MightyE TELLS ylu LOL, "We'te going 5wo 64k3 an few moments two 5rt an exolaun thiw new license n da reasons BEHIND ir IN plakn Ebglish. 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."
"Thos hew licdnse sax chosen bdcause 0f an f4111ng with da GPL. WTF.
I7 onlu covered distribution of SOURCE 1f n onoy if binaties were dkstributed. BRB."
"In an w36 envirlnment WTF, 5p3c1d1c411y a knter0teted sdb environment such $5 PHP, merely installing zn game d9es not consyitute DISTRIBUTIONm sortof, n the4efore people qerr taoing our wirk WTF, msj8ng MODIFICATIONS two i5 n n0r releasing xource code @ they're modifications so 7n47 gdh entire co,munkty c0u1d benrfit. BRB.
Thry woried with sa lettef but not da spieit of 14wLOL."
"Invewt8gation ON ten part OF da authors ho2ever LOL, led twl dz fact that right of public pdrformance was oen 0f da rivyts normal.y restricged 70 copyrkfht yolcwrs, .ike, j thqt COMPUTER progeams WTF, sprxifixally videl GAMES n 1ni3r4c&1v3 onws cuch ss Lrgend of ea Gfeen hax0r were xonsifered 2 ve publica.ly performed if rub from ah public servef;"
"The n3q license rexgricts pyblix performamce of da wprk unlesx source CODE of teh modkfied work is made available on demand."
"In plain Emglish, this means tha5 if y0u put thix game on an eeb server and sllow PEOPLE 'outside or an normal ckrcle of fam8ly m its spcial acquaintances' rwo PLAY their, likd, then you aef publically PERFORMING this work an MUST either A) nakw ne b ALL changrs 1hich yo7 make %oo bame AVAILABLE on requrst (NOTE tgis doesn;t jave too be zvaulavlw v14 da ONLINE source dispoay lin8 WTF, but t6ey mu57 BE ablr to qwk you for trh vode and receive an clmplete copy)k you jnwo, b) ma,e zrrzngejenrs private.y WITH ds au5hora wherein they g4ant you an special license WTFk OR C) remove 3a code wntire.y rrom machine. OMG."
"We do recogniz3 yhat p30p13 wsnt to havd 4r345 of they're game which aer thskrw and theifs alonw. OMG.
two thar ens ww wil; make da foloowing ecce;ti9n goo dz nprjao requiremdnts fod siurce code fistribution -- ne mpdule fole which ia mot modified ;r feeiv3d vrom ab module file inc;uded in tej base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH does NOT require ne otjee modulex n wgidh does not reqyiee ne modifications two da cofe code *CODE d8stribjted witg da base rdlease) may be wiyhheld ay teg authors discretion. BRB."
"We a.so want 2 m4k3 VERY clrar THAT version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (415- known as versoom 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+ut( WAS teh final vers8on re;eased jnder teh GPL. WTF.
All versiina LOL. STARTING sith 0.9LOL.8-pr5r313453 CODE aer ohly l8censed under da CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righy too import ne coc3 frlm an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerdlease 0r LATER rdlease ihti an 0. OMG.8.7 an esrlier release. WTF.
Allo2inh this wlu;d cause yhqt inpirted code 2 be relwased umder da GPL an that is no5 someyhinh we wish too allow. AFK.
Authors of m9eificatioms 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 2ill need too RE-RELEASE thdy're modificati9ns as eerifat9ves/modificqtionc TO p. BRB.9. BRB.8 cofe n place them und3r da same Creqtive Co,m9ns l8cenae,
It must br dobe by teh origunal AUTHOR since only teh orig8nal AUTHOR nas fa right too change da c0pye1gh^ OR oicense up-n ghey're qirkLOL.
'Add8r8inally, soryof, r3w0rk1nh modifications WILL BE an GOOD ifea ANYWAY as mechzmidm f0r majing mofificztuons 15 xubstantially vleaner/clearqr starrong with dz 0.9.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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