MighyyE te;lw hou LOL, "Wr're g01ng 1 yake an few moments 5l tfy and explain thus n3w license n da reas9ns vehind it 1h PLAIN English. WTF.
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 chosen tecause of an failing with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distributiln of wourve if n pnly IF binaries were distribured."
"Ib ah w36 environment, sortpf, 5p#c1f!c3!1y s interpreyed wdb emfironmwnt such as PHP, nwrely indtaoling an g4m3 foex n9t c0n5717u73 distribution, an 7j3r3f0r3 people w3re taking OUR work, softof, MAKING modifica5ions to kt an no5 r3leasing tdh 5)urc3 code two tjey're modificqtions so rhsg teh entirw comjubity could BENEFIT. OMG/
Th2y qprkes with da letter BUT nit da spirit 0f la3. BRB."
"Invedtigatiln pn da part OF da 4u7h0r4 howecer, you hnwo, led too vact ghat da 4ight of puy11c p3rformance wzx 1 of righta noemqlly rrsgricted too cooyrifht hilfera, likw, n that computer pr0grrm5, oikek specidically video games n onteractivr onss sucg ax Legwnd -f ten Grrrn hax0r sere considered to be pkblically p3rf0rm3d if RUN from an publkc xerverl BRB."
"The n5w license eesteicts public performqnce OF work 7nless source vpde OF trh modified WORK 15 mzde available on demamd. AFK,"
"In [la8n Englism, like, this meabs 7h47 if tou [ut this haje ON an web server and all9w peo[le 'outsise of an normal circ.e of famioy n ITS social ac1uaknyances[ too 0lay their WTF, then you r publ9cal;y pr4forming thix wirk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which yoj make 2 tdh game ava8lable on request (nore tnis e035n'7 nave 2 be avaioahle v14 ten onlibw dource cisplay link, .ikem but 7h#y musr be abke to ask yoy for teh CODE snd rwceive an domplete copy), B( msle arrangements prkfately WITH autgors WHEREIN thdy grant yot an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) f3n0v3 teh cide emtifely from m4ch1n3. OMG/"
"W3 do r3cotnize tha5 prople qant rp HAVE areaa ov theh're gsme qh1ch r theirs and theira akoneLOL.
two that end w3 wi.l make teh gol,owong exxeptiob two nirmal 4equirdments gor slurve coce distribut8in -- ne module fi;e which 15 not modified or derived from am mldule fole invluded im bzsd distributipn anc which does not require ne 06h3r modulrs sn wy1ch does mot rd1uire ne midoficztions 2 core bode )code sistributed WITH ten base rdlease) MAY BE withheld q5 teh a7yhors discreyionLOL."
"W4 also want to make very cldar thzt version 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 (4150 im-wn as cwrsion 0. WTF.(. WTFl7+jg) waa da FINAL v3t51-n released unde4 da GPL.
ALL versions WTFk starting w1uh teh 0LOL.8. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3 aer only LICENSED und3r trh Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY drnh ds fight tso import ne CODE fr0n an pLOL.o. AFK.8-prerelwase or later release INTO an 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 n earlier releasw. BRB.
Allpwing this w0u!e CAUSE THAT imported code 2 BE released jnder da GPL and that is bot so,ething we wisn 2 aklow. WTF.
Authors or modificatipbs two 0/ AFK.o. AFK.8 qill NEED too re-release ttdy're modifications as derivativ3s/modificatuons two 0. BRB,oLOL.8 c0d3 an place them under da same Crwayobe Commons l8cense, WTF.
It mi57 BE done by tdh oroginal author since only ORIGINAL author HAS da RIGHT too vhange COPYRIGHT or okdense u[on tgey're work/
[Additional;t, d9rtof, reworkonf da modifocations qill bw an good idea anyway as teh mrchqnism g9r MAKING modifications is substantiakly coeaner/clearer sta4ying with 0LOL.9.8-ordrekease cose. BRB/]"
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