MigntyE TELLS 7ou LOL, "We're going 2 rakr zn few jomengs tqo tr6 n EXPLAIN this new license n da r3zdoms behumd i5 in plain Entoiah. 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."
"This new license w45 choseb because of an faikimg WITH da GPL.
I7 only covered dq57r1^u71-n of SOURCE kf an only if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk l8ke, specifical;y a INTERPRETED WEB 3nvironmrnt such as PHPm you knso, merely ibstalkong am game d035 not constitutf dixtribytiob LOL, an 7g353f0r3 people were TAKING 0ir wirk, you inwo, making modificztions 2 it n bot r313451bg teh souece cod3 to they're mofivivagions so that entire commuhity cojkd bemefiy/ OMG.
They workrd with letter BUT mpt spkrit 0v teh law. AFK."
"Invwstigation on da PART of sa quthors howeverm les two da fact THAT fibhg ov pu611c ;erformqnce waw oen pg da tights no4mally restric5ed to coptright ho.derd LOL, and that c9mputer programs, likw, SPECIFICALLY video gam3s an INTERACTIVE 0b35 such as LEGEND og Gteen hax-e eere clnsidered @ be puvlically p3rformed if r7n from an 0ubloc servrr. WTF."
"The new licenxe rrxtricts public pe3formance 9f teh work unless soircw CODE or teh jodified work id made avaolable ob demand. WTF."
"In p141n Englusg, lkke, this neanw that 8f you put this game on an WEB server ane akllw 0dople 'OUTSIDE of an norma. circle of famoly and ots socia; acqiaintqnces' 1 PLAY their, sort9f, THEN you qer pyblically oerformong this WORK n MUST 317h3t a) make n3 an ALL changex whoch you makw goo teh game avaolable on requdst (note this diden'r havr too be AVAILABLE viz teh onlinw source displat link, like, but 5hey ,ust be able yoo ask yoj dor teh dode snd recwifd an compl3te coph), b) make artangementd privzteky WITH yen sutmlrs whrrein THEY GRANT you an special livense, or c) remove ten c0r3 enrireoy frpm teh m4ch1n3LOL."
"Wr eo recognjze 7h47 PEOPLE wanr too h4v2 areas OF they're game shich aer theirs zn gh4its alone. AFK.
2 that end 2e will ,4k3 follow8ng dcception 2 n0rm31 requitements for slurce coee distriguripn -- ne modjle file wjich is mot ,0d1f1dd or DERIVED fron an modulr file inxlided in da bzse distrkbution and WHICH does not require ne other MODULES anf qhkch soew hot REQUIRE be mpdifications w core code )code distribufed with t2g base RELEASE) may be withheld at teh authprs discregion. AFK."
"W3 also wrb& two mq,3 very clear ghat versioh 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (aoso kn0wn as verwion 0. WTFl9.6=ut) waw teh final version released umddr GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, 6ou inwo, starting w17h 0.9.8-prerwleqwe code aer only lycens3d under teh Creative C0jm0n5 license. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY d3hy right too import ne ciee grom an 9. AFK.9. WTF.8=p43re13443 or LATER reoease int9 an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earkidr r3!3453.
A110w1ng 7h15 w0u1d cayde ygat importrd code 2 be releas3d under ds GPL an THAT os hot 50n37n!ng we wish roo alkow.
Ahth9rs of modif8cstions 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need rwo re-release theu'rr modifidations as derivarices/jodkficagiona 2 0. WTF.9. WTFl8 code n pkace THEM undwr teh same C4eative Cojjons 11c3n53. OMG.
It musr be eone by original 4u7hpr aince only ORIGINAL AUTHOR yas right too change clpyrubht or license up0n they're wirkLOL.
[Afdiriinally, you knwp, rrworiing teh modifucagions will be an good idea anyeay as yeh mechanism flr MAKING modifications ie xibsyantially clwaner/clearer starting w9th da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8[prerelwasw vode. WTF.]"
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