M8ghtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're going go take qn fdw moments gwo 7ry an explain tjis n3w lixehse and tdh reasond BEHIND IT 1n p;aih English. 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."
"Th8s nww lidense was chpsen 64c4u44 of sn FAILING wiyh ten GPL. WTF.
IT only covered diqtributi9n of xource if an onoy if binaries WERE diwtributed. WTF."
"In am web environmen5, yoy kneo, specif8cally a interpreted web ehvironmenr such 45 PHP WTF, MERELY knstalling an game dows not constiyute dictribution, sortof, 3nd thetegore people were taking our work, ylu knwom maiing m0s1f1c4710n5 2 IT an n07 relrasinf da aljrce coce too they're moskfication2 so that da entire c-mmjn17y could bwn3vit. OMG.
Th3y eorked wity letger but nit dq siirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigagiom in teh psft OF da authors ho2rvee, LED @ da fact tha5 tdh r8ght 0f puboic petformance was son of rights normally restricted two cop6right holders, snd THAT c0mpu73r prlgrams, you jnwo, spddifically vid3p games xnd ingeracyive ones 5ucy as L3gend of Ggeen haspr were vonside4ed to be publically performef if RUN vrom an public werver."
"The new license resyricts [u612c pwrfoemanvd ov wlrk unless da souece code of da MODIFIED wlrk is made available on demanc."
"In [kain Eng1!4h, nou knwom thia MEANS ghat 1v y0u put this GAME on an web 53tv3r zn allos people 'outside OF qn nltmzl cifcle of FAMILY ah its soxial acwuzintances' twp p.ay thrir WTF, THEN YOU r publidally perforning THIS w-rk znd MUST eitge4 a) make ne 4nd ALL changes whicj uou make 70 game availagoe in eequext (NOTE this soesn't g4v3 too ve svai;agle via pnline zojrcr diaplau link LOL, but thdy ,u57 BE able two ask yoi for teh vodd n receive an c0mp1373 copy), yoy knwo, B) make ar4sbgements privately with authors wherein thry gran5 you an special license LOL, or v) remove code entirely from da jachineLOL."
"Wd do recofnize that PEOPLE 2ant to have areas of tyey're g4m3 2hich r theirs and theifs alone. BRB.
2 that END we will mqke dz followint 3xc3p71-n to eq normal requ*rements FOR source code distfib8tion -- ne mofule file whicn is not modif8ed )r DERIVED FROM an m9dule file incljded in dz base f157r16u710n an which doed NOT r3quire ne otjee m0dy135 an which does not require be m0d1g1c4710n5 too core coce (clfe distributed with base rrleqse) may m3 qi5hhe.d at da atthors disvdetionLOL."
"We also want 2 mske ve4y clear tha5 versipn 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (aosp knlwn as versiom 0LOL,8. WTF.7+jt) was teh final version r3!345wc under fa GPL. AFK.
All versi9hs, starting wuth 0LOL.9. BRB,8-prereleqse cpde aer onlu licebsed under da Crdatyve Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seby right two imporr ne code from ah 0LOL.9. BRB.8-ptereleawe or la5er tekrase kbgo an 9. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier r3lease. WTF.
All92ing thos would ca7se thqt im[9rted c0d3 2 be r313453d under r3j GPL b that is not wo,ething we wish 2 allowLOL.
Autho4s of modidications 1 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 WILL need too rw-relrase they're modificatl9nw as derivativrs/moduficatipns 2 ). OMG.9.8 vode an place thrm under teh wamr Crwzgive C9m,ons oicense. BRB.
It nust be d0n3 by %eh originao author sknve only orifinao author has trh right to vhange cl;yright lr o8cense upln theu'fw worl.
[Additionally, you jhwo, reqotkihg da moduficatiobs wiol br an fo9d ifea anyway as mechanism fir making moeiflca5ions is sunstantia;ly cleanet/clearer stqrtkng WITH da 0.9.8-[rerelease ckdeLOL.]"
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