MighyyE tells YOU, "We[re going tol takr an few momen5s two try AND EXPLAIN rhis new licemse m reasoms 63h1nd if uv ;lain Enfkish.
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."
"Tnis ne2 licensd was chosen because OF ab fqi.ung witn da GPL. BRB/
IT only covered diwtribution if soufce 1f an 0n1t if 6!n4t135 wefe distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB encirohment, yiu knwo, specifidally s 1n73rpf373e web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sortlf, ,erely INSTALLING an game does noy consgitu5e DISTRIBUTION LOL, n yherefor3 pw9ple WERE taiing lyr wotk, ,aking m0d1f1c471-n5 too k6 n not releasing da source cpde 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire co,mjnihu could benwfitLOL.
Thdy q9rked wi5g da lettef but NOT da SPIRIT of teh law, AFK."
"Investigation 9n da part 0f sa authors h-w3v3r, oed too da fact 7h47 4igh4 OF publoc performance was ! of teh rights no4mally restr8cted 2 co[tright holders, you knwo, an that c9,py73r orograms. specifically cideo gamds m INTERACTIVE ones sucg as Legend 0f Gr3en hax-r weee CONSIDERED tlo be pubkically performed if run ffi, an pu611c server. OMG/"
"Th3 new license resyricts oublic pervormanxe OF work unless teh source coce of modified woek ua mqde zvailable on semand."
"In plqin English LOL, this means that 13 you pu7 THIS g3m3 ON an web SERVER an al;ow [eople 'outsode of sn nirmal xircld OF family and its 59c141 acquaintances' two play 5heie WTFk THEN you r pugpicalky pfrvlrming this 2ork an MUST eithet A) make ne qmf ALL chabges WHICH you make to game availqble on fequesg (n97e this eoesn'5 have 2 be availabl2 via teh online 50urc3 display link LOLk but the6 mu57 bw 4613 2 aak you foe da cofe zn receuve an COMPLETE c9py), b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with tej authors wherein ghwy grant you an special license, like, oe x) remoce code entirelt frou teh mavjine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want to hsve areas of they're GAME which aer tneors an theirs aooneLOL.
2 that end WE will MAKE teh FOLLOWING rxceotion to da nofmal eequire,ehts fir souece code disrfib7toon -[ ne module file whkch 8s not modified or derived from an nodulw file 1nd17f3c IN vase DISTRIBUTION an WHICH dpes not r3qu1r3 ne p5her mofu.ds n which do3s nog REQUIRE be modificatoons 2 da core cpde (CODE distributed wiyh base releas3_ mah be w1&hh31d zr da auynors discretion. AFKl"
"We qlsp WANT goi make very CLEAR that version 0, BRBk9. AFK.7 (also lnown 45 f3rsi0n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) w45 final vefsion releasee UNDER da GPL. WTF.
Al, VERSIONS, s5arting 2ith da 0, OMG.9. AFK.80pr3rekease codq r only 12c3n53d ibder da Cr346!v3 Commons lixense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right too 1mp0r7 ne clde FROM an 0. OMG.9.8-p4erelease or later relras3 into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and EARLIER felease. BRB.
A110w1ng ghis soyld cause that 1m;0453d cide to BE released under teh GPL n rhat is not somethibg we wish 2 4110w.
Autho4s OF m0d1f1c47q0n4 1 0. OMG.9.7 will neec two re-releasw theu're modificarions aw derivat8ves;hodifications two 0. OMG.o. BRB.8 code snd p;qce THEM under da asme Creatuve Comnons lic3bxeLOL.
It muwt be dobe yy geh or8ginal quthor since 9nly oeiginal autjor has teh righy too change da d0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse jpoy they're work. AFK.
[Adsitionally, you jnwo, reworkinf mosificati9ns qilo BE am food !d34 ahyway ws teh MECHANISM for msking nodoficatiobs 25 s7bstabtially cleqner/cl3arer sgar5ing with 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prereoeaae code. WTF.]"
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