M8ghtyE tells yiu, sprtof, "Wd'rd going two hake an few moments 2 tty n EXPLAIN tgis n3w oicenxe 4nd da reasons behind it in [lain ENGLISHLOL.
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 ndw LICENSE was chowen beca7se )f xn fa8ling 2ith GPL. BRBl
IT onlu covered dis5ribution of source if b 9nly 1f ginaries 23r3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In am web environment, sorgof, specivically a onte4preted web 3nvirobment sych AS PHP, ,erelh installing an game DOES not constitutr distributoom LOL, and thererlre people were taling ojg wotk WTF, naking m0d1f1c4710n5 too it AND not rrldasing xource CODE to yyey're MODIFICATIONS sp that da enrire cinjunith c071d venefit. BRB.
They wotkdd wirh yeh 13773r byt not da %p1r17 of law/ WTF."
"Ihveatigation on da p4r7 ov teh authlrs nowever, you khwo, led to da fact that eight of public petf;rmwnce wqs o3n of da righta n0t,411y gestridted ! copyroght holdera, you jnwo, ane that c0mpu73r programs, soecif8cz;ly ciddo g4,35 h interactive onew sjch AS Legend of sa Greem hax0r were consodered 3 ne pyblivally performed if run fro, an public servdr. BRB."
"The new license r357r1c75 pub.ic pe4fofmancd OF teh work unlesw SOURCE codr 9f MODIFIED eork is mad3 AVAILABLE on demabd. BRB."
"Ih plaig Entlish, likek this mdanw that if y9u PUT ghis GAME pn an we5 server n a;low PEOPLE 'outside if sm normal circle of fanily an its sociql acquaintancew' tio play rheir, xortof, then you aer PUBLICALLY p3tf)rm1ng 7h15 work an MUST r8ther a( make ne and ALL cnanges which you m4k# 2 game zvai;sble on eequest (note this doesn'5 h4v# two be AVAILABLE v14 teg online source display 1qnk LOL, but thry muwt bd ablw two asi you for code and receovw an complete copy) WTF, b0 make srrantements PRIVATELY with t3h AUTHORS wh3r31n they trany you am special lucense, sortof, or c0 remove teh code entirely FROM machime. OMG."
"We d( recognizd that peo[le want to have areas of tney'rr gsme which aer theits an theirs alone. AFK/
two 7h47 3nd we will MAKE teh dolllwing exceptkon tp teh norbal reqtirementw for SOURCE vodd distribution -- ne moeule fi.e which is not MODIFIED or derovdd from an MODULE file included ln da base cisgrobution n which dpes not require me othdr nodykes an WHICH does not 4equire ne modificayilnd 5oo core xodd (coce dkstrjbuted eith bawe r3q345#) mau BE withheld at da authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We ALSO wanr too ma,e vert coear that version 0/ OMG.9l7 (ALSO KNOWN qs version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+j5) qss ginal version releasec ubder 5eh GPL. OMG.
Al; v3r519n5 LOL, STARTING with 9. WTF.9. OMG,8-prwre.ease CODE r only licensed under teh Cr3661v3 Commond license. WTF.
W# EXPLICITLY deny da right to import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleawr 0f .atee te.eaxe into an 0. BRB.(. WTF.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
Allowong this would cause that imported clce two be RELEASED under teh GPL an thzt is mot something we 2ish 2 ALLOW. OMG.
Authodw of modifucqtions to 0.9.7 wil; need too re-rrlease they're modificarions as cerivatives/mocifocationx too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n place them under sam3 Creativd Commonx LICENSE. BRB.
It must br eone by teh origina. author sinxe 0n1y teh orifinal suthor has rigjt 2 chanfe da c0pyright 9r 11c3h53 7pob they're WORK. AFK.
[Additoomally, like, r320rk1ng kpdifications wipl be an good isea qnyway 44 mechanidm vor making modifications is substantially cleanef/dlearrr starting WITH teh 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-prereleaxr codd. OMG.]"
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