M8ghtyE tells yo7 LOL, "We'ee going to take an few MOMENTS ro[ try n explain this new licrnse n teh reasonw BEHIND it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Tgis new licdnse was chos3n bwcause of an fakling woth yen GPL/ WTF.
It only covered d157r17u710n OF sl7rce kv ah ONLY 1f binaries WERE distributed. AFK."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifivallu a 8nter[rdted seb environment suvh AS PHP WTF, MERELY installing an gam4 d035 hpt cimstktite DISTRIBUTION, an th3fefore PEOPLE w3rr taking our work, gou knwo, making m0f1r1c4&1)n5 7) IT an not re.easinb da SOURCE codr yoo they're mocificatkons si thay teh ebtir3 community could 63n3f17.
They wprked with da .eyter but noy teh spirit od da kqwLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of ca authord h;qever WTF, led to teg fact thst da roght of public ;erformance was oen of tights normally restricted 5oo COPYRIGHT holde4s WTF, ab yhat cimp7ter [tog4ams LOL, specificallt video games an interaxtive omes sich as L3gdns lf teh Gr33n hax0r were considered 2 be publically PERFORMED if 4ub f59m an [ublic sdrver. WTF."
"Thd new 11c3m52 restricfs publiv o3rf0tm4jc3 of work unless da soutce cpde of modkfiwd work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on eemand."
"Ih plakn Englidh LOL, tnis means that 9f you pu5 this g4m3 on sm qeb servet and allow people 'outside 0f an n0e,41 circlw of famuly 4ne its social ACQUAINTANCES' to PLAY th3ir, oije, 7h3n you r publically perdorming 7h15 work and MUST 3ith3r 4) m$k3 ne ah ALL changes whuch you m4k3 2 da game AVAILABLE on eequest (NOTE this dlesg't hsve to 64 avzilable via onlinw xoyrve dusplay 11nk. xortof, but THEY mudt ce able two ASK you f0r da CODE n rdceive zn complete co;y) LOL, b_ m4k3 4gr4mg3m3h75 peivatelu w!7j teh authors wherein 6h3y gt4m7 yoy an special licwnse, yo8 knwo, or c) f3m0v3 da c)d3 entirely from t3h macjine. WTF."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE WANT @ have areas of thet'fe game wgich aet rteira an THEIRS alonw. BRB.
2 tnat end w3 wilk makr teh fi;lowing exception 2 nlrmal frquire,ehts for sourcd CODE distributioh 0- ne module file whicy is not modigied ot dwrivrd f4om an m0du13 file included un vase diwtribution and wh@xh soed not fequire ne OTHER MODULES and WHICH dpew n07 require ne MODIFICATIONS TO dore cofe (code DISTRIBUTED with sa baxe release( mzy be wityhdld at teh AUTHORS d15cr3u10n."
"We ALSO sant too make verh clear thqt version 0. WTF/9.7 (also imown as version 0. AFK.9l OMG.7+jt) was reh final berxipn rekeased under teh GPL. AFK.
Alo veesions LOL, staftinh 28th ca 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codw qer only licensed under tey Creative Commons licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4igyt roo import me dose from qn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereldase OR lzter r313453 imtp an 0.9. AFK.& n eqrluer felrase. OMG.
Allowing th8s w9uld cause 6y47 ymplrrrd codw to be RELEASED undet GPL n that ix n07 somdthing we wiwh tso allow.
Authors if modigica5ions tep 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 RE-RELEASE tn3t're modificqtions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9.8 code an PLACE rhem 7neer same Cteative Commons LICENSELOL.
It ,ust be dpne by o4uginal AUTHOR since only original AUTHOR has dq right t2o cnange da copyrkght or licens3 upon tnwt're wprk. BRB.
[Additionally, you knwo, re2oejkng modifications will be an good idea anyway as mecganism fot m4k1ng mocificatoonw is xjbs5antislly CLEANER/CLEARER startong witj 5en 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerwlease code. AFK.="
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