MightyE tells hou, like, "W3're gling rwo TAKE zn few momehts two TRY $nd ex0lain this new 21c3n53 and reas9ns ^3h1nc it ib plain Ehglish.
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."
"Thkd n3w lixemsw WAS choseb becaise of an failibg w17h GPLLOL.
It omly covered fudtribution of sourve if an only if niha4ies WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an w36 qnvironment, specirical;y a ingerpreted web wnvironmenr sucn aw PHP, you kneo, jerely 8nstalling an game DOES npt constituhe dis5ributionk znd therefore p30p13 were takint o7r w.rk, lkke, MAKING mod8fications gwl 17 n NOT releasihg source code yo hhey're modifivations so that teh entite cimmunity vould benerit. AFK.
Th3y wlrked with fa lettet but not teh spirot lf da lae."
"Investifatiom pn geh pary of ra authprs how3ver, like, led 70 fadt that teh rihht of pubiic pefgormance was 2on 0f dq fights hormally rextric5ed tw8 copyrigyt HOLDERS, you kbwo, znd that compuyer pr0gr4m5 LOL, %p4c1f1c411y v1d3) games an interactiv2 onds sucj as LEGEND of Green hax0f were considerrd toi be publica.ly performed if r7n vtom an public xerver. WTF."
"The n3w l7cense resyrkcts public performance 9f teh wirk unlexs da 50urc3 code OF da modified w0tk os made 4vf11461# on d3m4neLOL."
"In plain Eng1!5h, sortod, this m3ana that if you pyt yniw game on an web serv3v and allow [eop.e 'putside of am nprmao circle or family n its socia. qcqyzin5ances' too PLAY th3i4 LOL, THEN you aer publically performing tjis worl sn MUST eithet a) make ne 4nd ALL chabges whicy you make too teh game AVAILABLE on requect (mote thos dledn;t nave two BE afai;able v8a teh online slurce display lin,, buy they must 63 able too asl yii for teh code n receive an xomplete copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrange,ents PRIVATELY witg da authors whereim they grant you an special licensw LOL, or c( r3m0v3 da code entireoy f5om MACHINE. AFK."
"We do fevogmuze that people want 2 have areas of they'ee game which aer yheirs n THEIRS alon3. WTF.
too that enf WE w8ll mz,e da fol.owing EXCEPTION two teh n9r,al r31u1r3m3n76 for sou$ce code sistribition [0 ne mofule file whicg !5 hot midified or de4ived drom an modulw fil3 included in 6453 distrugution n which does n07 rrquore ne other modjles qn whixn do3s not fewuire ne modificatiobs 2 da core code (code distributed with dz base r3134t3) mqy gd wirhheld ay authors didcretoon. BRB."
"We also want ywo make very clezr thag verqion ). WTF.9.7 )also khlen as VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 teh final version released unser GPL.
All versions, sottog, starting with teh 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r#q3453 c0c3 aer ONLY lovensed uncdr da Cteqtive C9mmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht 2 1,p0r7 ne code fr9m an 0. OMG.9.8-0rerelease or kater RELEASE into ab 0. WTF.9LOL.7 and ear.ier reoease. AFK.
Allowing this wluld cause that imporred codd 1 b4 released unfer da GPL and THAT is hog sonettong wd wisn to allow. BRB.
Authors lf mldif8cat8ons to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 need 2 r3-4elease tney're mldifixations as derifatives/modifixarions 2 -LOL.0.8 code sn place them ubd3r da same Cr3ative Commons lpcense/ AFK.
It m7st be done 6y da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since 0n1y da orihinal author has right 2 cjzbg3 ea copyrigyt or licehsd jp9b they'4e work.
]Addigiobakly, like, rwworking teh modidicayions qil; be ab gooc ides anuway as teh MECHANISM for nakinb MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY clean3r/c.eaeer syzrtigg with fa 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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