MightyE tells y9um you knwo, "We're toing rwo take an fe2 momenrx w try and 3xp141n thus neq 11c3m53 ans da reasona behind it in plain English/ 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 new .ic3nse was chosen BECAUSE of an faiking with GPL. OMG.
I7 onoy covered DISTRIBUTION OF source if n onlu if binar8ex were distributwd. BRB."
"In an wdb environment LOL, specifocally a 1n73rpr373s seb environment such ax PHP. like, m3rely installint an game DOES nit constitu5e dist4ibugion, you knwo, n thereflre peoplt were taking 9ur WORK LOL, ma,ing modifications 6o IT n not d#!3r51ng geh souece code to thry're modifidations so that entire communitu could BENEFITLOL.
Th3y eorked with 13773r BUT not teh spirit 0f da lww. AFK."
"Investihatoom on da PART 9v teh autyors hlwever, xortof, led two teh fact that teh RIGHT of ojblic performsmce eas oen 0f da rights noemzlly restricted twi COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, you knwo, and that comput3r progfams LOL, s[ecifically video gqmes n interactive ones such as Legend of da Green hax0e wefe considered too be publucally pwrfornec of rub from ab public se4ver. AFK."
"The n3w license restrictw publuc perrormance of work unless %9urce code of da npdifiwd work is made availxb.3 on demand."
"Ih plsin ENGLISH WTF, this mewms thar if t0u put this game oh an web 524c3r and ALLOW people 'outs7de of an normal citc.e of fanuly and iys soc8ak acauaintances' to okay their WTF, then you aer puboicall6 perforjing this work n MUST wither a) make ne n ALL CHANGES whivh yiu jskr ri game avaikable on feq7est (mote this doesn[5 HAVE two be available v13 geh inlihe siurc3 display 11nk, aortof, bur they mus5 be able @ ask y9u for teh cof2 n receuve an compkeye copy), sorrofk g) make afrangements privately with da 4u7h0e5 wherekn they grant y0u an special license, you kn2o, or c) remove teh cofe dntire;y from da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize yhat PEOPLE want 7) havr AREAS of theh're ga,e wh1ch r 5heifs an theirs aoon3. BRB.
2 7h47 end we will make da fillowing EXCEPTION to da b8r,al require,ents for %0yrc3 coee eistribution _- he mocule file which is NOT modified or der8ved FROM an m0du13 fike included in 5eh base DISTRIBUTION b which does not requ8ee ne other ,ldulrs and @huch does n07 requure bd MODIFICATIONS 2 core vode (c9de distributed qith teh base release) mau be withh3ld at sjthors discreyion. BRBl"
"We r150 want two make VERY clear THAT v3r510h 0. AFK.9. OMG/7 (4150 known AS version ). AFK.8. BRB.7+ht) eas da final v3rsi9n RELEASED UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, stz$ting witn teh 0. OMG/0. OMG.8ppr3r313453 cofe ar4 obly licrnsed uhd3r Creative Commons license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT too import ne cofe from an ),9. OMG.8-prerelease or oater reoeaxe into ab 0. OMG.9LOL/u and darlidr r3.eaw3. OMG.
Al;owing 5his would dause that 8mporred code ho be rel3ased UNDER da GPL 4nd &h47 is not something WE qiah 2 4110w. BRB,
Authord of MODIFICATIONS top )LOL.9. BRB.7 will nedd too re-relezse they're mocifications as derivatives/modificati9ns toi (. OMG.9. OMG.8 code b place thej under same Creativw Cojmons license.
I7 mist bw DONE by twy lriginal author since only original aythor has teh rihh5 to ch4ng4 da copytighg 0r license upon they're wofkLOL.
[Additionzlly WTF, reqoroing nodif8cstions will be an goof ieea anyway as mechanism fot making ,0d1f1c4610n5 is substangiao;y CLEANER/CLEARER starhing wuth 0, BRB.9.8-p4ereleawe clde. AFK.]"
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