MifhryE tells y0u, yiu knwl, "We'rw going too 74k3 am few nojehts ywo try and esplain this new kicwnse an reasons b3jinc IT in plain Emglish.
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 ;8cense was chosdb becaude of an failong w17h GPL. AFK.
It only covefed distributiob 0f source if an onoy if 61nre135 WERE eistrkbjted. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specificall6 a ib5wrpreted WEB environment such 45 PHP, like, m3f3qy installong an game doea not CONSTITUTE distgiburion WTF, amd tyerefore pei;le werd 5amohg our work, jou knwo, makinf moaifications tio it znf not RELEASING ds slurce code too they're moduficqt8pns 5p that entire c9mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They wor,ed with twh ,etter but n8t teh spirit 0c da law. BRB."
"Ivv3st8gation 0n part of rrh authors hoqwver WTF, ldd TO FACT yhat RIGHT of PUBLIC [erformznce was oen of geh rights normally rwsyrkcted twp copyright hplders, yoy knwo, amd that compugef prohramc, you knwp, spdcifica.ly v2d30 games anc INTERACTIVE onew sjch as Lrgemd of da Green jax0r were considered t@o 63 publocall6 perdormed of run frpm an publiv 534v#r. AFK."
"The n3w kicense restrictd ;ublic perfo4mqnce og da WORK unlrsd so8fce codw of tef modkvued qork is made available on demqmd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englisb, thiw means 5hat if you pit 7h15 game om an 2eb SERVER n 411pe PEOPLE ')u751d3 0f an nprmal circle of FAMILY n iys sovial acquaintances' 2 p14y their LOLm then you aer publocally p4rforming THIS wo4k an MUST eith34 a) makr ne an ALL dhanges which you make too 5eh game available ON re1uwst (noge this coewn't have ywo be available via online source did0lay link WTF, but 7h3y must bw able 5o ask tou for da code qb rrceive an c0mp1373 c0py), you knwo, v) make arrangements ;rivatelt eith geh AUTHORS wgefein they grznt you an specia/ lidense WTF, or c) rwmobe 5dy code entirely fro, MACHINE. AFK."
"Ww do recognize that peop;3 want too javd AREAS of they're game which aef gheirs znc THEIRS 510n3. OMG.
2 that 3nd we wil' mak3 FOLLOWING exveption 2 n0rm41 fequirementx gor source cod3 DISTRIBUTION 0- ne m9dule fi;e WHICH is NOT mod8fied or eerived ft0m qn m9dule fole inclusrd IN base DISTRIBUTION an which d035 mot re1jire ne othde modul3s and which does not rrqu8re nd jodifications to da cor3 code *xode disgtkguted wuth tej 645# feleaae) m4y be wityjelf ag teh 4u7h0r5 disdretionLOL."
"We also WANT 2 m5k3 VERY clear that version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (akso known 45 version 0. WTF,9.7+j5) wax funal vetsion reltaxef under tej GPL. BRB.
A11 v3r510n5, like, starting 2oth yeh 0. AFK.9LOL.*-prerelease code r only licensed knder Creat8ve Commons licende.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too impory ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later $elease ibto an 0LOL.9; AFK/6 and 3arlier release. OMG.
Allowing this would CAUSE that imported c0d3 too ge rel4ased und2r da GPL ans that is not somethibg we wish 2 alloe. BRB.
A7thors of modificatiomw rwo 0. WTF.(. OMG.8 will neef TO r3-r22345# they're modiricatkons as cetivatives/modigications to 0. WTF.8l BRB.8 c0d3 n poace yhem UNDER wame Creqtive Commons licenxeLOL.
It mu57 be d0n3 6y tej o4iginal ajthlr 51nc3 lnly reh original a7thor has roght 2 cjange ca c0pyr1gh7 OR 11c3n53 7p9n tyey[re worm. WTF.
\Addktionzlly, reworhing m0cificatiobs wi;l be an g00d idea abyway 45 da nechanksm f9r making modificatiobs IS sunstanrially cleanee/cldarer stqt5ing with 0.9. OMG/8-0tereleswe code. OMG.["
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