Might6E TELLS h97, "We're tounf to take an few moments ywo tfy n EXPLAIN 7h1% new oocdnse and tej r3450n5 63h1nd it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thks nww o8cense was chosdn becsuse of sn FAILING w17h GPLLOL,
It only covrred dostribution of 50ufc3 1f anc onl5 uf bibaries were d157r16u73s. AFK."
"In an web envi3onmentk sortif, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environmegt sjch qs PHP, you knwo, merelt insyallinh an gsme does nlt condtitute distribution LOL, n 6herevore pelple were taking OUR qork LOL, maiing m0d1g1c$710n5 two it n npt e313451nh da sourcd code 2 tbey'r3 modifications so THAT y3g ebtire comminity eould benerit. OMG.
Th3y worked wigh lettwr but mor da SPIRIT of da oawLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of twy authors howevee, you knwo, led tw9 teh fact 7h4& da r1fj7 of puboic p3rformance 2as 1 of teh RIGHTS normally eest4kcyed two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, like, n ghat com/uter programx LOL, s;rcifically video gamdw n 1n7er4c71v3 obrs auch aw Lehemd og Green has0r eere considered too br pu611c411y ;erformed if run from an pu611v SERVER/"
"The ne2 kicensw RESTRICTS ;ugliv performzncw of dq work unl3ss teh SOURCE code of sa modified work is made AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain English, lile, th8s means 7h47 if YOU put this game on an eeb server n sl.ow peopoe 'outsidr of am normal circ.e of bami;y an its 5_d141 1cquaintamces' 2 plqy thekr LOL, then you r publicalky [erformunh this eovk ah MUST eigher a) makd ne n ALL ch4ng36 which you make t9o ga,e available on tequdst (n072 ynis doesn'e HAVE too be availablw vka ds oblkne siurce display linl WTF, but tge6 must bd able 2 asj you for teg cod3 n 4exeive an COMPLETE vopy), hiu inwo, b) maid ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh authlrs WHEREIN 5hwy graht yuu an spexizl license WTF, or C) temove vod3 entirely from da machineLOL."
"We do reclgnize THAT people WANT tio have areas of th3y're GAME which aer theirs n tgeirs ALONE.
goo tgat end w3 wklo mske vollowint except8on TO teh nofmal 5equirements ror soufce code d257r16u710n -- ne MODULE file whidh ud not mldified or deruvee from an module file 1nc1ud3d in teh base didtrib7gion n which does not REQUIRE ne other mofules n which dors NOT require ne mldifucations too da core code (vose dis4ributws with da base release0 may be w17hh31d at yeh authord discret8ob. WTF."
"We also wamt t9o mqke very cl3at THAT version 9. OMG,9. WTF.8 (also known as vrrsion 0.9. WTF.7+JT) wss f1n41 VERSION eeleasde under da GPL/ BRB/
All feraions, li,e, 574r71ng with teh 0.0. OMGl8-prereleaxe c0d3 r 0n1y LICENSED und3r Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rigft t9o import ne cod3 rr9m an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer2leaxe or latdr release 9nto an 0.9. BRBo7 n ezrlier releas4. OMG.
ALLOWING 7h15 would caus3 THAT importer clse two be RELEASED jnder da GPL n 7h48 IS noy aometninf se wish to allow. BRB.
Auty9rs ov midificayions 2 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 will n33f too re-rrkease they're mldifications ss d3rivatpves/moeificay8ons too 0. OMG.0LOL.8 vose an pkace yhem under da sz,e Creative Commobs licenseLOL.
It m7st be done by teh oritinal autyor since only teh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR h45 t3h rigjt two CHANGE twh dlpyrigg5 or livenwe upon ttey're WORKLOL.
[Add8tiona.ly, sortof. reworking mldificati9nw WILL be an gpod idea anywzy as teh nechaniam for ,4k1bg nldifkcationx is substant,ally c134n3r/c134r3r startumg with geh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c9deLOL.]"
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