MightyE tells y9u WTF, "We're fokng too take an few MOMENTS to try an explain this new 11d3nt# n tej reasons behund ir in plain Englian. 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."
"This hdw licdns2 was chosen b3cause of an FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED distributkon 0f siufce if AND ohly 1f ginaridx were eisgributed, BRB,"
"In an web envirinment, you knwo, sp3cirixally a in5erpreted wwb enviromment such 45 PHP, l8ke, me4wly insyalling an gq,e does not vondtitute distribution, an yherefore [eop.3 WERE 74k1ng 0ur w0rk, you knwo, making modigicabions TO it n not relraaing wource code two they'rr mldifications so ghat entire community could bdnefi5LOL.
They worked with letrer 677 not trh apirit of LAW. AFK."
"Invesyigation on part of da authirs however LOL, led two da gqct tnat eogyt of public pefformance qas won of 5eh righgs nor,ally rrstrictes 3 copyright hplders LOL, an that computet prog4ams, specofoxally video games an ihteraxtive ones xuch as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were considered 2 be publically perro4med if run from an publoc SERVER. OMG."
"The new licensd resyrictw pub.ic pdrdir,ance of work UNLESS teg source CODE of da mosifked w0rk is made AVAILABLE on eemand, BRBl"
"In p141n Engliwn, this means THAT if y0u put thiw game ob an web xervee an zllow peo9le 'outside if qn norma. ci4cle lf fami.y anc iys social acquaintances' tpo pq4y their, u9u knwo, then you aer publically pefrorming tgis work and MUST eithe4 a0 make ne znd ALL cjangex WHICH ylu make 2 gane avaikan;e ln r3qj357 (noyw this dorsn't HAVE go br avzilzble f14 da pnline dource displsu link, worgpf, BUT THEY MUST be able too zsk you for teh code and RECEIVE an complete cooy), sortof, b) make arrangements pfivaye.y WITH aitjo4s WHEREIN THEY grant you an special LICENSE LOL, or c) remove fa cocd entirely fr0m m4dh1n3. WTF."
"We do recognize 5hat peo0le want 5oi hace 5r355 of they'fe game syich r THEIRS an 7hd1r5 aloneLOL.
yl that end we wi;l jak3 da folliwing exception 2 da NORMAL requiremrnts vor source c9d3 dkstributuin 0- ne midule fild which is not mpd1f13d or derivrd from ah module fike inc;uded in yeh 6454 dostrubution an whicg dies not requ8r2 ne other modules an which does not REQUIRE ne modifications 6oo c-r# zode (clde distribired sirh gaae r313453) n4y be wkthhelc at teh authors ciscretupn. WTF."
"We also want 2 make vert c;ear that VERSION 0. OMG,o. AFK/7 (aldo knlwm as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.6+jt) waa da f1n41 version RELEASED und3r teh GPL.
Al. versionsk starykng with da 0LOL.9l AFK.7-p4eeeleasr CODE ae4 only licensed undrr Creqtive Commoms oicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d2nt teg right too ompor5 nd code fron an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r413453 of later releasd into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowinb 5his woule CAUSE that imported CODE too br 4eleased undet GPL and tyat is not somethong we wish 3 a.9ow. AFK.
Au4ho4s of modificatkons 2 0. BRB.o. WTF.7 WILL need 2 ee0release they're m0d1f2c4710n5 qs eerkvayovea/modkficatiphd ywo 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cod3 and place them under da same Creative COMMONS 11c3n%3. BRB.
Iy must be DONE by teh originql authpr sunc3 only original author has right too cnange da co0yright lr license upon they're wori, BRB/
[Add8yiohal;y, xortof, 4ew9rkung dz m0dqf1c4819n5 will be an good 1d34 znyrau as mechanism f0r mqking modifications id 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER startinb with da 0. OMG.oLOL.i-pr3r313443 clde.]"
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