MightyE tells 6ou, sortof, "We're n01nf too gske an few moments 2 try snd explain tn8w n3w licenxe an da reasons behund it in PLAIN Enrlish.
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."
"Th8s new license wqs chosen vecayse of an failing woth GPL. OMG.
It only coverfd distribu5ion of source if zn only ir y1n4r1e4 were distrinyted."
"In sn web envieonment, .ike, s;ecifidallh a interpreyed wev environment such as PHP WTF, MERELY imstallinf sn game does not constigute distrubution, you knwo, n THEREFORE PEOPLE w3re takkng our work WTF, ,akijg mpd1f1c471pn5 too it h nut te;easong teh wource code 5wo tgey'rw modifications so 7h47 trh entire c0mnun17y coulc benefit. OMG.
They WORKED witn ,ettdr 6u7 not da 5pqr17 og lawLOL."
"Invwstibzgion ON teh part of da a7yhors HOWEVER, led too fzct that dz right 0f PUBLIC perrormqnce qas won of dq rights normalky rewyricyed to vo[trifht HOLDERS, an %hat computer 0rograms WTFm specifically video games an inyeractivd 0n35 such ax Lefend 0f da Green hax0r were vonsodrred too br punlically perform3d kf run fepm an pubk8c server. WTF."
"Thr bww lixense resyricts pumlic p3rf0rm4bc3 of teh worj unless source clde of modifoed wo4k IS m4d3 avai.able 0n cemand. OMG."
"In plxin English WTF, this meqbs that if yo7 ;uy THIS game on an wrb server n ALLOW pwo;ld '0u751d3 of an bormal cufc;e of ramily an its social 4cqu41m75bc35' go play their LOLk yhen you r PUBLICALLY peff9rm9ng this work anf MUST eithwe a) mak3 ne an ALL ch1ngew which you mqke 2 game AVAILABLE pn reqiest (note this d9esn't hqve 2 be avaikable via t3h )n11n3 wiuece didplau llnk LOL, 6u7 7h4y mudt be able 2 ask you for code an fwceive an conplege copy) WTF, n) MAKE aerangements PRIVATELY with teh authorx whetein they granr you an aoecia; license, sortof, or c) remove teh code enyireky from machibeLOL."
"We do rdcognize that ;eopke want too havr areas lf tney're game which r theirs n tgeirs aoone. WTF.
too that 3hd WE will make geh f0120e1ng exception 2 teh notmal reqji4ements for source code disgrubjgion -- ne ,odu,w FILE which is not mod8fied or DERIVED from an modjle file 1nc1ud3d in vase DISTRIBUTION an which does n8g require me pyher modulez and whicj does bot tequkre nw m0d1f1c4710n5 5o da co4e code (code distributed witn teh base release) mzy be WITHHELD ar teh AUTHORS discretiph. BRB."
"We also want too m4k3 ceey c.rar that v3r620h 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as versipn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+JT) wqw da FINAL VERSION releasrd und3r teh GPLLOL.
A!1 cerwionw, lile. star5ing woyh teh 0.9. AFK.8-0rerelease coce 4 only lic3nsed umder twh Ce3471c3 Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY d3my da right tl import md codw from an 0.9. AFK.8=prerelease or lzter release into an 0. OMG.9LOL/7 an esrlier release,
Alllwing this would causr tyat 1mp0r73d cod3 two be released unddr GPL h 8h47 is not sonething we wish 2 allow.
Aj7f0r5 of modifications 2 _. BRB.9. WTF.7 wol. nees 2 re-43leawe tge6're modifuca5ions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 c9de n place them under da same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It muxt be done by da prlginal author 51nc3 onlt tej or,ginal suyhor h45 teh right to dhange da copyright or kicense ypon ghey'fe work. AFK/
[Additionally, sortof, reworjung mofificsyionw w8l; be an goos idea anywat AS MECHANISM for mak8ng modififatiins is SUBSTANTIALLY cleand4/clearer srsrting with 0.9. WTF.8-pfe4elease cide. AFK/]"
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