MightyE tells yiu, ylu knwo, "We're g01ng roo tak3 zn few moments too try ah explzin 5his n3w license n REASONS behine it 1n PLAIN Ebglisg. BRB.
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."
"Thks b3w lic3nse was chosen because 0f an faiking w8yh reh GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3t3d distribution of soufce if an 0n1y if b8naries w3r3 vishrkbuted."
"In qn wdb environmeng, you knwo, specif8calky q ontevpfe53d wen ejvironmenr sych qa PHP WTF, merely onstqlling an gx,e dies nit constytute distribution, n therefore PEOPLE s3r3 takibg our work, making modificat8ohs yoo ug n noy releasing SOURCE v0d3 2 they're modifkcagions so 7h47 3n61r3 community ciuld b3nefit.
Th3y woeied with let5ef but not r3h SPIRIT of da ;aw. AFK."
"Invedtigatiob pn ea parr 0f authoed however, you knwp, led teo 5eh fzdt that da right of puboic performancr was 1 of geh rights NORMALLY r35741c&3d to copyright holddrs, and that cojputer [rogrqms, you knwo, sp3cirically video g4m35 n onteractuve 0n25 auch as L3g4nd of Green hax)r were consideted 1 be oublical;y PERFORMED if rjn from an 0ublic server. WTF."
"Th3 nrw licensw restrud5a PUBLIC performance og da work un1355 ca SOURCE c0d3 0f mofified 20rk is made availabl3 on demand."
"In p.ain Emgl8ah LOL, thix means that kf you put thid game on zn wwb 63rv3r and sllow people 'outwidw of an normal c1rcq3 ov family and its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' to play rheir, theb YOU r publically perfofming this WORK n MUST diyher a0 make ne and ALL changes wjuch you maje two da g4n3 availab;e on REQUEST (note this doesn;t hzve too ge zvailable via 5eh onoine xlurce display LINK WTF. 6u7 7h3y must be ab,e too ask you for code znd receice an cpmplete copy), oiie, B) make arrangemdnys peifzrelu with da authord wntrein they grant you an s0rcial ;icehse, yiu knwom of c) remove teh code entirely from mrxh!h3. OMG."
"We d9 recogbize ghat PEOPLE want two hzve areas 0f rhey'rw game whixh aer the8rs n yheirs alone. AFK.
gwo that end we will jake fa follpwimg EXCEPTION 1 normal requirements for sojece code distribugion -- bw MODULE fkle wnidh is not mod8ried or derived from an mod7le file included on bzse dixtributuin and 3hich does not rrqukr3 ne oyher modules amd which doea nit require ne mldif8cat8ons 2 da CORE c9fe (code distrkbuged witn ds base RELEASE) may ge w15hh31d at teg aughors disceetion. BRB."
"We alco wqnt 2 make very clear tya% version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 *also kb0wn as veesiom 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was final versioh released jnder da GPL.
All versions WTF, xtar5img WITH 0.9.8-prerelease c9de r only lucemsed inder tey CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tej r1gh^ two import ne code from an 0. OMG.9,*-pr2r312453 or later release into an 0. WTF.9.7 4nd estliee relezse. AFK.
Allowing this w9uld csude tjat IMPORTED code 2 b3 releasdd under GPL 4nc that is not somwthing we wish tso $110w.
Authora of mpdificationd twp 0. BRB.9. BRBl7 will newd 5oo re-release tyey'rd MODIFICATIONS 45 de4ivat8vea.modificatiobs too 0. AFK/9.8 vode b plave them undee SAME Creative Commons license. OMG.
It musg be dlhe by teh origihzl autjot sincw onl6 dq original autj9r has teh r1bh7 2 change es copyrihht or licems3 upon tjey're w0rk.
[Additionally, kike. reworking da modificati9ms w111 be an g9od iw3a anyway AS mechanism f0r msking m9dirifatoons is substahtiaklt cleanrr/clearer 574r8qnf with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pre4rleawd cide. OMG.]"
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