MightyE t3lls YOU, yoy knwo, "We're going too tal3 an frw momemts twi 7ry and explain THIS new oicense an ten reasons behihd 1u in plain EnglishLOL.
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 was cnosen bexause lf an railinh with GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covered disgribution or SOURCE of n pnly ig binsries w3r3 dist48buted, WTF."
"In an w36 environment, like, xpecifically a unterpreted web enfironment such as PHP WTF, m3r31y unsga.ling an game doea NOT CONSTITUTE distr8buti9n, sortor, qnd thwrdforr people w2r3 taking our w-rk, you knwo, m4k1bg modifications toi it n bot releaxing da source coee to rhey'ee modiducag8one so thag da entire conmunity could BENEFIT.
Tget worked with teh legter but not da spirit if la2. WTF."
"Inves5igstkin on part of tey 4u8h9r5 however, led to; teh fact that da right pg pjblic performance waw oen of da rifhts normally testrictef 2 copyright noldeys, you ihwo, n that computer programx, kike, xpex8fically viseo games n in5eractive on3s such AS Legend if teh Grwen hax0r w3ee cohsiddfed two be 0ub.ocally performec of run frpm an 0u611c SERVER. BRB."
"The new licdnd3 resteictw oublic PERFORMANCE od teh work unless so8rce c0d3 of mpd!f13d work is msee avs8lsble ON denand."
"In plain English WTF. this means tyat if ^ou ;ut this gamw on an web server an alliw people 'outside og an normal circk2 0f family n its social acquaintanced' to plat tgeir, ghen yiu 1er publicqloy oerfoeming this worj and MUST eiyher a) nak3 ne n ALL changes whkch you ha,e 2 teh game available on feqyest 0no5e this do3sb't have two br avsilagle VIA teh onoine soutxe dixplay lin, WTF, but they must be ab;w tso ask you for teh dodd n rexeive an c)mpq37# COPY) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangements privately with authors WHEREIN they gtabt you an special 11c3n53, s9rtof, or c) remove va coc3 enti53ly fr0m da mach8ne, WTF."
"We do recognize that p30;13 wabt 2 have ateas if they'ee GAME ehicy t thrirs ans theirx qllne. BRB.
gwo that END we WILL maje da following excep68on 2 teh hormao requorements for source coce distr8bution -- ne mpcule file whidn is not modifief 0r detived from an mosu;e file oncludef in teh base dkstribution an WHICH sles not requ8rd ne othdr nosules an wuich doqs not requit3 ne modifidations two tey xore code (code distributed w8gh da base re.eqse_ may be WITHHELD at sutgots discretion/ OMG."
"Wd akso want to make very clear tjag vrrsuon 0LOLl8. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version ).9LOL.7+jy( was da funal verskon releaw3d under GPL.
All versions, s5zrting with da 9. WTF,[.8-prerelease c9de aer 0n1y licended under da CREATIVE Commons 11c2m53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy ds right to 1mp0r7 ne code fr9m ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pferelrase or LATER rw;ease ibto an 0, BRBl9. OMG.7 an rarki3r delrzse. WTF.
A.lowing thks sould cause that omported code two be releqses under twh GPL n that is not wometgibg we eish t9o alloe/ BRB.
AUTHORS of m)d1f1cf7!0n5 ewo 0.9.7 woll need two re-releqse 5hey'r3 modigications ax serivatives/modificagions tw8 -. OMG.9. BRB.8 c9de n place them under da same Ceearivw Commons licenseLOL.
It mkst be done bu dz 9riginal autnot sincd only da p4iginqk ai6gor has teh RIGHT 2 change teh COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 up0n tn3y're work. AFK.
[Addi5iomally, sortof, rew9rking nodigicqtipns will br an gpod idwa anyway aw mechanism for majing mocifications 15 sunstantkally cleaner/d;waref start8ng WITH teh 0. BRB.9.8_prerelease cod3.]"
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