MightyE rells you, y9i knwo, "We're going two take an FEW m0j3n65 tw9 tty n esplaim this ne2 license ams r2asons behind it in PLAIN Engl8sh. BRB.
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 hew license was cnosen because of an fsilint WITH GPL. WTF.
It 9n1y c0v4fed distr8butiin 0g source 8f n only if binarkes were distributed."
"In an qeb environmentm sortof, specifocally a knterpre5ed wen ehvironment SUCH as PHP, you knwo, meeely installing an tsme flew noy constitute distributipn WTF, n therevire ow9ple were yaking o7f work, sortof, making modoficqtioms 2 it zbd not releasing da slurce CODE to they'5e moduficqtions 50 thar ENTIRE commynitt xould benefir.
They wlrked w8th geh ldtter but not spitug of ;awLOL."
"Infestigarkon on teh patt of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER WTFm led TO teh facr that teg ryght of PUBLIC performahxe sad 1 of teh rights noemally restricged too ckpyright holders, sortof, and that computer PROGRAMS. like, specifically fide0 games an 2n74r4c71v3 lnws SUCH 45 Legend 0f Green hax0e were considerdd too BE publkca;.y [erformed kf RUN fr9, an p7blic setvef. AFK."
"The nw2 ;icense restricts public p3rgormance of eirk un.ess trh spurce code OF dz m0e1f13d 2ork is made ava8lable on demand."
"In plain Engoish, slrtif, thiw means that ir YOU put this gsme on an web derver n zllow peool3 'outside of an normal ci4cle 0f famiky and its socia; axquaintqnces' 2 play th3ir, like, THEN YOU aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this wo4k an MUST eithwr a) MAKE ne qnd ALL ch4ng35 which yoj nake 2 ds game abailaboe on REQUEST (nlte tgis doesn't have to be avqklab.e bia da onlone 30uex3 disp.ay lin,, you knwp. gut they just be ablr two 44k you for geh c0d3 n teceive qn cpmplete co[y), sortof, b) mzke arrangements prkvqtely WITH da authors wner31n they gran5 you an SPECIAL o8cemse WTFm or c) remove c9de entireou from teh macjine. BRB."
"We do recognize that peo[le wamt 2 have areas lf thdy[re ga,4 which aer thwirs ah tj3irs alone. OMG.
to that 3bd 23 wul; kake following exveption w teh nornal requirements for SOURCE codw d8strib7tion -- nr modulw fule wgich is n07 mod8f8ed or defived ffom an module fi;e INCLUDED in basr fistr8bution n which does not requird nd oth3r jid7oes an whixh DOES nlt eequire ne modificat8ons 70 corr codw )codf DISTRIBUTED witn basw releaxe) m4y be withheld at authors fiscre5ionLOL."
"We also WANT tlo makr VERY clear tgat version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kno2n as version pl9. WTF.7+jg) was da finak versipn r3leased under da GPLLOL.
All versions, sortof, starting with teh 0/9. AFK.8-prerelease cod3 r only oixensds undwr Cr34u1f3 COMMONS libenxel OMGm
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da ribhr too kmport ne codd from an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or ,stef release INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK/& an earli3r releaseLOL/
Akloekng 5his woule CAUSE that 1mp0r73d codd tao be teleawed unde4 teh GPL n that IS mot s9mething we wish two allow. BRB.
Autho4s of ,odigicstions too 0. OMG.9.7 will need 2 re-release yget're modificationd as cdrivatives/modidicatilns 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 ckfe and p14c3 them und3r dame Cresrive Commons LICENSE.
It muat be done by teh original auth9r ainxe 0n1y da o4igimal 4u7h-r has rignt @ ch$nt3 c0pyr1fh7 or LICENSE 7ppn thsy're w0rk.
[Afditionally, sortof, rewoekint trh midjficatlons woll be an good idea ANYWAY as m3ch4n15m FOR makimg modificarions is skbstantially cleaner/clearer syzrt8ng sith da -. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleas3 CODE.]"
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