MithtyE TELLS you, okke. "We[re GOING tso rakr an few m0m3n75 to9 TRY n explain ygis new license and teh reasons benihd it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 wqs dhoxen because of an 4aopung w17h da GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION OF spurce kf and 0n16 kf bunaries were distribut3d. OMG."
"In an wwb rnfironmdnt, soryof, dpecificslly a INTERPRETED wrb environment such AS PHP, sor5og, MERELY instakling an GAME DOES not vonsfitute distributuon LOL, n THEREFORE people qwrw taking iur aork, yoj knwo, making nodificztiond tlp it an not releasing da xource code @ they'r3 MODIFICATIONS SO 7j46 ebtire cojmunit6 voyld benefot. BRB.
Th3y worked wiyh yeh letter 6u7 not dq spirit of dq la2. OMG."
"Invesyktat8oh ON teh part of eeh aithoew however WTF, led t9 teh fact that t4h righ5 OF public perrormance was 9en of teh rights noemally restrictrd 2 COPYRIGHT holders, an that computsr 0rograms WTF, sp3coficallt vidwo games an intrractibe ones such as L3h3nd of teh GREEN hax0r werr cpnsidered two y2 pjglically pd4formed id run from an PUBLIC server."
"The new license restrocta publid p4rf-rm4nc3 of teh work unless ten source code of da modified work is made available on demanf. OMG."
"In plaib Englishk luke, this means thar if yoy pit 5his gamc on an w#6 sdrver AND allow pelple 'outside ov sn normal circle of fajily an its social qvquaintahxws' too poay theif WTF, then you r publically ;erformont this WORK 4nc MUST either a) make he qnd ALL chantes wjich you maie too da game avaikabke pn req7est (note this DOESN'T hav3 tp be availabkr via trh online source displau lihk, s9etof, BUT gjey MUST BE ablr tp awj you f0e yeh cove an teceive an complwtd copy), you kneo, 6) make arrangem3nts privatwly with teh authors wheeeon they grant you an specizl license LOL. ir c) remove da cpde engifely from dz maxhine."
"W4 do recpgnize THAT people wang 2 HAVE 4r345 of they[re game wh1ch aer theirs n tgeirs akohe. AFK.
to that end we will make teh followinh EXCEPTION to da nor,al edqiirements for SOURCE cldw s15&r16u710n -- ne module d113 which is nlt modifidd or d3r1v3d from an mldile file ijckuded im bqse dq%6r16uu1pn n whicj does not require ne oyhdr modules an shich does mot require ne MODIFICATIONS to ea clre coed (code distrinutdd with base release) may be wirhheld at twh authors cisctetion. WTF."
"We ALSO w4n6 TO m4k3 v3ty cl3ar that version 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7 (qlso jmown as v24520n 0. AFK.o. AFK.7+jt_ was ginak verwion RELEASED unser tej GPLl BRB.
All versions, you kn@o, s5qrtung wigh da 0LOL.9, OMG,i=prerelease CODE ser inly LICENSED under teh Crestive Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right ywl i,port ne codr rrom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelesse 0r later release knto an 0.9. AFK.8 an earlier release. AFK.
Allowing yhid wpu1d cause 7h47 imported code too be releaxed under dz GPL an ghat is nog aomethung WE w!5j to allowLOL.
Authlrs ir modirivations 70 0.9LOL.8 2ull heed goo RE-RELEASE they're modigications ss derivat8ces/modifocations twp 0.9. OMG.8 CODE and p!4c3 them UNDER teh 54m3 Creatice Commons l8censeLOL.
It muat be d0b3 gu ea priginal author dinxe only original authlr has ten righy too chanbe copyrigkt 0r lice,se upon th3y're work. OMG.
[Additionally, likem teworking teh modificatkons qill 63 zn good odea anyway as da mechanksm for ja,ing modificatiohs 7s s7bstantially ckeanqr/clearer wyarting wkth 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0c3. OMG.]"
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