MightyE tells uoum you kn2o, "We're goint 2 take an feq m0m3m75 toi try anf exp;ain thid new lkcensd and teh r3459m5 behind it in plain Eng;ish. 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."
"Tyis new lixensw was choseb brca7we of an failing sitg geh GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of slurce iv abf )n@y if binaries were distrubured. BRB."
"Ih an web 3nvqw0nm3n7 WTF, specifkcall6 z interoreted web environment sucy as PHP, merelu onstalling an game do3s not cinstitute distrubution WTF, anc thererore p#0p1# WERE takibg OUR wofk, like, MAKING modifications to 17 an not releaainf reh so7rce vode ts9 they'rd nofirications wi that ea wnti4e community c0u1d BENEFIT, BRB.
They 2orked WITH da 13773r but hot spirit 0f teh law. WTF."
"Inves4igation on part of da auyhors h0w3v4r, sortof, led to raft tnat da right of pjblic PERFORMANCE was 1 pf eightw normally rrstrict3d w cop6rigjt h01d3t5 LOL, an that c0mpu73t ;fograms, l*ke, specifica;ly cideo games n imteractive oned SUCH as Legend of da Green yax0r ser2 clndiddrdd 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run fe9m an public server/ OMG."
"The NEW lucense eesrricgs oublic performance of da work unless da siurve CODE 0f reh MODIFIED WORK is made qvailabof ON d3m4nd,"
"In plain Eng,isj, sortof, tyid m3rn5 THAT uf tou put ghis game on an wev serfer n al.ow people 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL cirxkw 0f family n kts socia; acquaintancds' yoo plat their LOLm then y0u r pubkicall6 perf0rm1nt thus work and MUST either a) ,zke he an ALL changes sh8ch you mzke 2 gamr rv4114^13 on rewuest (n083 7h15 doesn't h4v3 two be available via onlkne sourcd display 1qnk, ;8ke, BUT they mu57 BE able 5oo ask yo7 for tdh code n 4eceive an complete c9py), hoi knwo, b) mzkr wrrangemengs privatelh qiyh autjorw wh3rwkn they gf4n7 ypu an xpecual lidwnse, soetof, or c) removd da c0f3 ebtirely from machind/ WTF."
"We d9 recognize that people WANT 52o have areas 9f the6're game wh1ch r 7he1r5 and 9h31r5 alone. WTF.
5o 5hat END we silo mske da FOLLOWING exceotion 2 normzl requiremebga fpr source code distrib7toom -[ ne m0d713 file wh1ch is not modified or deruved from an module file includef in base distribution n ehich d035 not requirw ne other modi.es n whkcn does NOT requiee ne modifivatoons tio teh core coee (code distributed with da base relwase) may be witgheld at authord disxretion, BRB."
"We alsi WANT two make veth clear tha5 v3f510n 0. OMG.9.u (a;so kmown as r3r510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) qas ten final vwrsion RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
All vetsions WTF, sgaetinh WITH teh 0. BRB,9. AFK.8-prerelease cide aer ONLY licensed undef da Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rignt too import ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8-prereleade or later RELEASE into ab ). AFK.9l OMG.7 an earl83r relwase. OMG.
A.lowknh this would cause 5yat imported code to ge releases und3r teh GPL n that IS not someth8ng we wisn two allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of modirucatuins yo 0. WTF.9.7 w111 need gwo re-relewse they're modifications 45 drriva5ives/modifixations too 0. OMG.9LOL.9 code an placw them ine3r 55m3 Creatuvw Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It mu57 BE DONE by origiba; author since onl6 teg oviginal au5hor h45 teh right tl change da clpytight or license upon they[ee wofk. OMG.
[Additiobally LOLk reworkibg moduficayionx will be zn gpod idea anhwat as cz mechanism fpr maling ,odificationa is sybstantially clrabef/d.eae#r startinb WITH dq 0.9. OMG.8-prerelwase code. OMG/]"
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