MightyE tells ylu LOL, "We[re going TO tale sn few momemts to try am explqin tgis nee license ab teh reqxons 6eh1nd 17 kn pkain 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."
"Thiw new license was chosen because of an fqi;ing with da GPL. AFK.
It onlu covered distributiom of source IF an only ig binaries weew sistribyted. OMGl"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, so$tof, apecifically a interpreted w3b environment such as PHP, sorgpf, nereoy installung ah g4m3 does not constititd d1r7r167710v LOL, 4nc therevore pro[le were taking our WORK, sortog, making modifications too kt n not releasing da dource c0d3 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so thzt enyirr dommjniyy could benffut. BRB.
Theh wlrked wuth letter but nit teh soirit of lqs. AFK."
"Investiga5ion om teu part of da quthirs however LOL, 13c twi twh fact 4hat ritht of p&blic pdrformznce wae won 9c rightw nor,qlly restricfed tlo cop6right HOLDERS LOL, an thzt COMPUTER programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gamew ab interacykve ones such as LEGEND OF teh Green nax0r were vohskdered two bw oublically performed if rjm from an pu61qc sercet. WTF."
"The mww license RESTRICTS publoc pwrfor,ance of da work umless da sojrce code ov modified w8rk 15 msde availzb.e on demandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, this meabs that if you put 7h15 gam3 oh an w#y xercer n 41!0w [eople 'outside 0f qn n-em41 xircle of family n ITS wociap acqua8ntances; to play theirk then ylu qer publiczlly performinf 7hq5 work ab MUST wither 4) ,air ne n ALL chsng3s which you make too tamr abai;able 9n request (note this DOESN'T have twi be availagle via da online sourve display link, like, but they mu%6 ve able to ask YOU for t3h code an eeceive an COMPLETE c0py) LOL, b) make afrangemenys peovately w17h autjors WHEREIN they gramt y0u an special ;jcense LOL, or C( 4em9vr da codr enryrely from da maxhine, BRB."
"We e0 recognize THAT PEOPLE want too hacw areas OF thw6/rd gaje wnict r the8rs an theirs alone.
too 7h47 end 2e WILL mr,4 volllwing EXCEPTION yp teh nprmzl requiremengs fo4 s9urce code dkstribution =- ne moduoe fkle which IS NOT mocified or deeived from ab miduke file included ih vase dist4ibutuim ahd which do3s n07 require n3 07h3r modu.rs h wh1cj does not rea7ire ne moeifications 70 teh cor3 voce (vode distributed WITH da base r313453) may BE 2ithhekd at authors siscretipn. AFKl"
"W3 also want to make vwry cleaf thst vetsion 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known ss cersion 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7+j7) wax da final verwiin re.eased ubd3f 5eh GPL. WTF.
A.l vrrsi9ns, like, starting ekth da 0. AFK.0. OMG.8-prerelease code aer 0n1y licenxed indet Creative Commons ;icehse.
WE EXPLICITLY sen6 da rigyt too kmpoft ne codr from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-pr4release of later release into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.u an earlier ee;ease. AFK.
ALLOWING this woulf dause thst IMPORTED codw 2 be released uneer teh GPL and that IS bo5 sometgivg we wish TO qllow. BRB.
Aurhors of modifica5uins yqo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will neec 2 re-telease ehey're modificztiond AS def8vatives/modifica5uons ro -.9. WTF.8 code an plqce THEM under teh same Creative Cl,mons license.
It jusg be fonr by orifibqo author sonce only teh originql zithot has dq rught two change copyrigh5 ot licwnse upon they're work. AFK.
pAdd8tionzlohm resorkimg ,odkficatiphd will be ab good idea anyqay as teh MECHANISM foe mqjing modifications is subs5antially cleaner/clezrer starging with da 0. BRB,9. BRB,8-prere.ease code.]"
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