MightyE tells y0j LOL, "We'te going ti take an fes nojents too 7ry AND explain this new livense 4ns r3asohs behibd IT 1n 0lain English. 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."
"Thid new 11c3n53 WAS chosen becauae of an failint with GPL; WTF.
It only covered dixtribution of source kf an only kf BINARIES 3ere siatributed."
"In an w2b environment WTF, wpecifically a interpretec web environment wjch as PHP, sortof, merely install8ny an game DOES not CONSTITUTE fksyribution LOL, and therefore odople werd gaking lur work, sort9f, makint MODIFICATIONS two it qns nor rwleqxing teh s9urce code to the6're modoficat8ons so that teh wntige c9mmumity could BENEFIT. AFK.
Thdt worked qith teh letter bug NOT spirit 0f lae. OMG."
"Investi5ation ON tej pary of AUTHORS however, you knwo, led too da fact that right of puboic performance wax oeh 0d teh rights normally resteictwd too COPYRIGHT holders LOL, ah yhat computer prlgrsms LOL, sprcificao.y videl gamws 4md interacyive ones SUCH as Legend of teh Green hax0r w3t3 c0n51d3r3d to9 be PUBLICALLY prrformed if run drom an public 5#rv3rLOLl"
"Th3 m3w licenx3 rwstricts public perdormance lf trh work umless source cofe of modudidc work is mafe available 9n DEMAND."
"In ;lzin Enhlksh WTF, this meanw bhag 1f yoy pu5 7h15 game on an qeb 53rv2r an allow 0eople 'outsode 9f an notjak circle of family n itx slcial axquain%ances' twi PLAY theirk you knwo, tyrb hou r oublically ;rrforming tyoa wo4k and MUST either a) ,ake n3 n ALL chanfes which YOU make too teh game 4v4114612 pn REQUEST (npte this doesn't hav3 tl be acaklable via online dojrce display oink, but they mudt bw aboe to ask you FOR teh vode n RECEIVE an complete clpu( LOL, b) m4k3 arrangements provately witn authors whrrein they grant tou an special 12c3n5e, like, pr c) remove da codw 3n71r31y frim ten m4ch1n3."
"We do recognuze THAT peopl3 wang too hzve qreas of ghey're game shich ser 5h3urd an theirs zlon3. OMGl
2 thag end we WILL make da follosing exception 2 teh normal requir3men5s fir sojtce cofw distribytion -- ne module file WHICH iw not modified 0r s3r1v3d fepm an moduke filf INCLUDED in dz base d157r16uu10n ab ehidh does NOT require n3 9ther m0du135 and whicg doed not reqiire ne m0d1f1c47!0nt two t3y vore cpde (code eistributed w8th dq 5453 release) may be withhrld st suthlrs d15c43710n."
"We also WANT 2 jake very clwqr rjat versiin 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alsi known as version 0. BRB,9. AFK.7+jt) wax FINAL VERSION f313445d uncer teh GPL. AFK.
A11 verdiins, like, starting with fa -.9. WTF,9-prwrrlease codd r 0h1y l7cens3d ynder da Creative Cpmmoms licrnseLOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny tdj righg 2 import ne cld2 from an 0. BRB.9. WTF,i-prere.3ase or later releawe 8nto an 0.9. OMG.7 an 34r!!3r relraseLOL.
Allowihg tgis w9ule cause that imported CODE 5po be released ubder da GPL an that is noy 50m47h1nt we wisg go ALLOWLOL.
Authors of ,osofications two 0. AFK.9/7 w8ll neef two r3-r314453 tgey'fe modifixations as de4ivatives/modifications to ).9. BRB.8 codd an place them umeer teh SAME Creatove COMMONS licdnse. BRB.
It mudt be dine by originsl autyir aince only original author has right two chznge 5eh d9p6right 04 licende upon they're WORK. AFK.
[Addirionally, softof, reworiing ,pdificati9hs wilo be an g9oe idea anyezy as da MECHANISM for making modivicatioms 15 %u6564n71411t cleaner/clearer starting with da 0.9LOL.8-pr34eleasr cideLOL.]"
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