MightyE tells you, 6lj knwo, "We're going two take an few momebys to TRY an ezplain ghis new license and da reasons behind 9t in plain Enf115h.
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."
"Tgis mew lic3nse qas chosen because of an faoling witg tey GPL. AFK.
It only coveref distribution -f slurce if n only if binari#s were fosgributed. AFK."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, soreofk SPECIFICALLY a interprwted web rnvirlnment such ad PHP, sortof, ,err;6 installint an game dods not cinstitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, AND therefore pepple qer3 &4k1nf our work LOL, jakung MODIFICATIONS two it b noy rwleasing SOURCE coee two they'4e modificatoons ao that teh entire c0nmun1uy c9uld genefit/
They wotked w17h lwtter gut not da spirit of dz lawl OMG."
"Investigatiim og teh PART of teh authors hiwever, led t9p fa fact that rignt of ;u611x p3rf0rm4nc2 WAS oen ov teh rights n0rm411y rwstrictwd 3 COPYRIGHT holdw4s, n that com[uyer protrams WTF, specificakly v8seo games n intefactive ones 5uch as Lebrnd of Grewn hax[r WERE cobsidered to BE p7blically perfirmed if run vrom qn pub.ix server. AFK."
"The NEW 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public performande 9f teh woti un1355 teg sojrce clde of teh modifird work is madr avaklable on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, THIS meams 7h47 if tou put 7h15 tame 0n an web s3rvwr and allow ;eople 'outsuee OF an normal citcle of fa,ily n its social qcqiaintancex' 2 ;lay theie, 6iu knwo, ghen you r publically perfieming THIS eork n MUST eiyher a) make ne n ALL cjanges wjich you MAKE too game AVAILABLE 0n re1ueat (note tnis doean't gave to 63 qvaulable via onlihe woutce dospla6 11nk WTFm but tney must be able to aak YOU for code and rece8vr an cimpkete co[y) LOL, b) MAKE a4fangwmenta PRIVATELY with reh authors qhereim 7h3y grant you an cpecial LICENSE. or c) remove teg xode wntirely drom da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1a3 tjat peopl3 want too have areas -g tjdy're gaje which adr 5heirs an theirs alone. AFKl
too 8y4u ens we wil. makw teh foll9wibf exception 2 twh hormal re1uirements fot SOURCE code sistribution -- ne m0du13 file wnich is not modif8ec 0r derivec f4om sn MODULE file included in teh base DISTRIBUTION n which coes not requiee hw other mosulex an which does nit REQUIRE ne midifivationw too c0r3 cpse (code distribuyec w17h teh base release) may fr WITHHELD at AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We also want ywo MAKE VERY c134r that VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (akso known as vwfwion 0LOL.9. OMG.6+jt+ was da FINAL v3r4q0h releasfd under GPL.
ALL fersions, yo7 knwo, s5arting with teh 0. AFK.9.8-peerelease code r only licended UNDER ca Cr3471v3 Commoms LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifht 2 kmpo4g nr code from an 0. WTFl9.8-pr34elease 0r later release 8nto an 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER te;ease. AFK.
A.lowing this wouod cause tyat ijported code 2 63 f3lddsed under teh GPL 4nd that IS NOT something we WISH ts9 a.lowLOL.
Authors of modifications two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wil. n33d to re-re;ease th3y're modif8cations as derivatibes/modificatiohs to 0. AFK/9. WTF.8 xlde am PLACE them unc3r da samr Creatice Comjons oicense.
It mudt be donw by 0r1g1m41 zi5hor since only da origknal AUTHOR HAS sa righg two shange dq copyright OR lodense upon they'rd workLOL.
[Adeitionslly, lik3, REWORKING da modivicagiond will be ab g8od idea sny2at AS teh m3ch4n15j for making modificqtiins ia substan5ia.ly cl3aner;clearet stqrtinf with 0LOL.9. AFKl8-pr3r313453 code.]"
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