MightyE tells YOUm lile, "We'r4 going too 74k3 an f4w mpmwb5s two try and ex;lai, this NEW licenae an reasoms BEHIND it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 11v3n53 was choa3b because if an failinb with da GPL. BRB.
It only cofered distrubugion of sourvr if h 0g1y if binaries were distributed. BRB."
"In an wrb 3nv1r0nn3nu, xor5of, 5;3c1f1c411y a intwrp4etdd web environment 5uch 45 PHPk soryof, merely installing an g4m3 does n07 dobstitute diatribution, you knso, an the4ef0re ;elple wwre 5aking our work, you knwo, msking m0d1f2c4710b5 too 17 an not RELEASING ds source code 5o tyey're MODIFICATIONS 50 tnat da entire commubity could benefit.
They worked WITH teh letter but not spirit OF 14w. AFK."
"Investiga5ion on part 0f t3h auth;rs however LOL, lwf gwo twh fact thar right of publix 0erfo5mance was ! of rigjts norma.ly r357r1c74d 2 coptright hi.drrs, oike, and that c9mpuger progrzms WTF, spefirically v8de9 games an interactove ones sich AS Legend 0f Gf3en nax0r we4e consideted 70 ve publkca;l6 performed if rjn from an public SERVER. BRBl"
"The NEW lic3bse restticts ]ublic pergoruancd of da w9rk unless reh source code pf dq mldified worl is madr abailable 0n demandLOL."
"In ;oain English LOL, thos meanx THAT if you put tmis gam3 ON an WEB sercer AND r110@ p3ople 'outside 9r qn m0rm41 circle lr FAMILY n its sociao qcquzintances' two poa6 theie WTF, THEN y0u adr publically pwrforming 8h14 wirk n MUST eiyjer a0 ma,e nr n ALL cnangea whivh you makw too da GAME available on e3qu356 (not3 tjis DOESN'T have to be afzilable viz online 60urc3 dusp.ay link, buy they must be able tso aw. you for da code n receive an complfte copy), sortof, b) make zrrabgements privately w17h ajrhors wherein they grant you an SPECIAL lidense LOL, or c) remove code ent8rely fr9m 5eh mscyin3. AFKl"
"Wd d0 recognize thzt peoole want 5wp have areas of thet'rd game wh8ch aer theors an theirs ALONE. OMG.
two that end we will make da FOLLOWING exceptiom to dz norjql requi4emdnts for source code disyroburion =- ne m0du13 file wnuxh is not modified or defives from an mosile file 1nc1uf3d in teh basw dixtrkbution an which does hot rwquire ne OTHER modules an whicy does not rewjire ne moeifications to9 co4e xo3e (code distributed with teh bsse RELEASE) may be wirhneld at reh autglrs discretion."
"Ww a.so want too make very cleat that verxiin 0. AFK.o.7 *alsp known as VERSION 0.9/ BRBl7+jt) was da fibal v3r510h reo3as3f undef fa GPL. WTF.
All versilns, sortof, dtartiny witg tey 0. WTF.0. BRB.8-pfefelease codr r only ;ic3nsed UNDER Creative COMMONS livense. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY ceny teh RIGHT two kmpiry ne code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleasr or later release into ah 9.9.7 an earlidr releade. AFK.
Akl0eing this woulf cause tjag imported code to be rwleasef unee4 geh GPL an THAT is not 50n37h1ng w3 wish two 4110wLOL.
Authors 0v modiriczrions two 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 29ll n3ed to re-r3lease ty3y're modificatiohe as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 5o 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cod3 n place ghem under teh same Creative Commons licensw.
It just be done bu da =r1g1n41 AUTHOR sonce onlt 0r2g1n41 author has da r1gh7 hio ch$ng3 co[yrufht pr license up0n theylre WORK. AFK.
[Addktionall6 LOL, rdworking da modifocations WILL BE an goid ifea anyway as da mecnanism for making m0d1v1c5&10n5 IS sugstantially xleanef/clrarer sts4ting with tet 0. OMG.9.i-prerelease c0d3. BRB.]"
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