MightyE tells YOU, s9rtof, "We'rw going goo TAKE an FEW mpm3n75 to t4y an ezplakn this nww 11c3nt3 qn teh reaxobs behind it in p14qn Eng;ish. AFK.
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 11c3n53 was cjoswn because OF an h4112mg WITH da GPL. BRB.
It onlt covered distribution of source 8f n ONLY 1f binaries qerr dudtfibuted."
"In an web ebvironment LOL, 5[3c1f1c411j q imterpreted WEB envir9nment sucn qs PHP, sortof, merely INSTALLING an bam3 DOES not constitute dist4ibution WTF, n THEREFORE people 2d4e 8$k1ng oir WORK, maling modifjcations 5oo it abs not releasing soirce code to they'fe jofifocatilns so that da ENTIRE dommumiyy COULD benefit. AFK.
They worked with dz letter but not SPIRIT of teh LAWLOL."
"Imvestigation on 0aft of teh authors h0w3v3r, slf5of, led 2 5eh fact 7h47 twh rignt of publiv perfor,anc3 eas oen 0f da rigyts noemally RESTRICTED too copyfighg holders, uoi knso, ahd tjat COMPUTER programs LOL, specifically videi games an 1m73r4c71v3 ones %uch AS LEGEND 0f teh Greeb hax0r eere consiserws two be pu611c411y ;etfofmed ir RUN from an publix %3fv2r. AFK."
"Thr n2w 11c3h53 resteictx punlud performance OF qork 7nless teg xourve codw of da modified work is made 4f4114613 on semznd, AFK."
"In PLAIN Englisy, liie, rhis means that if you put 5his game on sn web sdrce4 an alloq people '0u751d3 of an n0rm41 vircle of tamily n igd social acquaontanves' rwo plqy theor, yoi knwl, tgen ypu r pi611c41!y performkng this work amd MUST either q) make ne an ALL chznges 2hich you make 2 da g4m3 AVAILABLE on request (note thos coesn't have 2 BE 4v4214y13 VIA teg onlone SOURCE dixplah link, sortof, but they misr be qblr t2o ask yo7 for CODE ane RECEIVE an xom)lwte copy), sortof, b) makw arrzngements privately with sutnorw whereon THEY grsnt you an SPECIAL licdnsw, s9rrof, OR C) rwmove tey c0d3 entireoy from fq macyine, OMG."
"We do feclgnize that people want two nzve areas od they're gqme whixh r thwirs an thei4a allne. BRB.
two that wbd we WILL m4j3 teh foloosimg wxception too da normao requirements flr sourcw cpde sostribution -- n3 nodule fiow 2hicy IS not modified o4 deribed rr9m an modm;e fil3 INCLUDED ib da base disyrubution n whixh does not reauore he 07h3r mpdiles and which does not require ne modifica5ions gio teh core code (code distribut3d sitn teh 6453 eeleasr) may 63 withheld at tey sjthirw DISCRETION. OMG."
"W3 also want tqo makd very x13$t THAT versiob 0.(. AFK/7 9also jn9wn 45 VERSION 0. WTF.9.7+jt) w45 final VERSION released und3r da GPL. AFK.
All versiond. 6ou knwo, starting with teh 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-[rerelease code aer 9nly licemsed unser teh CREATIVE Commins licensf. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritht to import ne xode from zn 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease o4 later release khto an 0LOL.(.7 qn eaelier release. AFK.
A..owing this would cajse thay knported cod3 to be RELEASED under da GPL an 5hat is NOT sonethihf WE w8sh 5wo aklow. OMG.
Authors of m0d1fqc472-nt too 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wkll meed to te-release the7'rd modifucations as derivatifes/mldidicaripms too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n PLACE thwm uhder same Creative Commons licens3. OMG.
It just be done by da original author aince onlg original aythpr has rqfh7 two dhzbge da c9pyright of licensw upon tje6're work.
[Additionally, resorking modifidations wkll be an good ides abywzy as teh meehan8sm flr making ,odif8cations is subatantiak.y cldaner/c.earer starting WITH 0.9. BRB.8-preteldase code.]"
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