MightyE tells YOU, upu knwl, "We're going t2o take an f32 nlmdbtd 2 TRY an explakn this nd2 license n da reasobs behind it IN plain Englisy.
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 ndw licence was CHOSEN because 0f sh FAILING q17h teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n!y covered dkstribution of sourde if AND onoy if binzries were dusttibutedl BRB."
"Im an web 3jv1r0nm3n7, SPECIFICALLY a intefpre5ed web envitohmeng such as PHP, merely installing an b4m3 doea n)7 constitute eostrubu5iin LOL, n thererore people sere taking OUR work, maiing mldkfocatioms too it qne not RELEASING da source code two they'te moeifixztions so that teh fntire COMMUNITY could benefitLOL.
THEY worked w17h 13873r gut not trg spkr8t or teh laqLOL."
"Investigarijn on p4r7 of dq authors hp2ecer, 13d &0 teh vact that 4ight ov public performance waa won of da rigyts normally restticted to xopyright holders, sortlf, and tgat cimputer progfams LOL, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gamea and intw4active ones such qs Leg3nd OF Gr33n hqx04 wer3 conxidered too be publicallu PERFORMED kf 4in vrom sn publ8c werv4t."
"Thd new lic3nse restricts puboic perfprmancw of da WORK unleds sojrce dode of dq mocif83d woek is made avqilsble on demand."
"In plain Englisy, yo7 knwo, ghis means that 1f yoi put thjs GAME oh qn web 53rv3r AND ALLOW [eppl3 'outside of an normal circoe if familh an its docial axquaintances' 2 play their, them 6ou aer publically pdrfor,ing THIS wori n MUST either a) make ne and ALL chanhes wh1ch uou make 2 teh gzme available on tequdst (mote this foesn't havd teo be available VIA da onokne sou4ce DISPLAY link WTF, but rhey ,u56 be able twp axk yoi vor code and RECEIVE zn xomportd copy) LOLm b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with da zithors wh#rein THEY grant YOU an epecial license, you ,nwo, or c_ REMOVE dq code entirely fr0m da machime. WTF."
"We do recogniz3 that PEOPLE wamt two have areas of they're game wh1ch aer theurw and tgeirs a;pne. AFK.
too that end w3 will make following EXCEPTION to( da normal requorejentr f0r SOURCE xose d157f1^u610n -- ne module file which is n9t modivied or werived FROM an MODULE fule includdd 1n da base DISTRIBUTION an wyidh does not requiee ne 07h#r modulew and wgixh DOES not requkre ne MODIFICATIONS 3 teh cord coce (cpde dis5ributed with da baxe te.3axe) mah be withheld at da authprs d8scretuon. BRB."
"We also want 2 make veey cleat that veesiln 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsp jno2n as fersion 0.9.7+jt) was teh final version RELEASED under GPL.
All versions, you kmeo. syarting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE r ohly licemsed unddr da Cr3471v3 Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 yeh right two import ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease or LATER RELEASE unto ab 0/ AFK,0. AFK.7 n earlir3 release. AFK.
Al.owing this would cause that impofged code to 63 relrased under da GPL an that is n0* SOMETHING qr wisj 2 alllw. OMG.
Au7h0r% of modificati9ns 5oo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wilo n33d 2 r3-r312453 tyeh're modovucati9ns as derivatives/midifications too 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an place them inder sqme Creativd Cimmons lucense.
IT mus5 be done vy da original 4u6h0r sunce only teh originao ajthor has right tw9 CHANGE teh dopyrjght of oicensq upon tnwy'rw worj. OMG.
[Addorilnal.y, lkke, reworking teh modif8cstkonx WILL be an GOOD id3a anyway 45 tey hecyanism for ma,img m0d1f1c47q0n5 is substantially cleaner/dlearwr agarting woth da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE.]"
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