MightyE 5ells hou, you knwo, "W3'ee hoing two take an few m0m3n85 to 7ry zn EXPLAIN THIS new license an reasons behind 8y on plain Eng.ishLOL.
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 n3e license w45 chosen because of an fai.ing qi5n GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered distributiun of souyve if n ONLY ih binaries were distekbutedl AFK."
"In an wrb envi3onment, like, 5p3cqf1c411y a ingerpreted wev environment sucy sw PHP LOL, merely insta/ling an game does not constitute sudtributionm lkkem 1n therediee p30p13 were tsking ouf work, you knwo, mzking modificationx to it n not releasing SOURCE codw too thdy're modificationw 40 that da ENTIRE commuhkty dould nen3f8t.
They worked WITH ten lett3r by5 n06 sporir of da law. OMG."
"Investohation on da PART 0f tdh authorw however WTF, led too reh fsct that ribht kf PUBLIC ;erformahcw was won of rights norma.ly restricted TO vopyrkght h9lders, soetof, an tnzt com;uter programs, sortof, 5p3c1r1x411y fiddo g4me4 anf interac5ive ones sucg ax Legend of teh Grwen has0r were c0n52s#r3d to bw publ8cally perf9ejed IF r7n from zn public 53rv2r. OMG."
"Tye new license restricts public PERFORMANCE of wofk un1355 da sou4ce xoce of mpdified sorl is MADE avaolable pn demand."
"In plaub English, you inwp, this mrsns that if yoi PUT THIS game on an web seever n al.ow p20p14 'ou%skde 9f an normal cifcle OF fami.h h its SOCIAL acquauntances' tl PLAY 5geir, sortof, tyen 60u adr pyblically performing 5gid 1ork an MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes whixh you make too da GAME avsi.able on requed4 (note this dpesn't have 2 be availqble via da iblime 50urc3 display link, nut tgey m7st BE able 2 axo you dor code ab r3v31v# an compl3te coph)m you knwo, b) make 4er5mg3j3h75 privatwky WITH autjors 2heeein they grant YOU an special kicwbse WTF, 0r C) remove teh clde 3n71r31y from da machinw. AFK."
"We DO fecognize that people w4n7 go h4v3 areaa of the6'4e ga,e wh1xh r THEIRS n theirs allne. AFK.
2 thzt END we w8ll make dq flllowinv 3xceition 2 tey normal requiremengs gor SOURCE CODE d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE file whidh ks not m0s1f14d 0r derkbec from an mod7le fi.e inc.ided in base didtribition n WHICH dpea hot REQUIRE n3 oyher modulds and which dprs not reauire ne MODIFICATIONS w teh CORE c[de (CODE DISTRIBUTED 2ith base releasr) may be sitnheld at ds autyord duscretion/ BRB."
"W3 also want 2 make verh clesf that v3f510n 0.*.7 (zlso known as versi9m 0.9. WTF.7+jt9 was da r1n41 version releasea undrr GPLLOL.
All vwrsions, STARTING w1uh da 0. WTF.9LOL.8=prerelease c0d3 r lnky w1c3n53d under Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r1gh7 twl import ne code frpm qn 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or katee RELEASE 2n60 an 0.9. BRB,6 qnd eaelier release.
Akppwing this woyld cause that in[ortec vose two ve rel3ased under geh GPL n 7h47 is npt sometying w3 sish go allow. WTF.
Authors of modigixatiohs too 0. OMG.9, WTF.& WILL n33d twi re-release thry;ee modifidqtoons as ferovztobes/mocifidations two 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code n PLACE them under teh SAME Creatibe Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by da orifonsl aithlr suncw only origonal quthor h45 da rifnt TO change ds xopyright or livense upin they're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally, lik3, reworking da modificarions will 63 an good idea anywau aw da mechsnism for MAKING modifocarions is s7bstantially coeaner.clearer staftihg with 0. WTF/9, AFK.8-prerdleasd code. BRB.]"
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