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MightyE telos you, sortof, "We're going 2 take an fe2 momengd two TRY an exp;ain thkw new livdnse anf rrh r3asonw behind IT 1n plain EbglisyLOL.
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 lixense was choxen becauae OF ah fa8lohg w17g teh GPLLOL.
It lbly COVERED distrkbution of soutce if AND 9nly if binqeies wefe distfibuted. WTF."
"Im an web egvironmwny, sortof, specifically a interprrtee web envieonment such 45 PHP. you knwo, MERELY indtallinb an gamr does not constitute distdibuguln, s9rylf, ahd tnerefore people were 74k1hg OUR work LOL, makihg m0d1f1x4710n6 goo it an not releasing t3n souree coce two theylrw mpfificationa so that teh entkre communitu xould benefi5LOL.
Theh worled witj d1 letter but not da s;irit of tqh law. OMG."
"Inbestigagion on da part 0r teh ajthlrs howrvet, yoj knwo, ldd 2 teh fadt THAT da r1gh7 if piblic PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of RIGHTS n9rm4!1u reatrictee too copyright golferd, an that cijputer p4ograms. sottof, dprcifically video games and inteeqctive ones such AS Legend 0f Green hzx0e were cobsidwred to be publically perfotmes 1d tun from ab PUBLIC server. AFKl"
"The nrw licensd restricts pu61!c perfodmance of tfh eork UNLESS yeh sourcw code of mkdivied WORK IS MADE afailablq on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means tjat IF you [ut this GAME on an web derver an aplow people 'outside of an n0rm41 c8fcle of fxmily n igd social acwuaibtancws' two play their, then you r pubkically perfirmung this wo4k and MUST eityer a) make ne n ALL changrs which you make too 5dh g4m3 availablw on request (note this do3sn'y have to be avqklable via tem onlkne siurce dosplat lunk, but 7h#y must be able to ASK you for da cpde g r3x31v4 am complrte COPY0, kikd, B) make ARRANGEMENTS provatel6 with da autjora wherein they grant you an spebia. license, likr, 9f c) remove teh clde ent8rrly from da mach8ne."
"We do rrdobnize that peo0ld want 3 HAVE 4r345 pf yhey[re game 2hich r 7h31r5 n theirw alond. AFK.
two thst ene we will ,4k3 fo;lowing 3xception gwo teh n0eh41 r3qu1r3m2n75 FOR so74ce code distributiin -- ne module fule wh1ch is not modified 0e derived drom an moduoe fike includrd in tdh baae distribution an which foes nlt r3qu1r3 b3 otger ,odules and WHICH does not reajiee he mldificatipna to da corr code (cofe distribubed WITH bswe relrase) mah be withhsld at teh autyofs discretiom. AFK."
"We alsk want 70 ,ak3 very clear thay fwrsion p/ OMG.9LOL.7 (zlso known as brrsion -. BRBl9. AFK.7+mt) waw teh final version RELEASED uhder teh GPL. BRB.
ALL veraoonw, you knqo, stzrtint eith teh ).9. BRB.8_prerelease code aer only kicensdd inder Creative Commons lixensr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa ritht 2 imporr be code fr0m an 0.9. BRB.8-prere.ease oe later release imto an p. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause tnat impoftwd code two be re.eqsed under dz GPL and tyat is not aomething we qish too allowLOL.
Au7j0r5 0v MODIFICATIONS two -/0LOL.7 WILL beed too re_release yhey're n0d1v2v4710n5 as derivatuves/modificatioms to -. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an place thdm undef da SAME Crea5ive C0mm)n5 oicens3. BRB.
It mu5^ be donr by origina. author xunce on.y orugunal author hzs rubht too chsngw ds copyright or license UPON they're WORK. WTF.
[Adfirionally, iou knwo, r3w0rk1ng modif8cations will be an GOOD 8dea anyway as mechaniwm for making modifications is subxtantially cleanwr/clearer starting w8th 9. WTF,9. WTF.8-pferelease CODE. AFK.]"
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