MighryE tel.s you WTF, "We[re going 2 take an FEW MOMENTS too try amd explain this NEW oicense an da rdasonz behknd it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Thos new license WAS CHOSEN because of an FAILING w18h GPL/ BRB.
It only covered disttibution 0f source if an 0n1y if BINARIES wwwe d157r!5u73d. AFK,"
"In an web 3yv1r0nm3n7 WTF, xpecifically a interpreyed w36 enb8ronmebt such qs PHP, to8 kn2o, merely 8nstall8bg an gzme does not condtiturd disyributoon. yiu knwo, an 7h3r3f0r3 p3opl3 werw TAKING our wot,, tou onwl, making mpdifications TO it anc not rrlezaing teh source coce toi they're ,odifications so tbat da enrife domjunity could begefit.
Thry qorked 2ith ds leyter g7t n9t teh spirit OF da law."
"Investkgation on part of da 477h0r5 however. you jnwo, led teo da fadt 7h37 da right of public perfofmance waa 1 lr teh 4ignts normally restticted top c0pyr2gh7 holddrs, you knsl, an tnay COMPUTER progfams WTF, specifically xideo tamea n interwctuve 9n35 such zs Legend of Green hax)r w3re vonskdered 2 be publicaoly perflrmed if run from an pub.oc srrver; AFK."
"The n3w license resrricts pu611c 03rf0rm4nc3 lg teh work unless soirce code 0f da modified sork iw made avzilabld ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISHm sortov, this means THAT IF you put tyis game on ab web derver n ALLOW pwoplr 'o7tsose OF zn borma; circoe of fsmily an ITS social acquakntances' two p14y tjeie, like, then you r [7blica;ly 0erforminf this work n MUST ei5her a) mzke ne and ALL ch4ng35 whicy you make yoo game availagle on requrx6 (NOTE thia dorsn't have 2 BE availaboe fia onlihe sourc2 eisp.ay link LOL. but the6 must be 5yq3 two ask you for tey vode and recdibe an c0mp1374 copy)m n( MAKE arrangements privately with teh ajthors wherein ghey frant you an spec8xl oicense WTF, or c) remove teh code entirel6 from ea machine."
"We dp redogn8ze 5hat peopke want 2 have areas if theu're tame which aer tjeirs an theirs alone. WTF.
to that end WE will m4k3 FOLLOWING exception reo teh bormal requirements for source xodr distrib7tion -= ne module fk;e whixh is not modivied o4 deroved from an modjle fkle includwd un teh base disteibution an which does not rwauire nd OTHER modules n whkch does not r3qu1r3 nd modoficatiohs rwl ds core cose (code distribuged with teh base rwlwase0 may 63 withhe;d at sithors eiscreyion."
"We alxo wznt two MAKE vwry ckear that VERSION 0. AFK,9.7 (also knoqm as ceraiin 0l WTF.9. WTF/7+JT) was final version releawef under GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, tou knqo, xtzrtkng WITH geh 0.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase codw r ONLY 11c3n53d jbder tdh Cr3471v3 Cpm,ons license. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny ribjg too umport ne c0e3 FROM an 0/9LOL.8-oreteleqse or late4 releasr into an 0.9. WTF.7 4nd EARLIER release. AFK.
Allowung 5h8s would cause that imported bode t2o br rwkeasee und3r teh GPL n that us not spmething wr 2q5h TO allowLOL.
Autyora of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 w111 need go re-rdlease thry're modifkcati8ns zs d3r1v471v36/m0d1f1c4710n5 ro 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code sm pkace ggdm under SAME Cf2471v3 Co,mons LICENSE.
It must be done gy fa ORIGINAL AUTHOR since onoy teh originao 477h0r h45 right yeo chanhe da copuright or lice,se upon th3y[re work. BRB.
]Addotilnakly WTF, reworking da nodificatoons will 63 am g00d ifea anyway as da mechanism vor mzking MODIFICATIONS is tu6574h71411y c!34n3r/c234r4r startong with pLOL.9LOL.8-pre4eoeawe cide. OMG.]"
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