MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're g02ng too tald an few monrnts tl try an expla8n this new licensw an teh reasons bdhind 17 in plain Englixh.
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 licemse was chosen because of sm failing w17h GPL. OMG.
IT lnl% cover3d distrib7tion of 507rc3 if n )n1y if BINARIES eere dixtributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm#n7, sor5of, specivically a interpreted web 3nv1r)nm3nu xucy AS PHP, sort9f, mrre.y installing an game cows n-7 cond5ktuye DISTRIBUTION. n 6her3f)r3 peo[lr were tajing ou4 sork, making modificatioms to IT 4hd not releading teh slurce coee two tnry're modifidations so THAT ENTIRE cpmmun176 ciuld b3hefit. OMG.
They 2ork3d w8th t3j lwtter but not da spir8t of da law."
"Invewtigatuon on ca part pf teh auyh;rs nowever, you knwo, led too da ract thqt rigjt of public perfo4mance was wob of da ribhtd normaloy testricted too co[yfignt holdera, sortof, n that computer probrams, you knwp, specirkcally v1d30 gamex n interavtkve ones such AS Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be punlically pdrformed ie run rrim an public server."
"The new l8cense r357r1c85 pu61qx performznce of da WORK unkrss da source code of midified woru IS nade avaioqble on demand. AFK."
"In poain Engliahk this means 6h47 1f you put THIS gzme on ah weg server an allow people 'ougs8de of an bp4mal circle of FAMILY qnd its social 4cqu41h74nc35' 2 plqu gheir, like, ghen y0u aer punl8cally pergorming this work n MUST eithet a) make ne n ALL changex wnoch YOU make to game available ln rwquest (note thif doesn't yavd 2 be qvailable v14 da online SOURCE displzy oink, like, nut they must 63 sble 1 ask you for reh c0d3 and rrceive an com[kete COPY) LOL, b) make 4rr3nb3m3n75 or1v4731y with da zutgorw whetein the6 gramt you an xp3cial licrnse WTF, 0r c) remobe sa c0d3 eh5irely from dq mzcjine. WTF;"
"We di 3ecognize that PEOPLE want too havd areas 0f fhey're game whuxh r 7h31e5 and theirs 410n3. BRB/
too thag END we will MAKE da following excwption toi mormal REQUIREMENTS r9r 50urc3 cod3 distribution -- ne modile file ehicg iw not modiried o4 drrived froj an mod7le filr inci7dwd on da gasr distribut9on qn whicg does not require ne otyer modulrs n which dors not requirr ne modifications ro da corw code (code dis5r8b7tec WITH base release) na6 be aithheld at tej autnors s15cr3710n. AFK."
"We also want too mqke v34y vleae tjat version 0.9.6 (also KNOWN 4$ v3rsion 0. WTF.9/u+jt) wax final version RELEASED under teh GPL, OMG.
ALL vqrsi9ns, sortof, xtarting wirh teh 0LOL.9.8-pre4elease CODE aer inly 11c3n43d under geh Creative Clmmon2 locemsem OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh ribht to i,port ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or late4 releqse ibto sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER RELEASE. OMG.
A;.owimg tnis would cause that im0orted xode two be released ubd3e teg GPL n thqt is bot SOMETHING se wish two qllos. BRB.
Ajthora 9f MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. AFKlu WILL need 2 re-eeleaxe thry're modifidations as d3r1v471v3t/m0d1v1c4720m5 two 0. BRBl9. WTF.8 code n place gjem UNDER da szme Cr3ative Cimmons licenseLOL.
It just 63 done by origknal 4y7h0r s8nce only original author yas teh right 2 chante da co-6right or license upon the6'rd work.
[Additilnal.y, rewot,ing modidications will be an gooc iewa amyway as da mechamism f0r making mpdifivations is substantially ckesn3r;cl3a4er 574e71ng wirh 0. WTF.(l AFKl8-prerelease codd. BRB.]"
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