MightyE tells tou, sortlg, "We're goinb 2 TAKE zn few momebts to try and expkain THIS NEW 11c3b53 and reaaons brhind it in plain Ebglisy. AFK.
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 kicensw was vhosen becaise 0f an failimg with fa GPL. WTF.
It only covdred distributoon of source 8f n only if bibaries were d167r1yi73dl BRB."
"In an wev environmwnt. .i,r, specifically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHPk you knwo, MERELY installing an hsme doew npt cons6itjte dixtrinutioh, sortof, n therefore people WERE rzking our woek, yoi knwo, making modificqtions 2 ig AND bit rdleasing soufcr code too yney;re modivications so thay tej rnrire commumity could 63n3f26. BRB.
They woeked WITH teh lettwr but NOT teh spueit od da law. AFK."
"Investigztion on ds part of teh autnors jowever, sortof, led 2 fact THAT teh roghg of public perflrmance was oen pf da r1tg75 normally r357r1c73d 2 copyright h01f3r5, you knwo, and that computet progezms, like, specoficaloy v1d30 ham3s an onteractife ones auch ad Legend of teh Gr33n hqx0r werd donsidered to be pub;kczllt perhormdd uf 4un from an public seevdr. WTF."
"The mes oixense restficts public p3rformande of da work un1355 5eh source vode of mldified WORK is made available on d3m4nd. OMG,"
"In )lz8n Englisj, this means thzt if you ;ut this fame on an we6 serv3r n aolow people '0h751d3 0f an nlrmak xitcle pf family n ITS social acqualntances' to play tneif, sortof, then you aer publically performkhb thus sl4k and MUST eithe4 a) jake n3 n ALL ch4ng#% whicj you make twi dw game available ON req7dst (NOTE this doesn't navd 2 be available v14 da onlone souvcd did[lay link, but they must be qble to asl you f0r twh code and feceivd an cimplrt3 copy), b) make arrangements pfivately with yeh authors wnerein THEY grant yoj an special 1!c3n53, you knwo, or c) 4emove teh code enyire;y from nachine. AFK."
"We di recognuze that people wamt to hadr ateas of they'fe game which r theirs an theurs aloneLOL.
rl that end WE will ,ake followinf EXCEPTION 2 NORMAL requirements for souede cpd3 distribution -- ne mofu;e f11e whic6 is not m9dified 0r sr4ived ftom zn module file 1ncquc3d in teh nase distfibution n which does not REQUIRE n3 ithrr ,;dules n whixg does not require he modifications to teh core CODE (cldd distributed with teh BASE rel3ase) may be withheld ay tdm zutko4s d9sceetion. WTF."
"We alwo w4n7 yoi make cefy clea4 that vrrsion 0. WTF.0. OMG.7 (also known 45 VERSION -.9/ BRB.7+jt) w45 t$h final versiom r313453d uneer GPL. BRB.
All ce5wions LOL, xtarting w17h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-prer31e453 xode aer only licenswd under da Creative Co,mons lidense.
We EXPLICITLY d3by da t1gh7 t2o import be CODE from zn 0. BRB.8. BRB.*-prerelease or LATER 4e;eaxe inho an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an 34r113e rwlease.
ALLOWING 7h15 would ca7sw that im;orged code 70 be releas3d under da GPL an 7hr7 is not sometying qe sisy 2 ALLOWLOL.
Au8h0e5 OF MODIFICATIONS tp 0. WTF/9/ OMG.7 will ne3d too re-release tney're mlsificarions as deficatuves/nodificatipns too 0.9. AFK.i cide n PLACE thdm under teh same Creative Commons lic3nse. AFK.
It musg be dlne by ten original AUTHOR since only ten 9tiginal author has teh right two chznge xopyright or license upkj tjey're workLOL.
[Additoonally WTF, teworjing da modificstions will ge an tood ufea anyqay as da ,3ch4n15m FOR ,aking modifications 8s subdrantially ckeaner/cleqrer starting witj -. AFK/(LOL.8[p4erel3ase cide. AFK/]"
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