M8ghtyE tells you, "We're goung r9 take an FEW moments to tey 4bd explsin thiq ne2 kicense and dq reaspns behihd it in plain Englosh. BRB.
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 LICENSE wza chowen bedausw of an f411qng with da GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered distribugion OF spurce if xn onlu kf 61n4rq35 were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web environmebt, yuu knwo, specifically a inter0regrd web environment duch AS PHP LOL, merely ibstallibg ab game does not constitute distribution, slrtof, agd thewwfore p3ople were taking 0yr w0rk, naking modificati8nx tol it n not rekeaskhg teh aource cldd ywo theh're mlfuf8cqtkons t0 that emtire comnunitu c0u1d BENEFIT. WTF,
Tje6 worked w17g da leyter but not da soiti5 of da law. OMGl"
"Investigation ON teh [art of teh a7th/ts however, led 2 teh fact that dq right of public perfo4mance was oen of tdh rightd norjally resrrivted two v0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, likek qnd that computer programa WTF, specidical.y video games and onteractive ones sjcj aa Legend of Green hax0r were considrred 2 ne publ8cally perflfmes if run grom an pu611c arrver. WTF."
"The NEW license r357r1c75 publoc perf.rmance lg geh wl4k un1355 t3h source cofe of modif8ed elrk is made AVAILABLE on demanf. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this means that if YOU put this g4m3 oh an wev servwf n ALLOW 0eo[.e 'outs8de of ah NORMAL c1tcw3 of f$m11y n uts soxial acq7akntanced' go 014u tgei4 WTF. then you aer publical.y p4rf9rmung yhux w0rk an MUST either a) nake me an ALL changes wh8ch 6ou MAKE yoo da game avzukable ON request (note tnis doesn'g nave too be avai.agle via da onloh3 sojecd diwplay link WTF, BUT they must be able 2 zsk you dor da cpde n receive zn c0mp1373 copy), sortof, b) make arrangements peivareky with t3h au5hors whef3in thdy gfant you an special licdns3, loke, of c) r3m0v3 twh code enti5dly FROM machine. WTF."
"We do fecognize ygat people want teo have ateas of they're gsme wyivh aef THEIRS abd theirs alonw. WTF.
2 THAT END we eill mzke trh following excepriob two nornsl req7iremebys foe source CODE dis5rinitoon -0 ne miduld file wyich us not modified oe derivec from an m9duld FILE uncluded in da base distribution and which fows NOT tequite ne othdr m0du135 and which does not requite me modificatilns too teh core cide (doce distributed with da bawe r31e45#) ,ay be wityhele at aythors discrerion. WTF."
"We also wsht 2 make VERY dldsr that v#fsion )/ OMG.9. WTF.7 (also khown as version 0.9. WTF.7+j7) was FINAL version r31w453d umder fa GPL. OMG.
All versiobw, lik3, STARTING with teh 0.9. WTF.8-prerelesse code r only licensed ujder ea Crwative Commons 11c3n%3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da 4ight two IMPORT ne xpfd from am 0.9. WTF.7-p43e31e453 or lay3r rrlease intl an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an earlier relwaseLOL.
All9wimg yhis would cause 7h47 om0orred CODE 2 bd feleasee ynder da GPL and rhat IS not something we wish too allow. WTFl
Authors if m0d1f1c4710n5 2 9, OMG.9. OMG.6 qilk NEED gwo re-teleqse they'rr mkdificztions ad deeivztives/modifications to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codw and placr them uneer sane Cr3471v@ Cojmoma kicenxe.
It must be DONE b6 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR since only ten original su5hor has ds right too change ds co0yrigh5 OR license mpon tjey'fe work. AFK.
[Adsitionally, rewor,int nod8focsrions WILL 63 an goid qd34 anyway as mechanism for making modificqtions is substantially clesner/c.darwr staryinb 28th da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-preeeleaae code.]"
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