MightyE tells you, "We're going w tqke an few MOMENTS 2 try and 3xp141n tnow mew ;icensr and teh REASONS b3himd it im olain Enblish. 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."
"Thod new luvtnse was choswn because or an failing w17h teh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION OF source iv n onlu IF 61n4r1e5 were fistrobuted, BRB."
"In an web rbvironment, lkke, specifically a inrerpreted web environ,eng SUCH as PHP, merelt INSTALLING an GAME d03t not c9nstitute distributioh LOL, sn therrfore people were taking OUR work LOL. making modifications two 8t an not releasing teh s07rce coce rwo ghey're jodif8cations do that da ENTIRE vommynity xould benefit. AFK.
They workrd with letter but NOT spirit of la2. WTF."
"Invrxtigation 9n teh part 0f ds zuthors hkwever LOL. ked 70 fact that teh right of [ubliv PERFORMANCE wsw 1 of eigjts notma.ly resttictec 5oo copyright holders WTF, an thar COMPUTER 0rogrxms, like, specifically vid3o g4m35 n intrractive ones 5ucy 45 Legend of teh Gteen gax0e wdre donsidered w be 0ublidally oerforned 1f run from sn pu611c xerver. BRB."
"The ne2 lkcense RESTRICTS pub.uc PERFORMANCE of WORK unleas source c0e3 0f mosufied work is made availavle ON DEMANDLOL."
"In p!41n Englisgm this means THAT if y0u put this gane on an web server n allow people 'putsise pf an normal c1rc13 OF fzmily n its sodial ac!ua8n5andes' two play their, sortof, then toi arr publically perfprming this wori n MUST e8thee a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whkch yo7 make too tey game zvailav;e ON REQUEST (note this doesn't have 2 be available via onlihe w8u4cd display link WTF, but 7h3y musg be qble too ask 6ou for da code h receive an clm[lete copy(, like, b) makw atrantementq prifatrly eith teh autnors wjereon tgty GRANT YOU an specia; 11c3n53 LOL, oe c) renove code entirely ffom nachineLOLl"
"We do recognize that peopoe want to have AREAS of rn3y're game wnovh ser tgeirs n gh3irs alone. WTF.
two that 3nd we will makr teg followihg esception tqo da normal r2quifements FOR SOURCE c9de fistt8butkon -0 ne module file wh1ch is not modofiwd or derived fgom an moxule file 1nc1id3d ib base distribuyoom an WHICH does n-7 require ne 06h3r jpdyles n which eoes nog reqyird ne m9difications to da core coce 9code distribu5rd with da base release) m4y ve WITHHELD at da authofs discretion. AFK."
"Wr qlso want two ,ake ver6 cleay that verskon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (alsp knowb as versipn 0. OMG.9. WTF.6+jt) was da final vrrwion relwased uhfer GPL. AFK.
All v#r510n5, sortof, 573f71ng 2ith -LOL.o. BRB.8-[r3r313553 code r only lice,sed jnd3r C4rative C0mm0n5 licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny roght t9 1mp0r7 ne CODE FROM zn 0. OMG.9.7-prer3lease or later r3134t2 in5o an 0. OMG.9.7 an 34r113r releas3.
Aolowing this would c$ut3 that im[prtef code to be relwased undrr teh GPL snd THAT is not s9,wth8ng we wish t2o allow.
Authors OF m0d1f1c4&10n5 two 9. WTF.9/ AFK.8 WILL need tw9 re-4elease thwy're ,odivicatikns as ddrkvatuves/mofidicstions to 0. BRB.9, AFK.8 code n place 7h3, UNDER teh sqme Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
It must nd DONE b6 teh original authir since only origima/ author had rihht g9o chqmge teh copyright or lixense upon 5hey;re w04k. WTF.
[Addit8onalky WTF, reworking da modificatiohs w111 be ah gkod ocea anusay as teh ndchanism for making m0d1f1c47q0n5 1t substantially cleaner/clearer sysrting with 5eh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-perrelraae code.]"
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