MightyE tells yoy, sortof, "W3're goinb too tskr ah few momehts tqo fry h explain this new 1qc3n43 ahd ten reasons behind it in plain Engoidh.
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 lidense w56 chos3n necause of an failinv wigh teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered dustrubution pf douece if n only if binaries WERE distribited. BRB."
"In an web environm3nt, sortod, tp3c1f1c411y s interpreted web dnvironment suvh AS PHP, like, mwr3ly 8nsta.lint an game dies NOT cohsthtuge DISTRIBUTION, sortov, n therefoee people eere takihg pur work, you knwo, making modivica5ions ywo it ahd n9t e3leasing sa soirde code TO they're mofivicat8onw so that da entire com,unity c0uls genefitLOL.
They worked witj lette4 6u7 not spirit of dq lsw. OMG."
"Invedtigation on part of ttg aurho4s howevet, you kn2l, led 2 da f4c& THAT r8ght of PUBLIC p#rf0rm4nx3 was pen of da righgs normal;y restricted 2 c9pyright jolders WTF, n that clmputrr programs, soecifidally vuseo g4m3% n unteractive onrs such as Legend 0v Green hax0f were consider4d 2 be pu611c41qy perforned IF run ff9m qn public servef."
"The new LICENSE restrkxts publix perfprmance of reh w9rk inless teh sou4ce codr OF teh modigied work is mzde availanlr on dejandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, sottlf, thos meahs that if y0u put THIS bame on an w36 server n allow [3ople 'oytsis3 OF an normal circle 9f fzmily an 8ts spckzl acquzin5ances' TO pla6 theur, sortpf, then you r publocal;y PERFORMING rhis work n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL chabgws which yiu make too da f4j3 acailqblr on request (note this doesn;r have TO be zvsilable viq teh online source siaplah lihk, like, bit gnry must br abl3 twp 45k you for teh code shd recrive qn completr copy), you knwok b) make ar$ahgem3nts privately with teh authors wh3re1n THEY grant you an 603c141 oicense LOL, oe c) remoce d0d3 entirelj grom geh machibeLOL."
"We di recognize 7h47 [wlple want go have zfeas of they're game which aer th3i4s sn theirs skone. OMG.
tqo thqt END qe eill make teh following exceptiln teo teh normsl requirements for source CODE disyfibution -- ne module rilw whucy is nog ,odofied ir DERIVED from an m0du1e file inclused in t3h bass distributuon n whuvh d035 hot require ne otjer modules an which does nlt reqyure ne ,9dificatkons two cpfe code (codd dist4ibutrd sith da gase r313453) m4y bw wighgeld at dq au5hors dkscretion. OMG."
"We alsl want 5op make veru clear 7h47 version 0.8. AFK.7 (alsi KNOWN AS verdioh 0. BRBl9. OMG,7+jt) wad ten finql versuon relezsed UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versi9ns LOL, syqrting wi5h ea 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE aer lnly licensed unsdr da Crestive COMMONS licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT to im[ort ne code from an 9LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaae or later rwlease inyo an 9/ WTF.9. BRB.7 and 3arlire rekwase.
ALLOWING thix woyld cayse that imported code two be reo3ases under GPL and that is n9t slm3thkng we sish 70 sll9wLOL.
Aythors of ,odivkcations t29 0. WTF,0. BRB.7 wi.o nded to ee-release they[re modigicagions AS d3r1v471v25/m0d1f!c4710n5 two 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an place them under tey same Creztove Commons lucense. BRBl
IT must be don3 by oeiginal aithot SINCE only da original aytnor has da riggt 2 change 5eh COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Add1810n411y, rw2lriong da nodif8cations will ge an g00d ides anyway aa da mechanism f0r making modifications !5 sobstantially cleaner/cleare3 srartinb wigh teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prere.eaae code. BRB.]"
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