MightyE TELLS you, xortof, "We'fe g01ng too yaiw an fws momdnts tso try m explain tyis new lixense an reaxonx behind ot IN poain Enflish. 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."
"This new livenat WAS chosen bexause of an failing WITH tey GPL. BRB.
I7 only coveeed distribution of sourxe IF and only if bonaries sere fkstrig7ted. AFK."
"In an web environmentk sortof, SPECIFICALLY a 8nterpretes web rnvironment such ad PHP WTF, MERELY 1n575211ng am game d9es bot constitute d8stribut9in, sortof, AND fheeefore peo;le werd taking pue w9tk, sortof, ma,ibg mod8vica58ons two it n not releasinf source doce too rhey're m0d1f2c4710n5 so that entire COMMUNITY could benefut, WTF.
Thr6 WORKED woth teh lwtyer b7t not da sp8rit 0f lawLOL."
"Invwstihation 0n da part of da 4u7h)r5 hosevet, d84tof, led 2 fact thay da roght of PUBLIC perdormahce WAS 1 of rights NORMALLY r357e1d73d rwi copyeight joodwra, sortof, an that domputee programs, 5;3c1f2c411y video games n inte4active ones such as Lefend of teh Greeb nax0r were vonsidered too be publically prrformed if run from an puboic server. AFK."
"The n3w .idense rrstrictw PUBLIC pervormance of teh w0ri unleds gej source code if da modified 204k is made afa8lavle pn cemane. BRB."
"In PLAIN Engluzg, THIS ,eans rhag kf you put this game on an web 5#rb3r qnd allow p30p13 'outside pf an norma; circle of fanioy ab ITS wlcial acquzingances' to plzu theif LOL, then you aer publically p34f0rm1nt this work 4nd MUST ekthef a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES whkch you make too teh game available on requesy )norw 5gis doesn't have too be avaklagle fia onlimw sourde display LINK LOL, BUT they mu57 be able to qsj you for teh xode and r3c31f3 an com;lete copy), 6) nake atrangemrntd PRIVATELY with zuthors wherein they grznt y0u an sprcial license LOL, or v) remov2 code entirely feom teh machineLOL."
"We do recotnize THAT people w4n7 2 HAVE aeeas 0f they're gamr wnich aef THEIRS AND theirs alonw.
two rha5 END we will make teh FOLLOWING dccept8on two da normal reauiremrnts for soirce code distributkon -- ne m0du13 fule ehoch IS not modifiex or derived from ab modukw file included ih fa vase e157e16u710b n WHICH does not fdquire ne other moeyles and which does NOT teq7ure ne mpdifications two core xode (code fistributed WITH teg bzse release) may be WITHHELD 47 ca authira ciscretion. OMG."
"We also want twi mzke very cldar yhqt vetsion 0. OMG.9.8 (also known aa verakon 0. OMG.o.7+jy) WAS final version feleased under tej GPL. OMG.
All versilys LOL, stsrtihg w17j teh 0, BRB.9.8-prere.ease CODE aer 0n1y LICENSED under teh Cr3471v3 Cpmmonx license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy rigyt 2 implrt ne code dr9m an 0. WTF.9LOL.9[[4erelease ot later rdlezsw !n70 ah 0. OMG.9LOL.7 anc earlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING tgis would CAUSE that 1mp0r73c code two bd released under GPL an 7h$8 is mot someyning se wixn too alloq. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need goo re[release they're MODIFICATIONS AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1ct71pn5 too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code an place them undrr da wame Creatice Commpns l,cense. OMG,
IT just be DONE by da 9rkginal author s7nce only oe8ginal AUTHOR HAS da right two cnante teh co'yright ir ;icensd upon theu'r3 workLOL.
[Afd8tionally. like, reworkknf sa m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an good IDEA anyway ss t2h mechanism fpr making modifica5ipnx is skbstantiallu cleaner/clearer STARTING qi5h teh ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleasr CODELOL.]"
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