MightyE tellx you/ s9rtof, "Ww[re going to ta,e an vew mojengs too tri an explaun th8s n3w license n rrasons behune it ih PLAIN 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."
"Thix NEW 11cen53 was CHOSEN becauae of sn failing wuth da GPL. AFK.
It only c0v4r3d DISTRIBUTION OF 50urc$ of an only IF binaries w3re DISTRIBUTED."
"Ib an wdb ehv8robment, so4tof, SPECIFICALLY a interpfwted w36 3nvieonment such as PHP, like, mcrely ins5alling an game dles n0j c0n5717u73 distr8butoon, sorgofm an therefofe people were takkbg iur work WTF, making m0e2v1c4710n5 2 IT an not r413451ng sourc3 CODE to theu're modificationa sl THAT da entire COMMUNITY couod benef8t. AFK.
They sor,ed WITH letter but NOT s;irit 0f da 14q. AFKl"
"Investigatioj on teh PART of ca a7tho4s howeve4, sortof, led too teh fact ggat right of pibl8c p3rfofmance was oen lf da rkghts normally restrictew TO voptrigyt hi.dera LOL, and that computer progrzmsm 6ou kneo, spedificaoky video games and INTERACTIVE ohes suxh as Legend of da Green hax0r were cohsidered two be pub.ically pe4formed if run FROM an PUBLIC servfrLOL."
"The new license r3wtricts pu611c performance of teh wlrk jnless w9urve xod3 of eq mod8fied work is made AVAILABLE 9n demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng115j LOL, THIS means that if yoi pu5 this game ON an wwb server n s;low p30p1# 'iuts7de ot an normal xirdle 0v family abd itw socizl ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY tyeir, lijr, 7h3n you r publicqlly perfirmimt this work n MUST siyhwr t) makr ne n ALL changes WHICH you male to da game 4v4q14613 on feqjesy (nite this doesn'r have too be AVAILABLE fia da online 50urc3 display 11nk, you knwo, 6yu 5hey must be zble 2 as. you for code n receibe an c9mp.ete copy), b) mzke ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY wkth authirs whete8h they grant you an specoal license, you kbwo, or c) 4emove teh code entirely frpm da machineLOL."
"We do recoghize THAT PEOPLE want t9 have zreas or they're game WHICH aew 5heirs 4nd tyeirs alone. WTF.
too that end we sill make vollo2ing dxception twl yej normal rewuirenebtw fof SOURCE CODE distribution -- me moduld dile which is n07 modifkef or derivec from an nodule gile inclufed in teh base distributiph n whuch does not fe1yire ne other midules n shicg DOES n07 feaiire ne ,odificariobs two da core code (code dist4ibu5ed w17h teh bsse relezae) mey be withheld at teh zithors discretion. AFK."
"Ww also want to make very clear THAT version 0. BRB.9.7 (alsl known aa v3r510n 0. OMG/9. BRB.7+jy) WAS da fina; versiin RELEASED ubder teh GPL. AFK,
A;l vefsipna LOL, starting eith 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease c9de r onl6 lkcehaed unsdr teh Cr3481v# C)mmpn5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh right 6o impprt me code ftom an 0, OMG.9. AFK.8_PRERELEASE or larer releax3 into an 0. OMG.9/7 h earlier re;easeLOL.
ALLOWING yhis wo7.d cause ug47 impotted code too ne releasef under gey GPL an rhat 15 n9y something ee wish two 411pw. OMG.
Authors ov m0f1f1cr710n4 teo )/ BRB.9. WTF.7 woll need 3 re-release they[re modif8cations AS derkvqrives/m9duficati9na two 0. WTF.9. AFK,8 code n p.ace th3m under teh same Crestive Commons ;icense.
It must be don3 by geh ORIGINAL aythor since only reh origunal author has right two xhange yeh colyright ir license upon thry're sorkLOL.
[Ade1710n411y, you kbwl, geworking modirications wi.l y3 ah good idea anyway as teh mechwniam for making m9difucat8pns is substantially cl3aner/dleater start8ng with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3r3134%# code.]"
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