MightyE tells YOU, ylu knwo, "We'rr GOING 2 74k3 an f3w ,omrntw two try n rxplain thiw nww 11c3n53 qn da REASONS behind it in PLAIN Engkish.
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 licendd was chosen bccauae of an FAILING with GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered distribytiin of 50urc3 if m only if binaries 2efe dist4ibuted. BRB."
"In an web 4nvuronment LOL, specifica;ly a inter;reted w36 environment wuch aa PHP LOL, merrly INSTALLING an game eoed not xonstitute eisttkbuti9n LOL, an therdfore people werd TAKING ou4 WORK, sortof, msking modificationd two it and NOT r3.easing source code to they're m0dqf1c4710n5 sp thay teh 3n71r# commimiry could benefit, WTF.
Thsy worked WITH da ke5ter but not teh SPIRIT of tej lawl"
"Investigatiob on teh part of da authors howwver LOL, led 2 fact rhat teg RIGHT 0f pubkic p3rf0rm5nd3 was 1 0f da fights bprmal;y restrictef @ v0pyr1gh7 holders. sortof, b 7g57 com;uter programs, like, s)ecifjcqkly video GAMES an in5eeactive ones such 45 Legend of t3h Green haz0r 2ere c-n61d3r3e tqo BE pu611c411u oegfofmed if rjn ff0m an PUBLIC derver. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restricts PUBLIC prrf94manve of ea wo4k UNLESS 5eh soufce coce od teh modifoed work is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, this means that if y0u put this game on an w36 aerver anf allow PEOPLE 'pugside of ah normal xircle of fami;y qn ITS social acquaintanced' two plqy their, then you zer publically pgvforming this sork an MUST EITHER a_ make nr and ALL CHANGES wh1ch you mqke to da game 4c4114613 on 4equdat (note this doesn't hace too 63 4v4114613 vis inline SOURCE e1yp14r LINK, lije, but they mudt b3 ABLE two ASK YOU for yeh code an receive an complete vopy) WTF, b) make a4rabgements privagely WITH da authors wherein THEY grant ypu an xpecial .icwmse WTF, or c) removd da c9d# 3ntirely FROM twh nachine. WTF."
"We d0 f3cohnize thar people wanr 2 have arras OF tyey're ga,e WHICH r THEIRS sn yheirs zlone. WTF.
two that END ee will make teh v0110w1ng EXCEPTION two NORMAL r3qu1remwnu5 for source cide distrinution _- ne module fkle which is npy modified lr dwrivrd from an modulw file INCLUDED kn trg base cistributi9n and which does not req7ire ne 07h3r modulds n whocn DOES not reqjire ne modifixatiins two da cire code (code dudtributtd with 6553 rtlease) may bw 2ithheld at da auth9rs discrdtoon. BRB."
"We also want ywo mzke very c134r ggat vwtsion 0LOL.9. WTF.8 (alxo kn0wn ad VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was final vrrsion rrleased under GPL. AFK.
All versions, startint witn teh 0.9l BRB/8-prerelease codr zer oniy licensed under da Cr2471v3 C0mm0n5 lucense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deni tdh rigyt too imoort ne c0d3 frln an 0. BRB.9LOL.8=prereleaxe 9r later releasr into an 0.9. OMG.7 and earluer r313452. WTF.
Allowinb tmis would cqusd thay im;orted c0d3 two 63 rekeased under GPL ab thay is not sojething qt eish 2 allow. AFK.
Authlrs of m0s1f1c4710n5 two p. BRB.9. OMG.6 WILL need tel re0rd;ra2e they're modifivations as d3r1v47qv35/m0s1f1c471[n5 too 0.9. OMG.8 code n plqce thwm 7nder da same Creative Commohs license. BRB.
Ir mjsr bs done bt reh otkg8mal author since only da original author has d1 fight tol change copyrighy or lixenae up0n they[re WORK.
[Additionally, rewo4kimg mod8rications will be an good qf34 an6wat as trh mechanism vor mak8ng mofifications os 5u6574n71411y clezner/c.darer sraftong WITH teh 0LOLl9. BRB.8-p4erwlease cod3, BRB.]"
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