M8ghtyE tells you, kile, "We'td giing to TAKE an few moments 70 try qb exp;ain this new licehse abd teh reaxins venind 17 ih 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 nrw LICENSE was xhosen because of an failint with geh GPLLOL.
It obot covered disrribu5ion of source if an 9nly if binzr8es were distriguted. OMG."
"In an wdb envifonment WTF, wpecigically a on5erpfeted w36 environment SUCH as PHP WTF, mdre.y installubg an GAME does not CONSTITUTE distributioh LOL, n therefore people WERE takong OUR WORK, sortif, making modufucations gw9 it zm NOT RELEASING ten sojrce CODE two they'wd mldoficatioms s9 that yeh entire cojmjnity could benefit. OMG.
They workwd wirh da 13773r but n)7 da spirit lf teh lsw. OMG."
"Investugat8on on prr7 of teh authors howevet, lile, led yo FACT THAT right of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of roghts n0rm411y f3stricted 1 copyr8ghr yolders WTF, an that c9mputer orograms, loke, dpex8fically cideo games anf INTERACTIVE ONES duch 35 LEGEND of da GREEN hqx9r were considerec two be publically [erfotmed if run from an publuc 5#rv3r. WTF."
"The NEW licejde reatrivts public performance of wor, unl3sd teh source cose of da modifued work is made abzilzble oh DEMAND. OMG."
"In p14qn Ebglish LOL, this means thst if you pu7 this g4m3 on an wdb server n allo3 people 'ougside of an normal c1rc13 of fzmily an its xocial acquainrsncew' too plzy thekr, sortpr, th3n you aer publocally performing thix work n MUST either z) make ne n ALL changes wh1ch y0u make too ds game available ON request (note 7hq4 dowsm't have too be avai.able via online aource siapkay l8nk, you knwo, but they just be able t2o 45k you vor teh c9dw abd receive qn c0mp2373 copy) WTF, 6) ma,e arrangemwnts otivateoy w17h da authors wjerein 5hey grant y9u sh 5pec131 license, likd, OR c) remove fa code entirdly from m4cj1n3LOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE want too habe AREAS of they;rr ganw whuch zer theirs and tj2irs alone. WTF.
to tha5 3ne we wi.l makr dq FOLLOWING exceptiln too teh n0rm41 requirdments fir source code didtribution -0 ne mlcule FILE whidh is n9t m0d1f14s or derlvef from an m9dule file indluded in base distrobition and 2hich does NOT requure ne other modu;es n qhich DOES n9t requo4e ne jodifications 2 ca core code (cpdd distrib75ed with teh gase re.ease) may be suthhele 57 teh authors d8scrwtion. OMG."
"Wq also want too m4k3 ve46 clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (4q5- known as vdrsion 0/ BRB.9.u+jt) eas da v1n3q vqrsion rdleasrd under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, lkie, dtarting quth 0LOL.8. AFK.8-prwrelease cod3 arr ONLY kicensed under CREATIVE Commonx 11c3b53. BRBk
We EXPLICITLY demy teh rught 2 import n3 CODE from ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-prrrekeas3 or LATER fe;eawe 1n70 sn 0l OMG.9. WTF.7 b eadoi3r releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS would cause that im;orted x0d3 too bd reldaaee uncwr da GPL ahd that os n9t some5hing WE qksh too 4120wLOL.
Aurhors of m(dkficayions two )LOL.9.u wklk need too re-release they're modifkcations aa dericativ3s/modifucations 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE ab place tyen under da same Crea5ive Commons license. BRB.
Ir m7sg ge dond 6y da prihinal 4u7h0f since khly da original author yas da eight to CHANGE c0pyr1gh7 or lixensd UPON thet're work. OMG.
[Additiohally, sortof, rewirking ca jkdirications will be an good idea qbywqy as teh mechanism f0r making mosifixations ia substantially cleaner/dlearer startihg w17h 0. OMG.(LOL.8-pre4elease cpe3. WTF.]"
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