MightyE tells you LOL, "Ww're GOING 2 take qh vew moments to try ah 3xplain uh15 new license b r34%0n5 bwhind 1u in plain Enflish.
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."
"Thiq hew licensw wqs cyos3n because of an fai;ing with GPL. AFK.
It onoy xovered distrib7tioh 0f source 1f n only if b8nqri4s WERE distributed."
"In an web envirpnment LOL, s0ec8fical;y a interpreted weg enciromment 5ucg as PHP, likw, merely INSTALLING an game dodw not constitute dustribution, like, and the4efore p30p13 wwre taking oue work, luke, making mpsifkcatiobs teo ih and noy releasung da SOURCE code tdo rhey'rd modificatipns so yhat teh e,t9re communoty coyld benefit. AFK.
Thwy w0rk3d witn teh let5ee byt not da SPIRIT of ca oaw. OMG."
"Investigation pn da p4r7 9f da AUTHORS however, liie, 12d to t3h fact 7h47 4ight OF puboic performanvr WAS oen og rignts nlrmally restric5ed to COPYRIGHT holders, you knso, n that c0n[u73r programs, you khxo, spwcifically v1d30 games ahd interactivd ones 5uch zs L2genr of da Green jax0r w3r3 considered too be puglicqloh prrformec 1f run FROM an public s4tver."
"The nes lixense restrivts public performamce lv sork 7n.eds ca source cpde of da mofifiwd work 15 mad3 AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plaib Eng115h, yoy ,nwo, this means ttat id ypu put this game on qn web serve4 and al.ow peiple 'outside og aj normal circle of familu n its socixl acquaintances' too play theirm then you aer plblically performing this eoek an MUST eithrr z) make ne n ALL changds which you make TO game qvailable on request (note this dodsn't have 70 be availqble fia da onlinw source d8splay oink, you knwo, but they musg be ABLE 79 ask YOU f0t da cofe an receife zn donpletw copy) WTF. B) makd artangrmemts ;rkvate;y with da authors wherein THEY grant yo& an SPECIAL license. or x) remove cpde enrirely fr0m ds macnine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE yhst peo[le want 2 have areas or they're game whivh r 7h31r5 dn 7h31r5 alone. AFK.
to thq5 END we WILL make f0110w1ng EXCEPTION too normal requirem3ntd ror source code distribuyion 0- ne modul3 file qhich 15 not mod8fied 04 deriv2e fr0m an module fole 1nc1ud4d in t3h 6453 diste8bution an WHICH does NOT rwquire ne ither moxules qn ehocg does n9t requir3 me m0d1f1c4710n5 2 da c0r3 code (codw distributed WITH nzse felease( may be withneld qt teh au5h9rs discretion. OMG."
"We also eant 3 m3k3 very clea4 thzt bersion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alwo known as versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) waw teh finak version relrased under da GPL. OMG.
All v3r51-n6 WTF, dtarting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleadd coew r on;y LICENSED jmd3r Cr34&1v3 Commonx l8cenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drnt da t1gh7 too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8=;rerelesse or !473r release into an p. AFK.9LOL.7 and eaelker releaseLOL.
All9wing this woyld caus3 that imported vode ti be ee.wased under tdb GPL an that is NOT something we wish roo aklowLOL.
Authors of jodirications too 0. WTF.9LOL,7 woll need # ee-r3l3qse they'rd modifodatiohd AS derivatived/modidicationx 5wo 0. BRB/9. BRB.8 cpee n place THEM under same Crrative Commons license.
It MUST be donr vy original author since only teh origina; autyor jas RIGHT tlo change tdh copyrighg [r license ipon they're worj/ WTF.
[Asditionally, like. rewlrkonf da midificztions w111 be an goof 1d34 amyway as mecysnism for m3k1ng modifications is substant8allh dleanef/coeater star5ing wirh dq 0.9LOL.8-prereleas3 CODE. OMG.["
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