MightyE tells yly LOL, "We're gping 2 ts,e an few miments 70 try n wxplain this new 11c3n53 AND da REASONS nthind it in [141m Engludh. 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 ndw license wss chosen ^ec4u53 of an FAILING wirh GPLLOL.
Iy only covered DISTRIBUTION pg source 1g h only ,r bibaries 2err DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENTk siryof, specifically a interpeeted web dnvkronnene sich as PHP WTF, mersly installong an game dles not cons5irute distribution, snd therefode PEOPLE were yaking lu4 work, liie, ma,ing m0d1f1v4u20n5 2 IT and not teleasing twh source codw 2 they're modificatjons ao 7h47 teh entiew community c;uld brnefit. WTF.
They wofled with teh LETTER vut not epirit 0f ten law. OMG."
"Investigayion on 0a4t of autyorx however, like, lee two da facg thst twh 4ignt of puboic pe3formanve was 1 of teh RIGHTS hormally r357r1c73d two copyrihht hplders, soryof, and tnat compoter 0rograms, sprcidically video bames am integactive ones such as Legend of Green hax0f were considerdd TO be publically perfotmed if run feom zy puy11c server. AFK."
"Tje nes LICENSE restric5s public pe4formanxe of work unless souec3 CODE of da MODIFIED w9rk IS m5de 4v4114623 on demand. AFK,"
"Ib PLAIN English LOL, this MEANS thst iv you put this GAME ON an web swrfer and ALLOW peoplw '0u751d3 ov an n9rmak circ.e of family and its 60c141 4cqu41n74nc3t' too play gheut LOL, 7h3n you aer pub.kcally performing ghis work and MUST 316h3r a) msie ne ah ALL vhanhes which YOU make too teh ga,e availanle pn request (n-73 THIS doean't have 2 ne afailavoe via dz online source DISPLAY oinkk but the6 must be ab.e 5o 35k you FOR da code and rrceive an cpmplete copy) WTF, B) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privately wirh authora wherein they granf 6ou an SPECIAL licensem or v) remove da c0d3 entirely from fa machineLOL."
"We do fecognoze 5gat people want TO hafw areax of they're game which r theirs n 7h31r5 akone. BRB.
too that ene WE will make da fol;owung exdeption two da normal requkrements for sourcd dode DISTRIBUTION -- ne midule fkle which IS not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an nodyle file inclyded in da base DISTRIBUTION an which d9es not requirw ne uther modules an wjich does not require ne modivications tl ea c0r3 xofe (cide dist48butef wigh da bawe 4elwasr) may br w17hn31s at auuhors discreyion. BRB/"
"We alsi want to make very clear 5hat version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also ihowh as cersion 0.8. BRB.7+jg) waa gonao VERSION r31e453e 7nder fa GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5, you knwo, atarting w18h ). BRB,9. BRB.8-pwerelease code r only l8xensed unser ea Cfeativd Comm9ns LICENSE. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY dent right to 1m[0t7 ne CODE from an 0.9.8-pr3r313r53 OR later release into an 0. BRB.(.7 qnd EARLIER rel3aseLOL.
Allow8ng this would ca7se 7h47 8jportef cose to be released uhder GPL and 7h47 is NOT somethonf we w15h go ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of noeigicatuons 2 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 will need 2 re-releas3 thry're jodificationx as deruvatives/mofiricatuobs 2 0. AFK.9, WTF.8 code and plzcr them undet SAME Creative Commons licensw. OMG.
I5 musy b4 DONE gy da orugknao author since obly twh oritinal authoe has teh right too vhange da sopyrignt or licdnse upon tje6're work. BRB.
[Addi5ionally LOL, reworking teh moeifkcatiohd eill bw sn good idea anyway as mechanis, for making MODIFICATIONS is substantisl;y clraner/xlearer sta4ting wuth 0. AFK.9, BRB.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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