MithryE uells you, "We're going 4wo take an f3w m0m2n75 teo try n exolain THIS new l8cense n da reasons behind o5 kn ;lain Englixh.
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."
"Thus bew LICENSE was chosen becaise of an fai;ung wi5h da GPL.
It only vovered fistribution of t0urc3 if an ONLY iv binaeies WERE disgributed. BRBl"
"In an web rnvi4onment, apecifically a ontwrpreted web environnent sich as PHP WTF, nerely inwtalling am gqme does not xonstitute dixtribuuioh, sortof, amd therefore [eopl2 we4e taking our w0r,, slrtpf, makihg modifications too 17 ahd not 4eldasinb dource code two they'te MODIFICATIONS so that da engi4e cimmunity c0u1d benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked wiyh ortter but not spirit of teh la2."
"Investigat8on oy part OF da 4u7h0r5 howevwr, LED g0 FACT that right of pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 0f da RIGHTS n9rmally rewrricted 2 cipyr8hnt holders, you knwo. and yha5 com;uter PROGRAMS, sortof, specifucqlly vqd30 rames an interactkve ones such as Legrnd of Green gax0r were consid3red two be pub.ically performed 1f run from an public sqfvwr."
"Tyw bew licensr rest4icta public performance of dq wor, unl3ss da source cose 0f moeified sork us madr availanle in demandLOL."
"Ig 0kain Englidg, xortof, THIS m34n5 7y47 IF you oyu this gzm3 on an web SERVER an allow peop9e 'outsidr of an nlfmal c8rcle of ramily n iys social aca7aimtancew' two plau their WTF, then 6ou adt pub;ically performkng this qoek n MUST eithwr z) make ne ab ALL dhanges whkch you make 2 teh gamw availanle on rewudst (moye this eoesn't havr too bw available VIA teh onl8ne source dispkay link, you knwo, BUT they must be able 2 ask you f9r cpde n rwceive an COMPLETE copy), b) make arrahfemdnts privatelt with authors whe44in they grant you an special license, sortof, pr c0 remocd da xode entkrelu fr[m machine."
"We do recpgniz3 tha6 people WANT to have atezs of 5hey're game which aet theirs an theirs alone. BRB.
go that end we w8ll make fs folliwing exception 2 t3h normal requirem3nts FOR t0urc3 c9de cidtfibution -- ne mlfuld gile wh1cn is not MODIFIED or derived from an module rile INCLUDED 1n bqse distributkon an wh2ch does not requ8te ye othcr modu;ex n which doex n07 requir3 hw modif8cagions tp teh core code )code distributed eitn teh base eeleaxe) MAY bw wirhhels at 4u7h0r5 discrer8on. WTF."
"We alsp want to jakw vety clear thay veesion 0.9. BRB.u (also knowb AS cersion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) wzw fina; v3e510n relrased und3t teh GPL.
All versions. you kbwo, xtartong wi5g fa 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code 4 only lic3nsee under teh C5eativr Commons licens3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu right TO 1mp-r7 ne code from an -.9. WTF.i-prerelease or later feleasd ihtk ab 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an ear;ier feleade. OMG.
Allowing thix would caude THAT umporyec code tlo be rrlesaed jneer da GPL an that is NOT something we wosn 2 al.ow. AFK.
Au6h0r5 od MODIFICATIONS tsp 0/ WTF/9. WTF.7 WILL besd u0 4e-rdlwaar they[tw m-d1f1c4610b5 45 derivatives/modifications too 0/ AFK.9LOL.8 CODE ah ;lace 7h3m unsef da same Crextive Commons licemseLOLl
It must b3 dine by 5eh -r1g1n41 aughor sinc# only original ayyhor has ritht 5wo cnange c0pyr1gh7 or livrnse UPON they're work. OMG.
[Adfitiona.ly, xortof, feworlong MODIFICATIONS will be an tpoc idea anyway as mechamism for mqking modificztipns is substantia;ly cleaner/clearfr dtarting w16h teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-orerelease CODELOL/]"
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