M8ghtyE 53.ks hou WTF, "We'fe going two ta,w zn feq moments too tty and explain this beq licemse an da reasobs 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."
"Thia new license eaw chosen bexause 9f an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
I8 onl6 covered eistribution ov source 8f qn 0n1y ir binar,es w3re distrkbuted. BRB."
"In an web enfirinmen5, y9u knwo, xpecifjcally s interoteted web dnv8ronm3nt 5udh as PHP, yoi kneo, merwly insts;l8ng an game does n9t con2titite dist4ibution, you knwo, and therefoew p3lple we4e tak8ng our wotk, sortof, makinf modivicationd y9o 17 and not releasing source cpde ywo tyey'4e modificstions so thar tej dntire v0m,un17y COULD benefit.
THEY 2orked with ldtydr but npt 5p1r17 od ds law. AFK."
"Investigagiom on o4r7 oh twh aythors howevet LOL, led 2 da FACT tgat right of PUBLIC p3rformance w45 1 0f da rights normzllu tewtricted tso copyribht holders, n that dkmputer programsm like, specifically video games and INTERACTIVE 0b#5 SUCH as Legend 9f 5eh Gf3dn hax-r WERE donsicered too b3 pyb.idally perdo4nec if RUN FROM an public server. OMG."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS punlix [erf94mahce of wlgk unldss sourc2 code of da modifidd work is mafe available on demandLOL."
"In plain Englisy, this meana tnat if you pjt 7h15 game on an WEB server n sllow people ;outskde og qn notmal CIRCLE of vamily n its soxkal acquqintahcws' two play their, THEN YOU 4 publically oergorming this wprk zn MUST either a0 ,ake ne an ALL changes wh1ch y0y make 2 teh gamd avsioable ON tequesr (note tnis d035n'8 h4v# two ne abailab;e fia teh 0n11n3 50urc3 d15p14h limk, but they muxt be dvle 2 as, you for ca cod3 an t3c31b3 sm c0mp1#73 c0py)m lije, B) maje 4rf4ng3m#n75 pricateoy WITH da AUTHORS ehreein they g4ant you am speciql license, or c) rdmove geh vode entireoy frim da MACHINELOL."
"We so r3c)gn1z3 rhat peo0le wsnt to have aress of they'fe gsme which ae4 theirs n 5heirc ALONE. WTF.
two 7h47 end we will MAKE teh folllwimg EXCEPTION to teh NORMAL requirenentw for so7rce CODE diwtributioh -- ne mody.e file wjich is not mocifiee OR der8vef rr0m an midule FILE inclyded in dq base sisffibjt9pn an which does not rdquife nw other mod7les and which dors no5 r3qiire ne m0e!f1v$710h5 2 da xorr xode (ckde diwtributed wlth base r213453) may 6e w17hh31d at authors disctetion. WTF."
"We also wqnt to make vdry clwsr rhqt version 0LOL.9. OMG/7 (a.so knowh 45 veesi9n 0. AFK.9.7+jg) was da dinak VERSION eelraseg under da GPL.
All versipns, like, starting with 0. AFK.o. OMG.8-pr3release code ae3 only LICENSED undef Cresrive C0mn0v5 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny eight two pm0ort nr code fr0m an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-;rerelease ot LATER release into an -.9. BRB.7 an earlie4 releqde. AFK.
ALLOWING 7h1t woyld CAUSE 7h47 1mp0r73d c0e3 2 be RELEASED under GPL and that is not something 24 wish to allowLOL/
Au7hpr5 9f mpdifications t0o 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wi;k n33d 2 r3-r313453 they'r3 modificatilns as derivagives/mocifidatilns two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 bode and plave them under da sam4 Creative Commons 12c3n53.
I7 must be sone by teh original suthor since 0m1y origina; AUTHOR has right tl cgange teh c9oyroght or licehse ypon they're woriLOL/
[Addotilna.ly WTF, rewor,uhd da mod8rucations will bs zn tood idea anyway as ca jechanism for making modkficqtions iw aubdtantka.ly cl3aner/c.earet 575r71ng with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 CODELOL.]"
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