MightyE tells yiu, "We'rr goinf to take an gew momen5s twi try n explalm ghis m3w oicensd n reasons behind it in pkain Englidhl BRB.
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 new license was cjosen vecause of ag FAILING with da GPL.
I7 only xovdrdd DISTRIBUTION of so7$ce if an only if cinaries were distributeeLOL."
"In an seb 3nv1f0nm3n7, 6ot knwl, spexuficqlly a interprered web environm2nr SUCH as PHP, sortof, MERELY imstalling an gamr doea not constitu5e DISTRIBUTION, sortpf, n thefeford PEOPLE w3r3 takinh our WORK, you knwo, mak8ng modificztilns yo it an not RELEASING dq soutce coew goo they're mocufications so THAT da 3n71r3 vimmunory coule 63b3f17. BRB.
THEY worked with teh LETTER bjt b07 trh sporit of tej la2. WTF."
"Infestigatiin pn teh part of teh AUTHORS h0w3v3r. led 2 fzct that RIGHT of publuc p3rformance was eo, of teh rights noemaoly resyrictef 2 copytight HOLDERS WTF, an thq5 domputee programs WTF, xpecifisally videl games an knte4active oned sixn 45 Legebd 0f geh Gr33n yax0r WERE confiderwe 2 be publically pergotmed kf run drom an public serve4. AFK."
"The mdw lkcende restricgs o7blic performance of dq wori unless teh sourde code OF da modified WORK is mase availagle on de,and. AFK."
"In plain English, softof, &hq5 means thzt 8f YOU put thks GAME on an WEB 6erv3e an allow people 'lutside of an normal c8rcle of family an its social acquaintances' too olah thwir, rhen yoi r publixzloy performing this work n MUST either a0 maie ne am ALL chanbes whicg you MAKE rp ds game AVAILABLE on rewuest (note this doexn't HAVE 2 be available vis online source display link WTF, 6u7 they mu57 63 able g9o 45k YOU vor teh cod3 n receive an cojplete copy_, sor5ifk b) MAKE aerangemehtx privayely with autho4s whereih they grant y0i an spexial kicense WTF, or C) r3m0f3 da god2 entirely fr0m teh nach8he. OMG."
"We do recogniar that people w4n7 to have areas of they'r3 game qn1ch e tjwirs 4nd tjei4d alome. OMGl
too THAT dnd we eolo nake following exception two NORMAL requiremwnts FOR xoutce code dksteovution -= he module fuoe whkch is not midifiwd pr derived vrom an modulr f113 ibc.jfed in nase distributiph and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne other modules n whivy doew n07 require ne MODIFICATIONS to core coce (code distriburwd with da 6453 release) mat BE WITHHELD AT suthors d!5ce3710b."
"We zlso sant two MAKE v#ru clear tuqt v3r510m 0/ WTF/9. BRBl7 (also known as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt( wax da final vwrsion r313453e UNDER 5eh GPL. WTF.
All versioms, .kke, startinf wogg teh pLOL.9. OMG.8-prereleasr code aer only licensef under da Cr3471v3 Commond lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny right t8o qmp0e7 ne code FROM an 0.9,8-pfetelexwe or later release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and esrlier RELEASEl
Aklowong this would cause 5hat imp8rred code q br released under teh GPL and that is NOT sometging ee wish tpi ALLOW. WTF.
Autbirs of MODIFICATIONS tso -. AFK.9. AFK.7 wilk need 2 r3-r313453 they're m9dofications as dsrivatives.modifkcations 2 0.9. OMG.8 code n place THEM undef teh 55m3 Creative Commomd licenseLOL.
Ig must be done by origknal author dince onky g3h original au5hor hqs teh rkght to change da copyright of 1!c3n53 upon thdt'4r work.
[Additionao;y LOLm reworlimg modifications w111 ne an topd idea anyway as da mechznism for makinf modiricatiohs os SUBSTANTIALLY cq3%h3r/c13443r s5zrting wq7h tdh -LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3rw23453 code.]"
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