MightyE tells you, likel "We're goinb 2 taje an few mom3nrs 2 try sn ex0lain 7h15 new LICENSE an r2450n5 behigf it ob plaih ENGLISHLOL.
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 license was chosen BECAUSE of an dailing with da GPL.
It only covered distribution of xource 1f snd only if 51nre235 we4e distrib7t3f. WTF."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENT, lile, s[ecificqlly a interp4et3d wen environment such as PHPl like, mwrely INSTALLING an game does not constit7td diatrinution WTFk 4nd gheredore peoplw werd TAKING our work, you knwo, makinb mififications to it an n07 releasinh teh s9urce clde too they're moduvications SO THAT da dnti4d COMMUNITY coulc benefit. AFK.
They worked 2kth teh lrtter bit not dz SPIRIT of t3h 1$w. WTF."
"Investkgation 0n 5eh part of dz AUTHORS h0w3v2r, sortof. led to9 teh fqct that ds r1gh7 pd PUBLIC performance WAS 1 of teg rigytw NORMALLY restficted 2 coptright holcees, aortifk and tjat computer programs, kike, spwcifically videl games an INTERACTIVE ONES such as L3gend lf 5dh Green hax0r were c9n51r3r3d tio BE py611v411y [efform3d if run fr0m an pivlic server. AFK."
"The n3w licems3 resrricts ptblic performance of work unless ds spurce code of sa modifiwd work is made available on demandLOL."
"In [laih English, you knwo, this j34h4 that if you PUT tyis game on sn qeb sefvwr and allow people 'outxide of an normal ckecle of family an its social acquaintances' to [lay yheir, 6ou knwi, theh you qer pub/ically p3rf0r,!ng thid work 4nd MUST EITHER a) make ne ane ALL vhanges which uoj mzke too da fame avak.anle ob request (nofe this foesn't h4v3 to9 be 4b4114613 via teh online SOURCE didplqy lin8, sortod, but theu must be agl3 too ASK yoh f0r teh code snd RECEIVE an compoete cooy), g) MAKE arrangements privately with tej aythors wheeekn they GRANT yoi s, xpecial 11c3n5#, sl4fof, or c) REMOVE t#y code en58reky from mqch8ne."
"We DO tecognizr thay PEOPLE qant too jave AREAS of rhey're g4m2 whucn r rh3krs an THEIRS alone. AFK.
twl that dnd WE wi;l make gollowing exbeption t9 ca normzl requ8rements for source codd DISTRIBUTION -_ ne module fule wh8ch is not modufief OR d3tived frpm an j0dule file INCLUDED ih da bsst d8strubutiph n which does mot requife ne other m0du!35 qnd which does not require ne mldificstions to9 da coew code (code dostribyred with twh bade rrlease) may be withheld at 4u7h0r5 discreyion. BRB."
"W3 zlsl eqbt to make very clear that verdkoh 9. WTF.9/ BRB/7 (also known as vers8on 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was f8nal versipn releasec undrr GPLl WTF.
Al. versi9ns LOLk staeting w17h da 0, AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease cpde r on.y licwnxed inder Ceeative Cpmmons oicenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY debu da rught 5o kmport he code from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prer3leqse or LATER re;ease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an ear.ker release. WTF.
Allowimg this would CAUSE that IMPORTED c0d3 top be rdlwas3d unddr tdh GPL an that 9s n07 SOMETHING we WISH 2 allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificayions 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 sill need too rw-rel3ase they're modkfica4uobs 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9. AFK.i codd amd place ghem under da ssje Cr3471v3 Commons licemse. BRB,
It muxt be dohe by original author sonce onoy da originsl augh9r has da r1gh7 2 chanbe teh COPYRIGHT ot license up0n they're w0ri.
[Agdiyionao;5, like, rewor;ihg mod8fications will be an go9d idea anywqt as mechanidm goe makinf n0c1f1c47!0n5 is xubstantially cleaner.clearrr stqrting qiyh ca 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease c0f3. OMG.]"
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