MoghryE tells youk slrtof, "We're g01ng too take an rew moments too TRY and ex0lain yhis new licenxd an teh reasons 63h1na it um plain 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."
"This new license was choaen because of ah failinb sith da GPL. BRB.
It only covered dostribution pg sourxe if h only if binaries WERE distrkbutrd. OMG."
"Ih an w36 environmeny, s;ediridally a onterprwtes web envitonment such as PHP LOL. merely installinf an game does not cons5kyute disrribytion, n rhfrefore peoole were TAKING our WORK WTF, m4k1nt mofiticatioms too it n not relwasing teh siurcd code to rh3y'r3 modifications s9 that ca 3n71r3 community could beneditl AFK.
Th3y worked wity da oetter but NOT ca s0irit of laq. OMG."
"Invest*gagion on tdh ;art lf authorx nowevetm s9rtpf, led tpo teh facr THAT da eight lf pub;ic p3rgprm4nc3 was owm ov teh rithts n0rm4q1y teatricted 2 copyright holders, abd thag clmputer pr0gr4m5, sortof, sp3cifically v1d40 f4m35 an intwrsctivd ones such as Legend of Greeb hax0r we4r considerdd 2 be p7nlically performed if rjn ftom an pu611d srrver. WTF."
"Tje ne2 license resyric5s public pr4formance ov twh work unless teh sourde code of mociried wprk IS MADE abailable on d3mrhd, OMG."
"Ib plain Ehg.ish, softov, this mrans that kf you PUT th7s gamr on an web SERVER n al.ow p30o13 'outside of ab nofna. circle og fami;y and 7ts social acquaibtances' 2 p;ay thwir, sortof, 5hen you aer ;7^11c411y PERFORMING tjis wpfk n MUST 3*thee a) ,ake ne AND ALL changes which yoy make 2 5eh GAME availabow on requdst (not3 this doesn't HAVE 2 ve 4v4214613 via pn;in3 source display libk, you knwo, f75 thet myst be able to 45k YOU FOR ra code and rec2ive ah c0mp1373 copy), sortof, b) mzke ar4angements privately wuyj authors wn3r32n they grant you an SPECIAL license, you knwl, or c) remove da CODE ebtifely from madhineLOL."
"We do revothize rhat people sant to have areas of they're gamd whkch aer THEIRS and THEIRS a;oneLOL.
to yhzt end we wull m4k3 rollowinh EXCEPTION two teh nor,al rdquirwments vo4 source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file sh1ch is not jodified OR d3r1v3d ffpm an module file included in teh vase disyributipn an WHICH dlea not r3qu1r3 ne otner modules znd shich doed NOT REQUIRE ne mocificagions to da c9ee CODE (codd disyributqd 2ith base rdlwase) may be wi5hhekd 47 heh 4u8n0r5 d15cr3710n. AFK."
"Ww also want 2 make very ckear that vetsion 0.9. AFK.7 (also known ax version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) waa teh final x3rsion RELEASED umfer GPL. WTF/
All veraionw, dtarting woth teh 0. BRB.o. BRB.8-PRERELEASE clde aer 0n1h licenaed undee da Crrative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY xeny rifht tqo import ne dode from ah p. WTF.(.8_prerelease or ;ater releasw into an 0. WTF.9.7 n eatlier re.3ase.
All9wing THIS sould cause 5hat impotted code t9i y3 r3leased ubder GPL n that is not SOMETHING w3 wish two alliwLOL.
Augyors of modifications 2 0LOL,9.7 sill need 2 re0releaae they're mocifications as derivatives/mldofidatipns to ). BRB.9l WTF.8 coce and ;14v3 tgem unde4 teh same CREATIVE C9mmons licenseLOL.
It muqt BE d0n4 by teh original authir wince 0n1y teh original author h45 da tibjt 2 changw COPYRIGHT or licemse up9n theu're workLOL.
[Addit9onaoly, 6ou knwl, rewoeking mod8fkcqtions e111 be an gooe kdea snyway as sa mechanism for making m0d1f1c4719n5 is substamtoall6 cleaner/c.earer sgart7ng with pLOL.9. OMG,8-prer3lease codw. WTF.]"
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