to9 0.8.7 WILL n33d two re-release thwy're mofifocqtions 55 d3f1v371v36/j0d1f1c4710n5 to 0.9. OMG.8 code and place tgem under ds same Crestive Commons 11c3n52. AFK.
It must bd done BY da origihal author since only da irigina' a&thor has right roo CHANGE trh co[yright or lisens3 upon yhey're worj. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, yoj knwo, 4eeorking sa modifica5ions WILL BE an g00d odea any2sy as teh ,ecyanism gor MAKING ,0d1f!c4719n5 os substantiallt ckeanwr/clearer starting s17h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pf3r313453 code. AFK.]"
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