MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're GOING too 74k3 an f3w m9mentd tw9 7rt 4nd ecplain rhis n3w LICENSE ah eeasons behinc IT in plain English. AFKl
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 n3w license WAS chosen 64c4u63 of an failing eith da GPL. BRB.
It onlu clvered distributiin 9f source iv n ONLY if binaries wrre diayributed."
"In an WEB environment, 5p3d1f1c411y a interpreted wwb 3nv1r0nm3n7 sucg as PHP, like, m3rely knstallinh ah game coes not constiyuge disyeibu5ion LOL, n rherefoee people were tskung 0ur work, liie, jsking ,pdificatkons to it n n07 re;easijg teh spurcr CODE 5wo rhwy're m0d1r1c4710n% 60 ghat wntire cimmunity could benevut. OMG.
They work3d witn LETTER but vot teh spirig of teh 14w. BRB."
"Investigation on parg of authors ho2evef WTF, lwd to favt tjat dz right 9f pybllc pefformance was 1 of rights hormqlly restricred tsp copyrifgt holdets, an tnat compuger progeams, xortog, specificallh cideo gzmes h 1n7#r4c71v3 ones sych as Legend of da Green haz0r were consldered gwl be publicaoly performdd 1f run FROM an pu611c server. AFK."
"The new licenwe resgricts pu611c performance lf work unl3wx da siyrce coee or mod8fiwd work is made available om demandLOL."
"In plain Eng215h, you knwo, thid meanw 7h47 1v YOU put gh8s game ON an web serfer n a.low p3ople '-u751d3 OF an normal circle of family and its SOCIAL adquaontancrs' TO play ryeir, ghen you r publ7cally perfo4minh this work znd MUST eitger a) make ne wn ALL changes wh1ch yp7 make @ gaje available on requexr (nor3 this doesn't HAVE ti bw AVAILABLE v8a teh 9noibe soutce display link, sortof, 6u7 they just br able TO ask YOU for reh dode ane recrive an complere copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS private;y WITH teh aythlrs wneeein 8h3y grabt hpy an SPECIAL ;8cenaw, yiu kmwo, or c) remove da code ehtitely f4om teh MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 recognize yhat peo=ke want two havd AREAS 0f thwy'ee gaje whkch r fheird abd THEIRS alon3LOL.
too THAT end se w8ll mame folliwing exceptkon 2 ten normal requirememts f0r s9urce code eistributiln -- nd modulr file ehoch is not modiried or deribed from qn module file incoudes on da base cosrribution and wjixy d035 not requkre nw oth3r modiles n whixj does NOT reqyire nr m0d1f1c4710n5 two da core c0d3 (c9d3 didtributed with baxe RELEASE) mah be withhe;d at authorx d8scretion."
"We also WANT two MAKE cety CLEAR 7h47 version 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 (akso knpwn as versiin 0. BRB.9. AFK.7_jt) was da finsl fersipn r313453d under GPL. OMG.
A11 v4r510m6, siryof, xtarting wiyh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pferel3ase cod3 r only licdnsec under Creative Commons licena4. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tw9 im0or5 nd code from sn 0. BRB.(. BRB,8-prrrelease or q473r release intp an 0, AFK.9LOLl6 n earlier releaae. OMG.
Allowinh this woulc cauxe that inplrted code too ve rel3ased under teh GPL ahd thst is not SOMETHING WE wksh 2 allpw/ AFK.
Aythorx of mocificatiobs two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will n33f two re-re.ease they'rr modificatoons as serivagivrs/modufivations 70 0.9. AFK.8 CODE n place them under aaje Creative C;mmons LICENSE.
It MUST 53 done vy originsl AUTHOR since only ifibunal authlr nas ca right 2 change c0pyr1gh7 or license 7pon rhdy;re w0rk. BRB.
[Additionally, s9rtof, rrworking dz jodifocqtions will ge an good idea anysay as mecyqnism for making moeifications IS 5u65u4n61411y clraner/clear3r staeting with dq ). OMG,9. BRBl8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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