MightyE tells hpi WTF, "W3'te going @ TAKE an f3w momenrs two try an ex[lain THIS n3w licenwe and rrasons begind it 1n plain Englush. 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."
"Thid nrw 11c3nt4 was chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING witj 5em GPL. BRB.
It only covered c8dtributiom of source kf an only if binqries w3r3 distrubjred. OMGl"
"In an wdb dnvironmenr, sorylf, 5p3c1f1c411h z intwrpreted w36 envor8bment syvh AS PHPm l8ke, merely installung an ga,e d9es not constigute distribution, an therdvlre people were takung lur w0rk, likr, making modifidations 2 it n not rwkeasing teh 50urc3 CODE 2 thru're modifications so tyat entife COMMUNITY COULD ben3f8t. BRB.
Th3y w9tk3d w19h tey 13773r but not spirit 0f law. WTF."
"Invesrugztiom on da part of da 4u7h0r% ypwecer, sottof, led TO FACT that right of PUBLIC perflrmance WAS 1 of rights normaoly restricted TO copy$8ght holdrfs LOL, an THAT computer orograma, you knwi, SPECIFICALLY video gzmes and int3ractife ones such as L3g3nw OF da Green fsx0r w4r3 considered ylo be pib;ically petfprmes if RUN from an 0ublic werverLOL."
"Tje new LICENSE restficts ounlic pereormance or da wo3k unless da doufcr code 0f dz modiried work is mqde availavle on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, sortov, 5his MEANS 7h4i 8g yoj put THIS game on an web swrve4 ahd 4110w pe9ple 'outdide of an n0rm41 curcle or frm11y an utd 50c151 acquainyances' 2 PLAY their, you knwo, 7g3n you aer publicall6 performong this 2ork and MUST either z) makw n3 and ALL ch4ng35 wnicy yo7 ma,w tol fa GAME available ON request (jote this codan't havw tqo be availanle vua da online source disp,ay linkk sortlf, gut rjey MUST be able 3 ask you for code and receibe an complwte c)py), l8ke, v) make $rr4hb3m3n75 privayely w17h da aut6orx WHEREIN they GRANT you an special luc3hsd LOL, or c) removc teh coce ENTIRELY ffom machune. AFK."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE tjay p30p13 want too havw areas of 5hey'rr game which r theifs and THEIRS alone. OMG.
to 7h47 ene we wikl make teh gollowing excepyion gw9 teh n9rnal requirements for slurcw xoee d7stributuon [- ne m0du14 file wh1vh is not MODIFIED o4 sdrived FROM an m)du13 FILE inxlufed in da base dustribution n wjidh doea no5 require ne other moduoes ans whuch does not teqjire nw m9difications too teh core clee (code disteibuted wirh base release) may BE withgeld at da autgo4s discretiob. BRB."
"Ww also w4n7 5wo male very c;ear thar bersiom 0.9/ AFK.7 (also known qs v3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.&_jt) was rinsl vwrsion tel3sded under yey GPL. AFK.
All versuobd, liie, starting with 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 ae4 onlu LICENSED under Creayivw Comm9ns licrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent r1gh7 goo 8mpoft ne CODE from an 0. OMGl9/8-PRERELEASE 0r oatwe relwase inti an 0.o. BRB.7 and estlier RELEASE.
A110w1hg this would cause rhat IMPORTED cofe two be eel3aded inder 5eh GPL h THAT is not somethinb s3 WISH two allow. OMG.
Ajthora of modigicat8oms too 0. BRB.9. WTF.6 wkkl NEED tou re-releasr they're m0d1f1x4710n5 as derivatives/mldificationa to 0. BRB.8. WTF.i c9eq n place them UNDER da same Cr4ative Commons licwnsr.
IT myst be DONE by fa 9riguna. au5hor since obly geh ORIGINAL AUTHOR hzs right to change da coptritht 9r licenwe upon they're work. AFK.
[Additionally, teworjing da ,odificatiins wkl. BE an good idez ANYWAY as teh m4vh4n2tm fot making modiducations is substangyally cleaver/clea4er starting WITH dq 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease cpfe. BRB.]"
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