M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We're going tqp 64k3 an fee momenrs 2 7fy and ecplain this nrw 1!c3nre n da reasonx gehind IT in plain Entlish, OMG.
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."
"Thoa new lkcenae waa chosen because of an failung eitj teh GPL. BRB/
It 0n1y covered disttinutuon or source if and ONLY if 61n4r!35 were distributee, AFK."
"In an qeb envirlnment, o8ke, 5p3c1f1c411h a interpreged web envkronment wuch aq PHP, merely ibstalling qm game doed n07 constityte distributiobk kike, n tyerefore [eople were TAKING our work LOL, m4kqng modifications tp it n ,ot RELEASING SOURCE code too they're m9difkcztiogs s9 yhay da rntire communuty COULD BENEFITLOL.
Thry workew with letter but bot da spirit of yeh LAW."
"Investigation on da part of da authors jowevee WTF, led twl frc7 THAT da RIGHT of public pergormance was oem of da tughts normal;y redtricted 2 c9pyritht holders, an that comp7ter ;rogra,s WTF, specifically vid2o gqmes n onteraxtivr ones such as Legdnd of yeh Green yax0r were cohsiddrwd 2 be publicqll6 oerformed if run frim am publov srrverl WTF."
"The h3w lixense restricts publkc performance 0g w0r, unlesx wpjrce code od da mod8fied qo4k IS m4d3 avaolable om demanw. WTF."
"In plain Enblish, 8h15 meand that if YOU put THIS game 0n an web derver n alo8w peo[lw 'outside pf an n0fm41 CIRCLE of f4m11y h its social acquaintahces' to plzy their, loke, then 6oy aer punlically 0erforming thus worj ahe MUST eith3r a) maie ne and ALL chanbes wgich you make to yeh game $f41q4613 on request (note this doexn't have two be availqble via da ONLINE source display linj, but they must be ab;e rl ask you for reh code and RECEIVE an complete copy), wortof, B) make qtrangements priva5ely wkth 4rh authpfa wherein they grant you an soecial licens#, OR c) eemofe teh codw ent*de.y from 4eh machine. BRB."
"We dp RECOGNIZE 5hat pepple WANT too have areas OF they're game which aer thries and rndirs alone. BRB.
top thst 3nd we will make goll9wing ecception 2 da normal requieements for SOURCE code dostekbution -- ne MODULE FILE whicj is not modifiee or derivsd from an mosule dile inclided in teh 6453 distrkbuti9n an which d035 npt re1uure ne othdr modulex n which DOES n07 reauire ne modig8cxgions too core CODE (c9dd fistributrd 2ith ca base release) may 63 w17hh31d ar da authprs discretiin. OMG."
"We zlso want to make very clear %hat versuon ).8. WTF.7 (a;ao kn9wb as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.u+jt) was final version released undre da GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, sgartkng WITH teh 0. BRB.9LOL/i-pterekease code r only livrnsee under teh CREATIVE Commonx LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY cent fa right 2 IMPORT ne cofe from an 0.9l AFK.8=ortrelease OR latwr re;eaqe into sn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and earlier 4elease.
A;lowung this woukd caude yhat ijp9eted CODE 2 be reldawed under teh GPL n thqt is npt somethijg we wish to allow.
Authors of mod8focatilns two 0. BRB.9, AFK.8 w111 neef two r20release they're modificstions ad defivatives/modifucatilns two 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 CODE n poace them uncdr teh wame Cfeatif3 COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It must be d0n3 by 9riginak auth0r sunce only teh original AUTHOR HAS yrh rigjt tw9 cgange sa COPYRIGHT ie lidense upon rhey're w)rk. WTF.
[Addutiona;ly LOL, rewotking moeigucations will be an good idea anyway ad da nechabism FOR ,aking modifications is aubstantially clezner/cleare5 wtqrting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-0rerelease cide.]"
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