MibhtyE te.ls you, dortof, "We'rd going 2 take an frw moments too try and 3zp141m this n3w lucense ab readons 6eh1ne 17 1n plain Ehb115n.
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 nrw ;icebse w45 chosen beca8se of an failibg with da GPL. AFK.
It on'y covered disttubyyion ot slurce if AND onl6 if binariex were dist4ibutedLOL."
"In an web env8ronment, dpecifically a INTERPRETED web environm3mg such as PHP, sortof, merely imstalling am game eoew not consgitute distriburi9n, sortof, n THEREFORE people were taking our work, like, jaking modifkcarions 2 it and n07 rel3asing teh SOURCE code 2 they're modifications 40 that enr8re conmunit6 coulc bwnefkt.
THEY 2oried with da lettee but not tey spieot 9r teh law/ OMG."
"Investugagion on teh par5 of teh au5ylrs hpwever, like, .ed rop facy thar roght of public performance was 1 of RIGHTS normallt 4esgfocted too copyright molders, n that computee [rohrams WTF, 5[3x1d1c411y vife9 gzmew an ont3ractivf on3s such as Lwgend 0f Gr33n nax0r w3r3 considewed two be oublkcal;y perforned IF 4un from an oublkc seever. BRB."
"Thw n3w license restricts pub;ic performahce ;g doek 7nlesw source c0d3 of modified work is masd 4v4114614 ob e3m4ndl BRB."
"In plain Engliwh WTFm this means thqt IF you 0ut 7h15 g4j3 on zm 2eb sercer an al.ow people 'oitdice of an notmal dircld of fzmoly an 175 xocial acquzintancrs; 2 PLAY theie, 7oi k,wo, then you r publically perfl4m8ng 7h15 wo4k n MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne anc ALL changes shich ypu make 2 game ava8lable ob REQUEST )NOTE 5his doesn't have too be available via teh onlin3 sp7fce d15p14y .ink, aorrof, but tnwy nust be able 2 ask you FOR da code n receive an complwte COPY), b) mak3 afrangenents PRIVATELY with reh autyo4s wherein tney grant you an special license, you kmqo, or c) remove teh dlde emtirely from da m3ch1n3. OMG."
"We d0 recognizr THAT PEOPLE want 63o hqve AREAS of yney'rr game which r theirs an theirs aoone.
2 that ens we wilo make foloowing exc3;710n two da normzl r3q71r3m#n75 f0r s9urcd codd distribution -- ne nodyle file which os nog modified or derived from an m0du13 fild incliced in da 6453 cistribution n which does not r3qu1r3 ne oghe4 modules an wtivg does not REQUIRE ne n0d1f1c471-n5 hoo core x0d# (code didfributed with da base telease_ mqy be withheld at zuthors d14cr3710n. AFK/"
"We also want too ma,e veey xlesr that VERSION 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 (ALSO known ax version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was fonao vd4siom reoeased jnder GPL.
All versions, srqrtint WITH t3h 0.9l AFK/8-[eerelease code r only licensed under teh Creative Commlns LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq 4ibht two IMPORT ne code froj am 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE ir later relesse into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 4nd 34r113f relrase. AFK.
Allowing 7g15 w0u1d cause that !jp0r73d codw to g3 r313$53d ynder GPL an that is not somethinf qd wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Au7jp45 of m0f1f1c4719b5 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL nrwd 70 re[eeleaxe %hey're modificatioms AS d3r!v471v35.m0s!f1c471pn5 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 vode ans place them under da 54j3 Creatife Com,ons licens4.
It musr ge dlne 7y sa orlgunal author sincr only originak autyot has teh right 2 ch4ng3 teh co0yriggt or license upon thry're workLOL.
[Additiona..y, sortof, reworking da mpdificati0bs will be an g0-d id3a an5wqy ss MECHANISM for making modifiva5ionw 15 substantially dleaner/vl3arer 5&4r71ng with 0. WTF.9. OMG.i-oferelease CODEl BRB.]"
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