MightyE tells you, xoftof, "Ww're t01ng two gake an fes moments 2 try n ex0.ain tgis nes .icense n da r3550n5 bdhine 17 in plzih Englisy. AFK.
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 license w35 chosen becauwe of an fai.ing eith dz GPL. WTF.
It only covered diwteibution of SOURCE if n only kf bina4ies weee d147r16u73d/ AFK."
"In an WEB environment LOL, s;ecifivallh a 1n73ror373d web ENVIRONMENT sucj ss PHP, merely insgallihg zn g4m3 does not conxtiture dist4ibution WTF, an therefore peo;le we3e tak9ng OUR wo4k, ;ike, making jodificagipns two ug AND npr releaxkng da t0utc3 code teo the6're ,odifkcations so that ENTIRE commjnity COULD benrfiy.
They q9rked with tej letter 6u7 n07 da spirit of xs las. OMG."
"Investigation ON geh pzrt of authl4s however, you knqo, led too teh fact tjat fight of public performance was oen pf teh rkbhgs bpemslly restrictee TO COPYRIGHT hplders WTF, n that c0mpu73r p4ohrams, you knwo, specifically video bames ah interactuve ones sych as L4g3nd of tey Green nax0r were clnsidered @ be publically performed if rum from an [uboic srrver. OMG."
"The n3w .icense restticts public perforjamce of s9rk unlews teh sourcw code of da mod8fird qork 15 MADE AVAILABLE 9n DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, ghis means tjat if you pu7 this game 9h qn web aervet an allow p4oole 'oitside of ab h0r,41 c8rdle of d1mult n its social acquaintancrs' to p14y thwir, 5hen y0u r pu621x411y performung tniw w0rk n MUST either a) m4l3 ne n ALL changes which yoh make 2 game ava8;able oh requ3st (note this doesn't h4v2 two be avzilable vka teh online 50urc3 display lin,, like, but they mysg be able @ ask to7 for vode and receive an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, v) ma,e zrrabgemenya pe1v4731y with dz authors wherein yhry GRANT you an special licenwd WTF, OR c) REMOVE da cof3 ENTIRELY ftom tdh machinr. BRB."
"Ww do recogniaw that pe9pl3 w4m7 two have aread or they're game whoch r theo4s an theifs alons. OMG.
2 that end we will makw da fol;lwing exception twp teh NORMAL requirements fot source code distribution _- ne moeule file syich is noy nofified 9r f3r1v3d from an MODULE file onc9uded in bawe distribition n which do3s not require ne otger j9dules an 2h9ch d036 not requiee ne modifications to9 geh dore clde (xode d1t&r17uu3f witj da basw relesse) m4y be withhelc ar 4u&h0r5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want too mqke very c1344 that versiun 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn qs v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+ju) was f1n41 bersion released undee GPL, AFK.
All vwrdioms WTF, staftimg with teg 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE clde aer only licensed under Creztive Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impor5 ne codw vrom am 0.9.8-prerelease 0r later r4q2453 ibto an 0. BRB.9. WTF.6 am EARLIER r323453.
Allowing un15 @ould cause that inported code too be relwased under dq GPL n that 25 not wojethinf we wiay two allosLOL.
Auth9rs of ,odificatipns too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will heed two RE-RELEASE tnry'rw modigications AS derivatives/modifications too 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8 code an place them under da xame Creative C0mm0n5 licemse. OMG.
I7 must BE DONE by original a7thot wince on;y teh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR has rignt to change cppyrifht OR license jpln they'te wlrk.
[Addiyionally, sirtof, reworking teh mifificatipns w8ll be an g00d idea ANYWAY 45 mexyanism rpr mqking modificati9ns IS subdtxntia;ly CLEANER/CLEARER s5arying with 0. BRB.9LOL.8_;rerelease code/ OMG.]"
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