MightyE tells ypu LOL, "We're GOING rw9 take an fww moments 2 try an 3xp141b 7h15 NEW licebae n ca reawons behind it IN plain 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 livende was chosen becausr 0f an f4111hg with teg GPL. BRB.
It ONLY c9ferwd distribution ov 50jtc3 if n only if binariea WERE d1%7r1^i73d. AFK."
"In an web envi4ommdnt, specuficzll6 z knterpreted web envitonmeng 5uch ac PHP, like, m3r31y installinh an ga,e does not c0n5717u73 eidttibut8on, loke, n tyer3fore peoplw wete taking our work, soryof, ,akkng m0d1f1x471)n5 too it an n)7 reoeasing source code 2 they're modifications t0 thqt da entire communkty vould benefit.
Tgey w04k3d qith teh leytwr b7t hot ds s[itit of teh lawLOL."
"Investigqtion on ea part of teh ajthots however. lije, ;wd too da fadt thag rifjt of pu611c pdrsirmanc3 eas oen 0f rights norma.ly res6ricted TO copyrigh5 holders, sortof, n that xomputer programs, you inwo, specicically videi games an interactive ones such aw Legehd of dz Gr3en hzz0r w3r3 c9n51d3r3d two be publically perfirmed 8f run froj an pub;ic setver. WTF."
"The ne2 LICENSE rdstricts public pd$formanve of twh work unless ywh spurce CODE ov tet modified w0rk is msde ava8lab;e 9n DEMAND,"
"In plaim Eht.ish, this mrans tfat if tou ;ut this game ON 1n web servwr an allow peopoe 'iutside of an normal c14c13 of family n iyd docial acquaintances' to play theit, li,e, them you r PUBLICALLY ;wttorming this WORK n MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL cjanges which yoy jake 5wo da game avai.ab.e on rrquesr (note thix doesn't HAVE two be 4v4114613 vka online source displat link, sortof, but they must ve able to ask you vor code n eeveive an completw copy), you inwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS [rivz5ely sitg AUTHORS whereun they grant 5ou qn dpecial licdnse, sortlf, or c) r3m0v3 teh c0f3 entirely from teh MACHINEl"
"We dp recognize tjat people want 2 have areas of th3y're famr which r tgwirs an theirs allne. WTF.
too thag ehd we will MAKE da flo;owing EXCEPTION two da n0em41 rwqu8rements for souwce coce dostribution -- ne MODULE FILE which is not mod8fied or DERIVED from an moeule file oncluded in da gase sistributiln and which foes bot requ8rw ne other MODULES ab qhicg does nlt reqiirr ne modificatuonw to tey core CODE (code dost4ibutdd WITH base RELEASE) may be wi5hheld at da wu5hors discretioh. BRB."
"We slso WANT to ,ake ve4y ckwar yhat version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (alqo known AS v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+ht) WAS final verwion RELEASED unc3r da GPL. AFK.
All v33510n5 WTF, starting with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.*-prerdlease c9de r 0n1y 11c3n5#c unf34 da CREATIVE Commons ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY dem6 sa RIGHT to import ne code from an 0. AFK.8.8-;refelease or laber releaae into an 0. BRB.0. BRB.& n darlier eelease. BRB.
Alklwing 7h15 w0u1d causd 5nat 1j;0r73d codd 2 be released under fa GPL n that is not sometming we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Aythprs of m0d1f1c3710n5 goo 9.9. BRBl8 WILL need tio r#-f3134t3 ry3y're mldificarions 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an plzcr them jnddr same Creatkve Commonx license. AFK.
It m7st be cine bh reh origonal author suncd 0n1y ds origibal AUTHOR has right 2 cjange COPYRIGHT pr license upon they're work.
[Additionaoly, you knwo, r3wirking da modifixatiobs will be an g9od ideq snyqay as mechanixm for making moeifivstilnd 16 subdtantially ckeaner/clearer xtarting with teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.8_prer3lease cpd3. AFK.]"
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