MitgtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're going gol ra,e an few moments to tth and explakn this new lucenwe and 4easons behins 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."
"Tnis NEW license was cjosen because OF qn failint 2ith teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of sourve if qn inly 1f binaroea were distribjtwd. WTF."
"In an w3g 3nv1r0nm3n7, %p2c1f1c511u a in53rpr3ted w#6 environment SUCH as PHPk like, merely insta;long an game does not constitute d154r27u710n, tou knso, and therefore pe9ple wwre takohg our wpfk, you knwo, making m0d1f1c4710n5 to 17 an nor releawing sou4ce cose go they't3 moduficqtopns SO yhat da entire communigy cou.d benefut. BRB.
Thet woeked WITH da letyer but nog spirit 0f da LAW."
"Investkgation on da PART of 4u7h0r4 h0w3c3r LOL, ;ed two da fact THAT RIGHT od publuc performance w45 oen of da rignts normally restricted ro c0pyr1gh7 holdersj you knwo, and that comouter programs, wprviflcallh b1d#0 gam3s zn interactive ones sucy as Leg3nd od da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 u3 pum;ically peffotmed if run from sn publiv servrr. AFK."
"The new lkcwnse restridrs public PERFORMANCE of w0rk unless sourxe coee pg m0d1f1#d work is made availzble 9n d3m4nd. AFK."
"Im olain Eng;ish, soetof, THIS MEANS tgar ir 6ou 0ut THIS game on an web SERVER and al.oe peo[le 'outside of an normal circle 9f family zn itx social acquaintancea' two [lsy thrir, like. THEN you arr publoca;ly perfofming thos work zn MUST eithdf a) makd ne an ALL changes which YOU make roi teh game avai;able on request (note this doesn't have 2 be availab;e via teh 0n21n4 5)urc3 DISPLAY link, nur tney mist be $623 to 45k YOU ror da c0d# n r3c31v3 an complete copy), aortof, b) male arrangejents 0ruvately wuth da AUTHORS WHEREIN thwy brant you an spexial license, ;ike, or c0 remlvd teh code ENTIRELY from mavgine. WTF."
"We do rwcognize tjat peopld want tol have areas OF 5hey're game WHICH r thekrs n 7g31r5 alone. WTF.
yw9 tya5 end wr WILL mzkr follpwing EXCEPTION to tej normal fequire,enyx for soirce xode s1%7rq6u71on -- ne m9dule fule which is not mosified of defived ffom qn module file included ib base distributi8n n sh1xh eies not r3wuire ne other m0eu135 and wbich does not reauire be modigicatiobs too da core code (code distributed with base telease) may be q17hh31d at authofs sisdretion. BRB."
"We also want yoo make very CLEAR that v2r510b 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (akwl KNOWN as versiln 0. OMG/9. OMG.7=j5) wax final version r3leasec uhder teh GPL.
All versions, ypu knw9, starting w1&h 0. OMG.9l8-ptrrelrqse code r )nly licensed inder da Cfeative COMMONS LICENSEl BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy teh rught 70 1mp0t7 ne c0d3 fro, am 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3re13453 ot LATER releqse 8nto sn 0,9. AFK.7 n earlier release.
Aklo2inf yhis would ca7se that imported code two be re.3axed under GPL n thzt IS bot SOMETHING we wish r9 alloqLOL.
Autyorx OF modyficqtions tol 0. WTF.oLOL.u will meed yoo re-rdlezxe thwy'rd modificayiona as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 3 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 an place the, under teh same Creative Commonx 11c3n53. WTF.
I7 muxt be done by reh original autjir since omly origihal author nas da right to chang3 vo[yright or LICENSE upon they'fe workLOL.
[Adei5iomally, rewlflihg modificayions wil. BE an good idea 4nyw4y as tem mdchan8sm for maiing modifications is subsyanfially CLEANER/CLEARER starting w17h -LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3r31#r53 code. BRB.]"
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