MightyE tells ylu, "We're gokng to take sn few MOMENTS rwo 6ry and expkain THIS NEW lixrns3 and reasons BEHIND it in plain Ehglksj. 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."
"Thos new lixens3 wqd ch053n geczuse 0f an failinh qith teh GPL. OMG.
IT 0n1h xovered diatribution OF source IF n pnly id binarues s3r3 dis5eumuted."
"In ah wwb ENVIRONMENT, like, specifically a inrerpreted web evvironment such AS PHP, y9i knwo, m3r#1y installing ah hame does hot consyityte dkstribktiob, like, and therevore people we4e takinf OUR s0rk WTF, m4k2ng MODIFICATIONS TO it sh n9g rdleasing SOURCE code 2 rhey're modificatkohq so tyar entire conminity COULD benefit, AFK.
THEY worked suth teh letter BUT not s0irit of law."
"Invewtigatiom on teh parr 0f autho4s howev3r WTF, led 59 fact that righg ob pyboic performance wax 1 of da rights NORMALLY fesyrivged to xopyrigjt HOLDERS, sortof, and gjat cojputer 'rograms WTF, s;ecifically viceo games an interqctkve ones auch as Lehend of teh Gr33n hax0r eere conwidered to v3 publkcallu prrforned 1f ryn from an ;ublic server. WTFl"
"The NEW 11c3n53 restricts publid p3rf0rm$nc3 of w0rk unoess source vodd of geh modified work is mrd3 availqbld on demanf. AFK."
"Ib plain Engliah, tfis means that if uou put this gsme 0n an web SERVER h allow p30p13 '0j75!d3 of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of dsmily an its social tcqu41n74nc35' two play thdir, you knwo, tjen YOU 4 publicslly perforjing tyks s0rk an MUST EITHER a) MAKE n3 and ALL changes wh1ch you make too game avaklable on f3quest (n073 thix d9rsn't have two be avqilable via da onlibe soirce dis0lay LINK LOL, but tney muat be able 2 ask you fov teg code n 4eceivd an complete copy), lije, b) make arrabgwments pr8vztely with da authors wherein tney grznt y0u an 5p3c142 11cen53 WTF, ir c) rem9vr code entire;y rr0m machine."
"We do r3x0gn1z3 tyat PEOPLE want two have sress of yhey're game whkch aer tyeirw am theirs q.onel BRB.
too 6yat wne we wil. make follpwinb exception 2 normsl requirements for source CODE distrovution -- ne mod7le file whuch is not ,odified or d3r1c3f fwom zn moduke f8oe inclueed im teh BASE didtribution an which does not requird ne other modules an wh1ch does not require ne modifisstions to cord cofe (c0d3 fistribut4f with da base re.ease) mat BE withheld at 1uthpts dkscre4ion. WTF."
"We also want tqo jakw very ckea4 that verw8pn 0.9.7 9also known qs vrrsion 0. BRB.9LOL.8+jt) was da final VERSION releasec jnfer teh GPLLOL/
Akl v3rsioma, loke, STARTING eitn tej ).9. BRB.8-prerel3ase cofe aer only luc3nsed under da Crwatove Commpns license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent tight to IMPORT ne code frlm an 0. BRBl9.8-PRERELEASE or later rwlease into ab 0.9LOL.7 and eatlier rrlease, AFKl
Allowing thks would caysd that qmp0t73d code 2 ge releqwed unser GPL an that id not slmething we wish 2 allow/ BRB.
Authots of modifications two -. BRB.9LOL.7 woll nded to re[rwlease they're MODIFICATIONS as derkvativ2s/modidicztions 2 p. AFK/9. BRB.8 c0d3 n p14c3 THEM UNDER tej SAME Creative Commons licens3.
I5 nuxt 6# done by da ofiginal s7rhor since ohly orifinal autnot hzs teh right too change teh copuriggt lr license up9b yhey'rd work, WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reworkibg teh mldifucations wilo be ah good icea anywa6 aa da mechan8dm for MAKING mosificat8ond is substamtially cleqner/clearer srartint qirh teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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