MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going toi take qn v3w m9mentd to try n 3xp141n yhiw bes LICENSE an reas9ns ^1h1hd kt 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."
"This n3w licrnse saa CHOSEN because OF an d4111ng with teh GPL. OMG.
It inly covered dostribjtion of SOURCE 8f an only 8d binarirs were distribuy3f/ OMG."
"In ay web environmemt LOL, specificzlly a intetprw5ed sdb rnv8ronment such r5 PHP, you knwo, merely instsll8ng an game doed not CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, ane therefoee oe90le w3r3 taking our sorkm makinh modifivationw too it and noy releawing da source code too they'4e mod8r8cations so that ren rnr8re communi5y doyld ben3fit. BRB/
They wprked 2iyh sa ketter BUT not teg SPIRIT of da laqLOL."
"Imveatigation on geh part lf teh authors hpwever, led two fact 6ha5 roght of pu611c perfotmance wqs 1 lr rights normaoky restricted 2 xopyright hokdersk ylu knwo, znd that compurer progrqjs, lik3, specificakky vide8 GAMES ab interactive ones 5uch as Legend -f teh Green hax0r w3re c0n61x3e3d too be pib.icall6 performed if run fr9m an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new licdnse RESTRICTS pygloc perfornance og teh w0rk unless teh source code of teh modified 2ork is made 4c4114613 on cemand."
"In ;;ain Emgliah, you kveo, 7h15 MEANS thqr IF you put 6h15 game ON an eeb server and allow people 'outsude of an notma; circle of fami.6 an jts xocoal qcqiaintancrs' too play their, slrtofm then you ser publically petdorning this wotj n MUST eithdr a) MAKE me abd ALL vhanges whkch you ,aie to t3h gzme availqble on REQUEST (note 5hoa doesn'g gave rw9 ne acailable via dz online 50urc3 eisplat link, like, byy THEY must bd ABLE yoo ask 6ou for CODE an rtve8ve an com[lete c0py), like, B) mske zrrangements privately with da 4u7h0r% qherein thwy gtant yuu an speciaj licenae, slrtof, or c) rem9ve teh code enrirely from machine. BRB/"
"We d0 revognize that ;eople want too have a4wqs of they're gzme whidh aee theurs and theirs alone. AFK,
goo tjqt ehd w3 e111 MAKE da following wxxe0tiin too rey normql rwquirements for SOURCE cife distrigition -- ne mod7le vilr WHICH is not m9d1f13d 0r derovrd f4om an module fi;r includee in da 6453 distribution qnd which does NOT require he OTHER modules and qyicn dies NOT t#qu1r3 be m9difuxations too da core CODE (code cistributed WITH teh base releqse( m4y be withhekd ag 4u7hpr5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also qant too make vert xlear thzt ve5sion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (4150 knoqn as veesiln 0.0. OMG.&+JT) was teh fuhal vers8on rrleases uneer GPL. WTF.
All versioh2, kikw, starting with 0. WTF.9.8-prdrelexse code aer only locens3d uhdrr Creat*ve Commons licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg right tlo IMPORT ne xode fron an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prer#lease or LATER release into an 0.9. BRB.7 n dar;ief r413453. AFK.
Aolowing this WOULD cause that importes CODE two be 4dlessed under fa GPL and thag is n07 s9mdthing we wish too allow. BRB.
Autyo4s of modificat8lns 5o 9.9.7 will nerd 5wi re-release they're m9difications ad deruvatives/modkficqtions 70 0. OMGl0.8 code and ;14c3 them jnder teu same Creayife Commons license.
IT must ge done by da origiha. auyhle wihce onky teh otitinal authir has teh t8gnt 5ol CHANGE co[yright OR .icense upon they're work. WTF.
[Add1710n41!yk you knwo, reworking teh modifications will bd an gpod 1c34 anyway as da mechanis, d0r making modificayi0ns is 5u6574n714116 coeaner/vlearer startinf with 0. AFK.9.8-prerdlease co3e, WTF.]"
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