MighghE tells u-u, sortof, "We'te f01ng to take an vew moments 2 7ry n explzin this new kicendd ab teh reaains behind it in plaib ENGLISH. OMG.
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 lidense WAS chosen because of an FAILING with GPL. AFK.
It only cove4ee didtribution of soutce kf an pnly 1f binariex were disyributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0bm3m6 LOL, specificallh a unterpreted seb environment duch as PHP LOL, merely instal;ing an GAME does not constitute distribution WTF, n 7h#f3f0r2 peop/e were 74k1ng iur work LOL, MAKING mos8fuvati9ns too IT AND not rdleasing reh source code two they're m0d1f1c5810n5 so that teh ent8rd com,unity coulf BENEFIT.
They wirked with da lettdr nut not teh spiriy og da kaw."
"Investigatiln ON trk 0a4t of da au4nors h0w3v3r, slrtof, .ed yo teh fzct 6ha% da right OF public perfirmance was oen ob da r8ghts normally rrst4ucted 5wo copyrigyt golders WTF, an that compyter programs, specifically VIDEO gsnrs and interscrive ones SUCH as Lrgend of Green hax0r were conwidered 5o be publically perflrmed 1f RUN grom an pu511c serverl BRB,"
"The new lixense rwstricts [unlic performance pf yeh wofk UNLESS ea spurce cose of dq modidiee WORK us made avai.able 0h demandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, 7h15 m3qns that iv toy put this ga,e on an web serve4 n ALLOW people 'outsidr of an nirmal CIRCLE OF ramily ane its socoal acquaintances' two p14y theifk sortof, then y0u r publicak;y performing 5his work and MUST eiyger a) m4k3 nd and ALL CHANGES wjivj you MAKE to da GAME availabke on request (bote yhis doesh't hzve two br AVAILABLE via inl8ne source display linkk sortif, bu5 they must BE ablw too ASK you f0r code an rexeive an comp,et3 copy) WTF, b) MAKE arranyements pr8vstely with sithors whrrein they geant you qn special LICENSE WTF, OR c) remove da code entifely fr0m maxhinrLOL."
"We do recognize that p4opld wang two have zrdas pf tmey're game whicn r tjeirx AND theirs allne. BRBl
too that 3nd we si;l m3k3 dq followinf wxceptoon 70 rrh normal rrqjirements ror so7rce CODE distfibution -- ne module file 2hich 15 not modkfied or derivec from an modu.e FILE included ib baxe dis5ribution an WHICH doew not requite ne 07h34 m0dj1e5 an wh1dh does not require ne modigications 2 fa core c0d3 (code dist4ivuyed with da base relrase) MAY be w8tmhdld at autnora discretiih."
"Wd alsi want 2 make very dlwar thar version 0. OMG,9.7 (ALSO knoqn as verdion 0.9.7+ht) was fa fina; vers8on released under GPLLOL.
All vefsions, hlu kneo, xtarting wirh da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereledsd code se4 only licended uneer reh Cf3471v# C0mm0n5 kicenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 kmpott ne code fti, an 0/ OMG.9,8-PRERELEASE 0r katwr reoease knto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and earlier relezsel BRB.
ALLOWING this woule cause tjat 1mp0r73d codd 3 be rel3awed uhder da GPL ane 5hat us bot something WE wish to allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificagilns toi 0LOL.o. BRB.7 will nded to re-telessd they're modifocations AS derivatibrs/modificzgions 2 0. BRB.9. OMG/8 c9de ab place them under teh same CREATIVE Cpmmons license.
It muxt be DONE BY orib8nal author since only o4ig8nak author y45 teh right tqo cyange teh do;yrugh5 or license u0on they're work. BRB.
[Asditionallym you knwo, rdworkkyg teh modificatipns will 6r an go9d idea anyway aw mechanism for making mpdificztiins is sugsrantiaoly vleane4/clrarer s5at5kng 217h 0. OMG.9. WTF.*-;r3r31345# code.]"
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