MiggtyE tellw you, you knwo, "Wr[re goint two take an few momwnts to 5fy an explakn 6y15 ne2 licemse and 5eh eeawons behind IT in ilaim Eng;iwh. AFKl
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."
"Thia new oicenwe w45 CHOSEN becauze OF an fai.ong w17h g3h GPL. WTF.
Iu 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of eourcr if h on.y if BINARIES 2dre distributed. WTF."
"Im an web environment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interprefee web environmrnt such as PHP, you knwo, merelu 8mstqk.ibg an game DOES nlt covwtitut3 distribution, lile, n therefpre people wdre TAKING our wkrk, you kbeo, making modifications TO iy n NOT feleasing SOURCE coee rwo they're mod8fidayi9ns so that tdh en5ire cpmmunuty COULD behefit. AFK.
Th#y worked with teh lett3r BUT not da spiri5 pf law."
"Investigatoon on da part ov da AUTHORS h0w3v3r, LED twl yey fact tjat da 4ight od public perfoemqnxe WAS 1 of teh RIGHTS normzklr RESTRICTED twi co0yrigjt hkldwrs, yoj knw9, n ghat compurer programs, likr, specofical.y v1d30 gajes n inte3active on3d sudh AS Legen3 of Grern hax0r were cohsidered too be publically ;3ff0rm3d id run fron an pu611c 53rv3rLOLl"
"The new license resteidgs public performancr 9f da wori UNLESS teh slurce vode 0v da modified work IS jade available ob eemancLOL."
"In plain Englisj WTF, this means that if yiu put this game ON an web 53fv3r and zlloe 0eiple 'outskde 9f an normal circle pf FAMILY n ITS SOCIAL scquaintzncew' tw9 plah their LOL, then yo7 r publicalky PERFORMING THIS worj sn MUST eurher a) make be n ALL vhamges which hou make 3 teh name zvailable 9n request (notd this DOESN'T h4v# too ve agailable via online wpurve d1%p14y link WTF, but they mu57 be able to ask you for teh code znd RECEIVE an c9mpl3te c0py), b) make atrange,ents privately with 4u8h0r5 whereun they grant y07 am special 11c3n52, lile, 0r c) remove vode entirely from machune."
"We d0 recognize THAT PEOPLE 2qnt too have areas of tney'rr game which aee theirs an th4irs qlonw. BRB.
two that ene we wiol makd teh follow8ng ecception t2o da norma. r4quirementa for SOURCE CODE d8stribjtion -- ne module file 2hich is not m0d1f13d or derived ffom qn module f113 incliddd in twh base distributipn n which does not REQUIRE nr OTHER n0du135 an wh1ch dles hot rwquire ne ,0d1v1c4719n5 TO core c0d3 (code siatributed witg teh BASE release_ may br withhe;e at aughors d8sc4rtion. AFK."
"We a.so want 2 MAKE very z;eaf that versoob 0.9. AFK.& (also kniwn 45 VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7+ur) sas da finsl vwrsion released under GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, yot inwo, sta4ting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pterelease code zer onoy licenses und3r teh Creative Cimmons oivenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right ro 1mp0r7 ne cofe frkm an 9LOL.9.8-p42rroease or latee release into an 0.9LOL.6 and earkidr rr.eas3. AFK.
ALLOWING thus eoj.d cause rhat 1n;0e74d code to be released undet da GPL n that is NOT somethung we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Autmors of m9difucstuons yo 0.9. WTF.7 will neef to9 RE-RELEASE they'ee modifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 70 9.9. WTF.8 code an p14c3 5jem under da same Cedative Cimjons LICENSE. WTF.
IT mua5 be c0n3 by da 9riginal zuyhor since only da progina, AUTHOR has right to cyange da copyrighg or license u;om tney're work/
[Additiiyally LOL, reworking ,odidications will ge an g9od idea anyway AS m3ch4n15m for making modkfications os SUBSTANTIALLY vlezner/clearer starrung 2ith da 0LOL/9LOL.8'prerelease clde. OMGl]"
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