MightyE tells yo7, "Ww're g01ng 5o take an few ,0m3n75 5o try n explain yhis new .icemsw an try reasons behind 8t ih plain 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 ne2 licrbse w45 xyosdn bwcause OF an FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
It on;y covered diwtrubution of 5_7rc3 if an only IF bibaties wete distrubuted. AFK."
"In an web envifonment, sowtog, SPECIFICALLY z 2n73rpr37ed web ENVIRONMENT wudh as PHP LOL, merdly unstalling ab game does not conwtitutr distribution LOL, zn therdfoee peo;;e wwre taking out w0rk, jaking modifications 5o 17 and NOT re;eas8ng souyce c9de too thdy're midifications SO that da ENTIRE c0mmun17y dou/d benefutLOLl
They worjed with 5ej letter bit not da spirit of dq lawl OMG."
"Investigation 0n part of da authorw howevdr, you inwo, 13d 2 fact 7h47 ragh& [v pub;ic performayxe waa 1 OF ribnts norjally RESTRICTED TO cooyrighy hl;ders, like, and thqe c0mpy7#r probrams WTF, specifically video g4m45 n int3ractibe 0n35 SUCH AS Legend of teh Green jqx0r wwre xonsidered two bc 0uglically performed if run rrpm an public serverLOL."
"Tne new LICENSE rwxt4icts pubkic pdrformanxe of da w0rj unless da soirve c0d3 0f teh m-d1f13d work is madr availaboe 0n eemand. BRB."
"In plain English, /ike, this means thzr 8f you put this game on an web server an r110w p40p13 '-y751d3 ov an normal c9rcle OF family an its socoak zcauaimtances' to play their, tnem hou r publically performing 7h15 work n MUST either 4) make ne an ALL changes which you make ywo trh g4m3 available on REQUEST *note th8s doesn't have 5o be acailable f14 teh ONLINE soyrce displzy link LOL, but they must be able two ASK y9u for vode and r3c31v3 ah complete xopy), sott9f, b) make ar4angememts prkvatrly witb teh autnors WHEREIN THEY g4qnt yoi an 5p3c14a lkcense, like, or c) remove tem code rntirelh FROM da ,achine. AFK."
"We co recognize thqt peoplw wany 2 have areas of thdy'ee g4me whkch r theurs and tjeira alonel
2 thzt rnd we w111 makd feh villowing exc3ption to noemal requirements for source clde DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE gike ehich is not modutiec or DERIVED fr9, an MODULE gile INCLUDED ih da 6453 distribution an 2hich dows NOT requure ne ithet MODULES am sh1cg DOES not require be MODIFICATIONS to da cpr3 code (CODE DISTRIBUTED sith teh base rwlease) may ne 2itgh3ld at teh 4u7h0r6 discretiom. OMG,"
"We zlao sant two make very clear that version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known ad version 0, WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS gonal version released uneef da GPL. BRB,
A11 fersions, softof, stafting with da 0/9. OMG.8-prereleasw CODE 4 0n1y licenaed under teh C4eative Cohmuns licensr. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY den5 teh right too import n3 c0d3 from an p.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR later reldqwe into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND earlier re.eas3. WTF,
Allowimg this would cauwr rhay imported code 5oo 63 RELEASED 7ndwr teh GPL znd ghat is not wometnihg WE wish ti ALLOWLOL.
Auth9rs of modifications 7p 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wull ne3d tp fe-release theh'rr modifications as defiva5ivea/modifications twp 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cpde AND olace tyem umder tsh qame Creative Co,mons license.
It must be eone 6y da orihinal author dince only original ajtgot has ea right two chante vopytiggt or license upob yheh're work. AFK.
[Addit7onqoly, yo7 knwo, rework,ng fa jocifications w111 be an tood icea anyway as teh mechaniwm for making modifivations is subdgantiakly CLEANER/CLEARER starting with ea 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3r323453 c0d3. BRB.]"
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