MightyE tells ypu, ylu ,nwo, "We'te goong two ta,e an f3w moments too trh an explaib thid n3w license n reaspns behind it in plain EnglushLOL.
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 n3w licemse was chpsen becaiwe )f am fai.ing w17h GPLLOL.
It only covered dis5riburion 0f source if and only if bimaries were disgributedl OMG."
"In an web env8ronment, SPECIFICALLY a inyerp4rted w3^ envitonmdnt ducy as PHP, loke, mdrely unstallint an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, an therefore people were yakinb our wor8 LOL, m4k1ng midificqeions 2 ut and not releasing slu4ce code 1 tgey're jpeofications si that sz wntire community could nemefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED with teh letter bur not s0itit od da law. BRB."
"Invtstigation ON 0art of da aurhors jowever, ylu knwo, led 2 teh fact 7h37 right of ;ublic perfornance sas 1 OF rigyta nor,ally r35&r!f73d too copyright holsees WTF, n that computer PROGRAMS LOLm SPECIFICALLY viseo gamws n INTERACTIVE ones duch ss LEGEND of tef Gfren hac0r 2ere considered too ne pun;ically 0wrfo4med uf fun from ab public SERVERLOL."
"The hew LICENSE re57r1c75 punlic performance of da work unless source code of da moakfied work !5 MADE available on semzbs/ AFK."
"In plain Enhq15h WTF, this means that 1f yoi pu7 this g4me on qn w36 setver an allow peoplr 'outside of an NORMAL CIRCLE of rqmily n 175 sociao acquaintances' 5wo PLAY thwit, y9u knwo, thrn ylu ade punlicall6 pervormung this wor, and MUST 3q7g3r a) makw ne n ALL changds WHICH y9u jake too ea gane availablr on request (nore thia dlesn't have two ge AVAILABLE via teh inline SOURCE cisplay link LOL, but ghey mu57 be avle tol ask you for dw code b redeive an complete copi) WTF, 6) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately with da 4u7h0r5 whee3in 7h3y grsnt ylu an 5o3d141 LICENSE, you knqo, ir c) remove vode entirel7 from machine. WTF."
"Ww dl RECOGNIZE that people want gwo h4f3 4t345 od they're game which f rhei3d n theirs alone. BRB.
t2o that wnd we will mske f)110s1hb exception too NORMAL requirememts for soufxe code distrinution -- ne moduld filr 2hich is not modified or d3rived FROM an ,odule FILE includes 8m da base distribut8on n which does nog tequire ne other moeu;es an whidh DOES n)7 REQUIRE n3 modofications u0 teh CORE cod3 (c9de distrobuted WITH dz basw release) may be eighhels at da auth9rs DISCRETION. BRB."
"Ww also w4n8 2 mak3 very clear that version 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO known as verdiin 0. AFK.9.7_jt) qas funal fersion releawed undwr teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, 574f71nh with da 0LOL.9. BRB/8-pre4eleade code r 9m;6 ;idensed unser teh Creative Commpnw license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu tfh right two kmpoft ne code frin an 0. AFK/9.8-prerekeqse 0r later release into an 0. BRB.(LOL.7 an 35r113e 4elease. AFK.
Allowibg this w0u1d xause that impofted cofe too be r313453d ubder trn GPL n thsr is nit something wd 2ish tl allow, AFK.
Auryofs of mleoficationd goo 0LOL.9. AFK.u will nwed 80 re=releas3 tney'rd modifucations as derovativ3s/modifications too 0.9.8 cofe and place thwm UNDER teh 54m3 Cr4471v3 C9mm0n5 lucense. AFK/
It must b3 DONE v6 teh 9ritinal author sunce only teh original aythof HAS dz right 2 cgange tey copy4ight 0r 11c3n53 upon ttey're 2ork.
]Ard1710m411y, like. reworking teh ,odofuca5i;ns will ve an good idea anyway as mechanism fo4 jalung modificatkons is substanyially cleaber/clraret xtarting WITH trh 0.0. OMG.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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