MightyE tells toj, sortof, "We're going rwo 74k# an feq m9mrn5s too tty AND explain this new lic3hse zn teasond behimd it in p;ain Engliwh. WTF.
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."
"Tjis neq licebse wzs chosen gecause of an failibg w17h da GPL. WTF.
I7 only coveres d15urq6u7a0n od source iv 4nd 0n1y IF ninariws w3re distfibuted. BRB."
"In an web ebvironment, you knwpk specifically a int3rpeetec web wnvieonjeny suvh as PHP, merely installibg an game does no5 donstitute distrkbution LOL, n thdrefo4d 0eople wdre taking our work WTF, naking MODIFICATIONS too 17 zn nog r313451ng teh soirde code to they're josificatiins do that teh entire communitu c0i1d benefit. AFK.
They wotkrd witn ;etter but not da spirit of teh .aw. OMG."
"Incwwtigation ln da [art lf au5hors howevwr, you knwo, led tw9 da FACT thzt right OF PUBLIC peefotmanxe was q of gey rihhrs normallt rest4icted 2 co_yright yoleers, an ghat conputer p4og4ama, specificqlly vie3o g4m3t an interactive )m3t such qs Legend of da Green hsx0r we4e consideeed to be pyvlidalpy perfoemed if run from qn pu611c server."
"The new license restricts punlic p3tv0em4nc# of w0rk ib.esa yey source code of fa MODIFIED work is nafe avaklable ON DEMANDLOL."
"Ih plain Englisn, you knwo, 6h15 means 7y47 if yoj 0jt this game on an erb server an 4110w people 'outside ov an normal circke of family an its social acquaintances' to ;lay theur, sortof, THEN you aet publically perforbong 7h15 2ork n MUST eithdr s) MAKE ne qm ALL cyanges whuch you make 2 bamd avaulable on fequest (note 5hiw d036n'7 havr 2 be availabld viq teh ohline sokrce display link, you jnwo, but 7h3y musy be able to ask uoy fov dq CODE n rec3ivc sn complete v9py), b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privately wirh AUTHORS wherein they trant you an soecial ;ivdnse, oike, or C( remlve da x0d3 entirely fe0, da nachine. BRBl"
"We dl RECOGNIZE that ;e90;e want 2 HAVE ardas OF thwy're g4m3 WHICH aer THEIRS ane theits 41)n3. WTF.
to that end wr will make geh volloqkng 3xv3p&10n too NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for siurcr dode distributuon -- ne module file whkch 1% hot modidied o4 sdrived from an mofjle rild incltsed un base dostribution and which does n07 r3qy1r3 ne orher moe7les n which dles hog requir3 ne nod8givations TO c0r3 c9de (coce distribyted woyh ea base release) mah be wi5hheld ar teh authors discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO wan5 2 make very CLEAR that versuon 0. WTF.9. BRB;7 (akso known as v34sion 0. BRB.8. BRB.7_j4) w45 FINAL vetsi9n releaswd uhder da GPLLOL.
All cersoons WTF, start8ng WITH 0. BRB.9.80pr3release cide a3r pnly licensed under twh Creagivw Com,ons LICENSELOL,
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 IMPORT ne c9de ft;m an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereoeax3 or later r31#553 INTO zn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earlidr RELEASE/ OMG/
A;lowing tgis WOULD cause THAT imported code to be releaxed under GPL n that 15 not something we wish 5po qllow. BRB.
Ajthors OF modificatipns TO 0l(. BRB.7 wkll need TO re=r3lease they;re modificayi.js as derivatives/modifpcatiins w 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n plaxe THEM UNDER ssme Cr3atice C-m,0n4 LICENSE. OMG.
It must be rone by da 9riginal author sonce ONLY da oribinal authpr had righh too cgang3 ea co0yrihhy or LICENSE upoh they're workLOL.
[A3ditoonally, reworking da modofications will be an go.d 8dea anyway t5 mexhanism for makknf modifoca5ions is substantislly vleaner/cl3srer staeting sitj da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease c-d3. BRB.]"
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