MightuE tells you, "We're GOING b2o taie an fe2 momen5s tso try and explaob this neq lic3nxr an yeh reasons bwhond IT in plain EnhlisjLOL.
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."
"Thid new license eas cnlsen because of an failing wiyh yeh GPL.
It ONLY voberef d1r7r16y710n of 5purc3 of n on;y 1d 61n44135 were distributed. BRB."
"In an eeb 3nv1r0nb3n7, si4tof, xpecidically a inrerpreted w36 environmrnr 5uch 45 PHP, lik3, merely installimg an gqme d0#5 NOT x0n5717j73 distr8butiom LOL, sn thwrefore people were 74l1hg our 2ork, you knso, making ,idificatiobs two it n n9t RELEASING source CODE to. they'r3 modifications so that entiee comnunity coulc venrfitLOL.
They worldf with teh letter but not yeh 5p@r17 of da la2."
"Investigagiin om da PART of teh authors however, led two teh fact that teh right 0f publ8c pwrf9rmamce was ien of cq rigjtx notmslly restficted too copyright yplders LOL, n 5yat c9mputef 0rogfams, dlrtof. speckfucally video g4m45 and 1n73r4c71v3 ones such AS Legdnd lf Gr43n hax0r were dinsidered 3 be pjblicslly performec ig run frpm an public xetver. WTF."
"The new license restricts public PERFORMANCE OF teh WORK unkess teh source dodd ov teh modified eorl is nade available ON ddmand."
"In plain Eng115h, this means that if ypu put 7h15 game ln an web swrver an alkiw p30;13 'outskde of an NORMAL circle of family an its SOCIAL acquaintamces' to poay their WTF, ghen you aer publicallh perdorjinb tyis w0rk and MUST withef a) maje ne qn ALL changes which yoy MAKE two game abzklable on fequest 9note this doesn't HAVE tl be qvai.qble VIA teh )n11n3 source disolsy lin, WTF, but thet musr be ABLE tp zwk tou for teh c(de an RECEIVE an comoleue copy), you kndl, B) make arrznhements orivately WITH fa authors whe4ein 7h3y gramt you an special lucense, or c) rem9ve da c0d3 ent85e;y frim jachin3. AFK."
"We do recognize that p30p13 want teo have AREAS od theh're GAME which a4r theirx abd theirs a;oneLOL.
2 that end we will mak3 followinb EXCEPTION 2 noemql REQUIREMENTS for source CODE distfib7tion -- ne m0du23 file which is not modifiee OR deriv2d from an mod7lw FILE included in da 6453 distfiburion n WHICH does n07 req7ire ne other mosules n which does bot reqjife ne modudicationd tqo da vire code (coee dostrkvuted WITH baae tekease) may BE withhrld at da AUTHORS slxcewrion."
"Wd also want 2 make very clear that vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (qlao known as ve4sion 0/ OMG.9LOL.7+jr) qas da vinzl v3r510n released undwe ten GPL. OMG.
Akl versions, yo7 knwo, stafting with 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease cod3 aer only licenaee under Creative Commons 11crb5r. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh right 2 import ne dode ftom an p.9. WTF.8-pr34eleasr or later t3lease un59 an 0.9. BRB.7 zh EARLIER releas3. BRB.
ALLOWING thks would cause THAT importrd vod# go be r3leased und34 cs GPL b that IS not spmetyint we wish too allow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.& w11! beef to re-release they're modificatuons as deribativew/modifkcations 2 -. AFK.(. AFK.8 CODE and poacr THEM 7nder teh samw Ctdstive C0mn0n5 ;icense. AFK.
I5 ,ust be DONE by da lr8ginql author dincr onky otufinzl author has da right two chang3 da c0pyr1gy7 or oicense u[on thwu'r3 workLOL.
pAddutilnally, you knwo, REWORKING modificatiogs will be an good idea anyway AS jechanism vor makung modificqtuons is 5i65u4n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0.9. OMG/8-pr3f#13453 codem]"
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