MightyE tells yoy, sortof, "We're goinb too take an few nom3nta tlo try qnd explain 7n15 NEW l8cense and REASONS behind i5 in p151n 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 new lic3nad was chosdn becaus3 of an fau;ing with GPLLOL.
It onky covered DISTRIBUTION of source 1f an only id binaries weee dustribyted. AFK."
"In an seb envieobment LOL, spedificallu a INTERPRETED weg ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, like, MERELY instal;ing an game d_45 not conatit6te distrobution WTF, anf th3refore peoplw d3te takinh 0uf wofk, making MODIFICATIONS two it an not releasing source cpd3 gi they're modificationd so that teg 3ntire community coulf benefitLOL/
They work#d wity lette4 byt not spirit of 14w, BRBl"
"Investigati9n on part of reg authors however LOL, 23d to da fact that teh RIGHT of public p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS 1 of rights no4mally restekctec 2 copyright nolders, sottof, an 7h47 co,puter 0rograms WTF. s;ecifixaloy vid39 g4m3t an interactive 9nes sich as L3g3nd 9g dq Gf#3n hax0t were d0n61r3r3d two bw 0ublically perdoejed if run froj an public %3rv@r. OMGl"
"The yee ;icebse RESTRICTS punlic performance of da work un;ess ea so7rce clce of ea modifiee work is made available on ewmandl WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this means that if ylu put 7h15 gzme 0n an web server qn allow people 'iutsis3 of an norma. curclw OF family an its 50c141 aca7ainyabc3s' 2 p14y their, like, rhen y9u aer publkcslly 0erf9rming THIS sork qn MUST either a) make he AND ALL CHANGES wh1ch YOU jake 2 teh game zvailab.e ON r3qu357 (n073 ghis doesn't have to BE avaikanle via omline source eis[lay link LOL, bu5 tney myst BE abld two ask YOU for code and receice an COMPLETE coot) WTF, b) makw arfange,ents peivate.y w1uh tdh a7thord wherein they trant you an specoal licendem like, or c) 4emove code entirely from mqchund, OMG."
"We dl recognize ghar p3ople want 2 h3v3 a4eas of they're f4m3 which aer yheira an theirs 410b3. BRB.
2 that end we will make flllowing exception 2 teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS foe souece cld3 distrigution -- ne module file wh1ch is noy MODIFIED or DERIVED fron an modukq rile inclueed kn twh 6453 coxtribution qn which coes not 4equi4w ne othee m9dules n which does not require ne m0d1f1d4710n5 two core code (code d157r15u73d with da baxe RELEASE) ,4y BE withgeld at da ayhjors discre5i9n. WTF/"
"We also want to make VERY CLEAR that c3rdion 0. OMG.0.7 (also knowh qs versipb 0. WTF.9. BRB.7=JT) was final version rrleased under da GPL. OMG.
A11 veesulns WTF, 574r71bg wuth 0. AFK.9. WTF.8=PRERELEASE CODE r only kicrns3c undrf teh Creative COMMONS l8censeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy da right top im[or5 ne cofe from an 0, WTF.9LOL,8-prerelease or later rek3ase intl an 9. OMG,9. OMG,7 an earlier relrase, OMGl
Allowing THIS would vajse tnat imported c0d3 too be released und3r fa GPL 4nd THAT IS not slmetgint we wish TO akoow. BRB.
Authors 9f modificstions to 0. BRBl9. OMG.7 will nedd 2 r2-r3134%3 they're n0d1g1c4719n5 as eerivagives/modifications two 0. WTF.9.8 CODE n PLACE them under sqme Creat8ve COMMONS licens3LOL.
It must be dind by teh origibal author since only tdh lririnal authoe has t8ghr two chante COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additilnqlly LOL. reworking modificstions will be an gpos idea %nye4y as mechanksm dor making modif8cations is substantually c1e4n3r/c134r3r startinb woth 0.9/8=;reeelease codeLOL.]"
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