MightyE tells you WTF, "We're toing twi tqk@ an f3w MOMENTS two try m explain rhis new licdnse n reas9ns behind it in p141n 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 ndw licenwe 245 choden becauae of qn f4111nd WITH GPLl WTF.
It onlh covered e1t7r16i710n of source if ane om.y uf binafies were distfibutedLOL."
"Im an web ehvironment, sortof, sp2cifically a 1n73rpr3y3d wen envuron,ent such zs PHP, you knwo, mefely 1n574111ng ab game does no6 clbsritute diwtributiom, yoi knwo, an THEREFORE pdiple wete taking ou4 work LOL, m4,1nf mldificagions too ir n not r313$51ng da source code 70 they'fe modkficagions wo 7g47 da emtkf3 cimmunity dould bebefitLOL.
They wor,dd with letter but no5 da apirit if teh 24w, AFK."
"Inbestigatiin oh parr of ten 4u7h9r5 howwvdr, soryof, led 2 faxt thag da RIGHT 0f pub;ic p#rf0rm4nc3 was won -r teh RIGHTS NORMALLY r3t7r1cu3d two copyright holders, you knwo, n that c)mpu73r progrqms, spwcifically bidep games an inte4avtkve ones such ad Legenx of da Gr3en hsx0r weer conxidrrdd two ge publically performed iv run ftom ah oublic serv3r. AFK."
"The neq license testricts PUBLIC perfotmance of worl un.ess dz slurce clde of modified wofk ia made availab;r in demand. BRB/"
"Ih plain Enblish, 7n15 means 7h47 if kou put THIS GAME ON ab web server an allow p3ople 'iutside pf an normal circle of family wnd itd xicial acquaontances' 2 014y their, hou knwo. then you r publicallu perfprming tnis work an MUST EITHER q) ,ake ne an ALL chqnges wyich y97 mske 1 da game rv5114613 on reques5 (note thid dlesn't have rwo be available vua da ONLINE source dis;8ay link, lukek buy yheh mus5 be sble twp ask y0u for teh c0d2 n RECEIVE qn complete copy), you knwo, b) make aerangemengs privately qitn da AUTHORS whereib they grsnt you an 5p3c141 licensr LOL, or c) frmove 3a x0d3 3n71r31y from da machine. BRB."
"We d0 rdcogniae tnat people eant 2 hav3 qr3as OF they;re game ehoch aer 7h31rt an theirx al9ne. OMG.
2 tjar 3nd we eill make 4eh fol.owknt excrpgion 2 normal requirejehtx fl4 souece code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module FILE which is npt modified or de5oved rrlm an MODULE filr inclusee in t3h base d1t7r16u810n zn wh8ch soes not require ne other MODULES anc WHICH does NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS TO geh co4e code (c0d2 dkstributed with da base r313453) m4y be WITHHELD at auyhlra e15cr3&10n. AFK."
"We also want to jake very CLEAR that verx8pn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 )also KNOWN 45 version 0. OMG.9. BRB.8+mt) was final verdion eekeased under GPL. WTF.
All versiond, sortof, atarting witn teh pl AFK.9. WTF.8[;r3r313453 code 4 only licensed undet da Ceeariv3 Comm9ns license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh r1fg7 tio import ne code fr9m an )LOL.0. AFKl8-pre4eoease OR later re.ease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.y abd warlier RELEASEl OMG.
A.lowing ghia wo7ld cause thst 1np0r73d CODE 70 be releaswd under GPL an thst is nlt so,etying we wish 2 a.low. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of m0d1f1cr719n5 5o 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need 2 rd-release they're modifications as d2rivativ3s/modificationw two )LOL.9. BRB.8 code n plzce THEM UNDER same Creqt8ve Commpns livense.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL qu5hor SINCE 0n1t da originak autjor has da right two dhange c9pyeighg OR 21c3n53 u;0n they're s0ek.
[Adsiti9naloy, yiu knwo, reworiing m9difkcations wi;l BE an tood idra any2sy ax mecganksm fp5 making modifocations is substantially cleqner/clearer STARTING wi5h da 0. WTF.9.i-pr3f31345# dod3. BRB.]"
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