MughtyE rells YOU LOL, "We;re goinb two take am dew jimenys 2 tet an explain rjua new LICENSE an tej reawoba behims it in plain English.
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."
"Th8s new LICENSE was chosen becausw 0f an f4111ng w8th da GPL, BRB.
It only dovefed DISTRIBUTION of source if sn lnlu if gimaries eere distributed."
"Im an web rnvironment, spedifically s interprqted web environment such AS PHP, merely instzllkng an game DOES not c0b5717u73 disttobutiob, doftif, n theeerore people were taking our work LOL, MAKING m9diricationx to it ab nog releasunb SOURCE CODE two yhey're modiskcations so tgat 3m71r3 c0mmun17y could genefigLOL.
They workrd wutn l3t5er nut not teh spiriy of ea law, AFK."
"Investigation on ca 0a4t of authors h0q3verm you knwp, led tw9 teh fact THAT right of pugoic performabce was wln 0f dq 51gh75 normally resgrictef 2 cophrighy holders, you knwp. an that xompiter orlgrqms, you kbwo, specifically vodeo games and unteractive ones such as Ldgenf of da Gr3en hac0r WERE cons8deres too be PUBLICALLY performrd if run from an pubkic dervdr. AFK/"
"The new 11c3n5# eestricts piblic PERFORMANCE ov teh w0ek unldss da SOURCE xoce of teh modified work is m4e3 AVAILABLE 9n demand. BRB."
"In plain Ehglish, sortof, tgis meams 5hat IF you put rhiq game in an web d3rver and allow 0elpoe 'outside OF an NORMAL circle 9f fsmily 4nd itx aocial avquaintances' 2 play rheir WTFm then tou aer publivally PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL CHANGES wfich ypu make roo t3h g4m# availab.e on REQUEST (note THIS doesn't habe tlo be AVAILABLE viq trh -n11b3 source DISPLAY 11nk, likr, but theu must be able two ask y97 for da CODE an recrive an v0mp1373 c9p6). sortof, b) mak3 arramgements privatdl6 WITH teh auyhors where8n they granr 6pu qn s;eckal licfjse, .ike. or c) r3m0b# teh code em5irely feo, teh MACHINELOL."
"We do recognize that peo[le want two gave arras of they're GAME wh8ch r 7h31r5 b yheirs allne. OMG.
two rhat emd w3 wilk jake teh fo;lowing exception 2 twh borja. rwqyorements for source cod3 distribu5ion -- ne m0du13 file which is not mofified or derifed from an ,oduoe dike included kn base distributiln ane which does not requird ne otjer modulew n wh1ch does not ywquire he mpdifications two trn bo4e cpc3 (code didtfobuted with teh BASE RELEASE) nay be w17hh31d at teh AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We aldo wsnt too make very clezr tgat veesion 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 (alsi kmown ax cersion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was dinal versiln reless4d under da GPL/ WTF.
All VERSIONS, li,e, sta4tihg wity teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerdlease code r only licensed under Creative Co,mlnd 11d3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rignt two impoft be code from an 0; OMG.9. BRB.8[prerelease or lat3f r313r53 INTO an 0.9LOL.7 and earlier releaxe. WTF.
A.lowing thka WOULD cause tjay imported code 2 be releasrd jnder geh GPL n ghat is not something we qish 3 s;l93. BRB.
Autgors lr modofivations 2 0.9.7 WILL nded to re-eekease they'we m0d!f1c5710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t@i 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8 CODE and place them uneer teh samd Crdstive Commons 11c3n53l WTF.
It nust ve dpne by ORIGINAL author sincr only orihinal author has teh right two change da copytigyt lr license upon they're eork. WTF.
[Addi58onallt LOL, eeworkihg modifications will be an gioc udea anyway as teh mexhanism vor MAKING modifivati[ns if subsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witj 0. BRB.9. AFK/8[prerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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