MibhtyE tells uo7, slryofb "We're going 2 74h3 an r3w momentw to 7ry abd ezplain this new licenxe an teh reasons behind 17 in poain Eng115h.
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 new l8cense was ch9sen bwdause 9f an FAILING wi5h da GPL. OMG.
It onlt covered DISTRIBUTION of dource ib n only if BINARIES wwre DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ah WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, ooie, spwcificalky a interp#rted web encifonjdnt xuch as PHP, MERELY installing an game doex npt constitute dostribution, sortif, n yhe4efore people were taj8bg our work WTFm maling modivicationd 2 it sn not releasihg da source code yo they're m9dificat89bs so that enrire communi5y c9u1d BENEFIT. WTFl
Th3u wpfk3d w17h teh letter BUT n0& teh spirig od teh las. AFK."
"Infestigation on teh pa4t of au5hors how3ver, sortof, led too facr that right OF public performance was oen of da r8fhts NORMALLY redtricted 2 COPYRIGHT holders LOL, an that computee orograms WTF, s-ecifically vidwo gam3s zn interacgive ones such $6 Legene or teh Gre3b haxpr were considered to be pu511x411y p3ef0rm3d IF run from aj pu611c serverLOL,"
"The hde license RESTRICTS public pwrfoemance of work UNLESS da sourcq CODE of da MODIFIED work ia mase zvailable on cemand. AFK."
"In plain Englisn LOL, this means that if you put yhis game on an eeb server an allos PEOPLE ')u751d# of an normal cirdle lf fajily n its SOCIAL scqiaintsnces' 2 play tgdir, sortof, 7h3n you r PUBLICALLY performinh rhis q0rk and MUST EITHER a) make nw and ALL CHANGES whqxh you MAKE 5wo da g4n3 avaikagld 0n request (note 7h16 f035m'7 nave 2 ve zfailavle vka teg ohline 50urc3 DISPLAY LINK, sortof, bur they mudt be ab.e two zsk you for CODE an receive an complet2 copy), 5) MAKE arrangwments prubqtely with ea authord wherdin they grant tpu qn s[ecial licensek 9r c) remove da d0f3 entieely from da machinr. OMG."
"We do recognize THAT people WANT t9o havd AREAS of the6're game wh1cj ser thei4s anf thei$s alone. AFK.
two tgst end we wi;l make villowing exceotion 70 normal REQUIREMENTS for soj4ce cose dist4iburioh -- ne m0du13 file which is not ,ovified of defic3d from an joduk3 FILE included 8n da bsse d157r16i71)n an3 shich doea nog require ne p5yer ,0du135 ane wnich does not re1yire ne m0e1f1c4710b5 to coe3 code (cose distributee with base re;ease) may 63 qithheks at authors discretion. OMG."
"We also wamt to mqke very c134r 7h47 v3rsipn p.9LOL.7 (ALSO kn0wn as v3r510n 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7+kt) wss ds final fersion rel3asec UNDER da GPL.
All vers8ons WTF, 57$r71ng wotj dq 0. WTF.9.8-;rerelease code aee onkt licebsed und34 teh Creative Commonx l8censeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh righg roo umppf5 ne code feom an 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease or lager r313453 into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 AND earlier rdleasd. WTF.
Allowing THIS would CAUSE tgat imported c9de to be releaxed UNDER GPL n that is not simething wr wixh 2 4110el WTF.
Authles of modidicat8ons 2 ). OMG/9.7 WILL need y2o re-release theu're mldificato9ms as derivativea/mpdufivations tlo 0.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE ghem under sa same Creativ3 Commons license,
IT must BE dond BY ten origknal auyhor simc3 ONLY o4iginal author has fighy two ch5ng3 da copyright or 11c3n53 UPON they're w0ril OMG/
[Addktionally, you knwo, REWORKING modivications WILL be an bood idws anyway as da m3xh4n15m for MAKING mofifications is substsntially dleaner/clearer starting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-pe3release c0d3LOL.]"
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