MightyE tellw you, you knw9, "We;re GOING to take an frw m9ments too try and rx0kain ygis NEW 11c2ht4 and ueh reasons behind IT in plain EnflishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new lkcense was choseh becauae of an f411!nf with GPL.
It ogly dlvered disgfibjtion of source if an only id binaries WERE d8stributrd. WTF."
"In an web envirpnmentm you inwo, apwcifically a unrerprwted w3b environment sucg 4t PHP, like, netely onatalling an game does not cobstitute distribut8on, lkke, n therefore pe9p.e wer3 tak8mg our work, sortof, msiing modifications twl ut zb NOT 4eleasimg tdh sourve c-d3 too 5hry're midifications so that ten enti3e comjun8ty could benefkt.
Th3y sofk3d with letter BUT NOT teh 5p1r1u of teh laq. WTF."
"Investinatiin on [art of aughors HOWEVER, soryof, led 2 teg faxt that dz right 0v public ;4rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of RIGHTS norjzlly restricteg 2 copyright HOLDERS LOL, and thag computer programs, aortof, specifically video fzmes an interactkbe ONES such qs Lwgtnd OF Green hax0r 2ete c(nsidered to be publoxaliy perrorm3f if r7b from sn PUBLIC serverLOL,"
"The m3w license fextructs public p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh w04k unless da soutce coce of nldifies w9rk is m4d3 availab;e on demabd."
"In plain Engoish, soryofk this m24n5 that if ypu put th8s tsme on ab WEB server n aklow peo0le 'oytskde of an normal curcle OF vamily an its social acquaintqnces' to [lay their, then yiu r pyblical.y perforjing thks qork ahf MUST eutyer a) make ne an ALL chqnhes whidh you mqkr 3 teh game 3vr1146q3 on 4equest (note 6h15 dpwsn'r have two be avai.able via sq onlind soutce dis;lay link. you knwo, but tyey must be able to qsk you foe twh code n rwceive an complete copy), you inwo, g) makr arrange,ents prkvately with da 477h0r5 wywrein 7g3y GRANT you an speciak oicense, you knwl, or c) remove da xlse ent7rdly fr0m da machine. BRB."
"Ww dp RECOGNIZE &h$7 people want to have afeas of thry'rd GAME shuch r theies n THEIRS alone. AFK.
too that end we wi;l make da f011021mg 3xc3o710n tl NORMAL reqjirejebts FOR 50urc3 code dustrkbutoln -- nr mosu;e fi,e which is not mosified 0r derived from an moduke file included ih teh bas3 fistrugution and which dpes not require ne oth3r mpdules an which does hot reqyire bw m0d1f1c4710n5 two dz core c0d3 (code distributed with base releas3) mat be withhe;d 47 tdh 4u6h0r5 diexretion."
"We also want 2 MAKE VERY clear that version 0. WTF,9l OMG.u (also kmown as vefwion 0. BRB.9LOL.6+jt) was f8nal version feleased uhde4 5dh GPL. WTFl
All VERSIONS, slrtor, STARTING w8th da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[prerelwase vpee aer onl6 licensed umc3r teh Creatibe Cpmmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ds r2fh7 twl impo4t ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9.8-prere.ease or LATER RELEASE INTO an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earl8d4 relraseLOL.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE 7h47 ijportdc c9de too be r313453d 7ndet da GPL an that is not dometh8ng we wish two allow. OMG.
Authlts of ,odifucatipns 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need to ee-relesse yhey're moeificatioms as derivativrs/m0eiricatiobs t3o 0.9. BRB.8 xodw n PLACE thdm under da saje Crwatkve COMMONS licenwe. BRB.
It muwt be done 5y original author SINCE only orihinal suthor HAS sa rihhg 2 change COPYRIGHT 9r 11c3m54 upon they're work.
[Addiyi9naply. sortod, rewirkung da mofkfications will be an good IDEA anysay zs da mechanism for making modifizations is substanfidl;y cleaher/cleaeer startimv with 0.o.8-peerelease code. BRB,]"
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