MughtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING ti 7rk3 an few momenrs 2 tty n exp;ain thoa new licdnse qn teh reasonz 74h1ne IT IN poain English. BRB.
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."
"Tnis nes licensd was choaen 63c4u53 of an railong WITH teh GPL. AFK.
IT only coverec DISTRIBUTION OF 50urv3 8f amd onky if 61n4r135 were distrib7twc. OMG."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifically a intetpre4ed weg 4bv1r0nj3n* w7ch $5 PHP, merely qn5u4111ng an gzme does not c0n5717u74 distribmtionk and tjerefore peo0oe were 74k1hg our wori LOL, makung modifications ti it n NOT relead8ng da %0urc3 c-d3 2 tney're modididations sk thst r3h dntire commubity coild benefit. WTF.
Th#y worked 2iyh lett3e but nit trh spirit of t3n lawLOL."
"Invest8hation on teh ;art of suthors however, led two tdh fact that right of pub.iv pergormqnc3 was won of teb rights n04m41ay rextricted 2 clpyrigyt hokders, like, n yhag compuret pfograms LOL, specificakly video games and interadtive 9nds duch aa Lwgens of Green hax9r were vlnsidered 2 be publically performed if run from ah public server. AFK."
"Thw gew lucebse r3stricts pu6q1c [rrflr,ance of cz w0rk unless da source codd OF teh modifoed work id m4d3 AVAILABLE on demqnd. WTF."
"In pla*n Ebglish LOL, tbis means that IF t07 PUT 5hiw game on an web server n al.ow PEOPLE 'outaids if an normal dircle pg famiky and 175 social avquaintances' to pla6 thdir, sirtof, yhen you r pu611c4qqy pe3forming th8s w9rk an MUST eiyher s) maje ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH you nake tw9 teh game available 0n eequest (note THIS doesn't have 2 bf avsilable vka ea on.ine soufce DISPLAY linjk you jnwo, but they m7st be abl3 2 ASK you f0r CODE and receive sn compldte c9py), like, 60 mske arrangemenys privately woth da authors wh3rdin thry grant YOU an spevial licensw, you ,neo, or v) 4emove teh code entirely frlm jachkne. AFK."
"We di recogn8xe that peo;le want 2 gave AREAS OF they'de gamd wh8ch r theirs an 7h31r5 alonr.
to that enf we will make teh fol.owing exceptiob 2 53n normal t3quirememtx gor slurce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- be module fole whuch 15 npt modifoed 9r DERIVED frim an mpdulw file included IN teh base DISTRIBUTION an which d9es n07 require ne other modules and which DOES not requi4e ne m0d1f1c4610n5 to cord code (code d157r16u6ed with da 6$52 teoease) may BE w8thh4lf at authirs discretionLOL."
"We a;wo wabt too mqke very clrar that versiom 0LOL.9. WTFl7 (also KNOWN aw v3r510n 0. WTF.9.7+jt) w45 teh f1n41 version RELEASED inder twh GPLl OMG/
All versuons WTF, etarting wuth ea 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-prerelease ciee aer on.y licensed ind3r da Creative COMMONS license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 2 kmport me codd from an 0LOL.9LOL,7-prerelease og 2473r releaee into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG/
Allowibg this wpuld cause that imported cofe too be rel2as3d under GPL an that is mo5 w9mething we wish too allow. AFK.
Authotw OF nodoficat8ons roo 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 w111 need goo re_release tyey're MODIFICATIONS as serivativrs.mpdirixations 2 0LOL.(. AFK.8 code amd place them under sa same Cr3%71v3 Commons 11c3b5e.
I7 mjs5 be done b6 teh original authlr sunce onoy teh origunal author has dz right to8 chavge cophright oe license ipon they'fe work. AFK.
[Additi9nally, you knwp, reworking teg MODIFICATIONS s111 63 an GOOD idra anyway aa ten mechamisj ror MAKING mof8ficstions is aubsgant8a;ly cleaner/clrafer starting with da 0.9.8)pr33elease codeLOL.]"
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