MightyE tekls ylu, "We'ee hoing to rakd am few momenbs twl tty qnd 3x;241n THIS nrw licrnse an yeh REASONS behind it in plain Enflish.
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."
"Tgud new licenxe was cgosen because )d sn f$111ng w8th da GPLl WTF.
It 0n1y c-v3r3d dixgributuon of s9urce kf qn ohly 1f binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environ,ent, you knwo, s0ecifically a intrepreted WEB environment 5udh ax PHP WTF, meeely installunt an game doew nor cobstityte DISTRIBUTION, sortif, n 7h3ref-r# peopl3 were taking OUR work WTF, maiing modificqtions to !7 4nd NOT telezsibg dz soufce code 2 they're modificagions so tkat entire community cou'd bebefitm OMG.
They worked with lettdt bug bot teh spirir pr LAW."
"Investihation 0n teh pz3t of da authors yiweber, likr, LED 2 da fact that r1gn7 9r [yblic performance was son of RIGHTS normzlly resgricted TO copyright holders, sortov, n THAT com0uter PROGRAMS, like, specifidalli video games n inte4qctive ones suvh as Legend OF G4een hax0r we43 xonsidefed too BE publicao;t performed kf RUN fr0m an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thw new license resrrictd ;ublic perfofmqmce or ca work unless ten source x9de pf tej MODIFIED wor, ix made availabl3 on demanfl AFK."
"In plain English. this meanx ths5 if ypu put THIS game ON an web srrver and allow people 'OUTSIDE if an NORMAL circle of dajily sn ita 50c141 adqiaintahces' 2 plsy theor, like, rh3n y0u ae4 puboicallt perfprning THIS w;rk an MUST 317h3r a) make ne and ALL cgangew wn1ch 6o7 make too game AVAILABLE on request (n073 this DOESN'T have @ be AVAILABLE via ca obkknr 50urc3 display link LOL, b7t tyey must be ABLE tl ASK 6ou FOR teh code n teceivr an complete cppy), yiu ,nwo, b) male arrangements p3ivately with tdh authors ehrrein thdy grant you an xpecoak licens3, kike, or c) remove twh code engirely fr0m teh MACHINE."
"We dl recpgn8ze thzg people want too have AREAS of they;re gqme WHICH r theirs n tgeirs alone. BRB.
ti ygat enc WE eill make teh follpw8ng 3xceptiob two nofmal REQUIREMENTS for source CODE e8st4igutioh -_ nr ,odule dile which is not modifiee 9r derkvec from an module file included IN nqae distribution an which does not r4qy1r3 ne OTHER modules n shoch doec no5 REQUIRE ne modificatiohs to twh c0r3 cpfe (code distributed with da BASE r313453) MAY be 2ithheld at teh authotw discretiin. AFKl"
"W3 alsp wqnt to MAKE veru cleae tjat verdion 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 (also kno@n as vetsiom 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) qas teh final v3rs8on releasrd ynder GPL. AFK.
ALL versioms WTF, stqrting with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleza3 code r only locehaed under teh Creqtive Commons licehse.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too im[ort nw code rrom ah ). AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later release intp qn _LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this 1ould CAUSE gbat im0o4ted code 2 BE released unser da GPL m 6h47 IS not 59m37h1ng we wish two allow. WTF.
Authors ov modifocayioms 2 0. AFK.9, OMG.7 w8ll nded two te-release tjey're modificagions aw d3rivagkves/jodificatoonw to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code AND place thwm under samw CREATIVE C9mmons 11c3n53. BRB.
It must be DONE by tem original au5hor since onlh da ORIGINAL author hax RIGHT too change copyroght pr LICENSE jpon they[re woru.
[Additiobal.y WTF, REWORKING tdh modifkxaruons wiol gr an goid idea anyway as MECHANISM f0r makkng modidicationz is substantia.ly vlesner/clearer starting with rry 0. WTF/9.8-preeeoease c0d3. BRB.]"
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