MibhtyE telks you WTF, "We'rw gpihg too take am few momwnts 2 yry and 3xp141n this new lkcende n da rezslms behind kt in plaun English.
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 new licdnsr was ch05#n 63c4u53 of qm FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED disteinution of slyrc3 if ah onky IF binaries WERE dostribut3dLOL."
"In ah web environmentk sortof, wpexifically a imte4preted wen environmeny such as PHP WTF, nerely installing an jame dles nor c0n5617u83 d!5ur16u710n LOL, an therefore proooe were takkng p&t work, slrtof, MAKING modificarioma yo 8t an not releasing sourcw vode tqo they're modificati9ns SO THAT teh entire community cluld benefigLOL,
They worked w9th LETTER BUT not da spieit of law."
"Invedtigation on part of da zjthora HOWEVER, you knwo, led 2 da FACT that dq rjggt of phblic PERFORMANCE was won of g1gyu5 normally 4esrricted ywo copyrignt ho.ders, ylu knwo, and that com0ute4 prohrams, sortof, sp3cofically video games sn khte4qctive 0n35 such ss Legend if Gr33n hax0r e3re considerrd too be publically performed kf rum from an public srrbetLOL."
"The nre LICENSE restricts PUBLIC pefformance of work unless teh source code of %3h m0d2f13s worj 8s made availabld on demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, soryog, tjiw meqhs ghat if you put THIS game 9n an wrb 43rv3r n sllow peoplw [outside of an normzl circke or family n 8td s9cial 3cqu4qn74nc35' w play their, likw, fjen yoj r pu6q1x511y oerrorming tgis work qnd MUST wither s) MAKE ne an ALL chsngew whkch you make TO da game available 0n requwst (notw this soesn't h4b3 to 63 avaolable via online source disolsu link, so4tof, nut rheh myst bd able goo ASK uoy for geh code an receive zn complete copy), sortof, B) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY witg ajthors wherwin 5hey grqnr y0j an speciql license LOL, or c) remove teh code entirel6 from da MACHINE. BRB,"
"We do recphniz3 7h47 peo)le want 2 HAVE areas of they're GAME whicy awr th3irs m theifs aloneLOL.
to tha5 END we wuil mqke fpllowinh 3xc3p710n two normal reqiirememts foe SOURCE codr distfibution -- ne m0du14 FILE qhuch is not modified pr deribed from an module file 1nc1ud3d in da base dq57r16u710n and whixh does not requo4e ne other modules and which slra not requif3 ne m0x1f1x5710n5 to 5rh core code (code dustributrd with geh baxe fe.ease) may be withyrld zt ten authors discretion. AFK."
"We also wsnt tio jake vety clear that vsrsion 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 (also knpwn as verwion 0.9. OMG.&+j5) wax da fina; vdrsion feleased under GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5, startinb WITH teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-peerdlease code r 9nlu licensdd unde4 Cfeqtkve Clmmoms LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht two import ne vpde FROM an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or latee trlwase imtl an 0.9. OMG.8 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing thks would czyse that 1mp0r73d code to be releas3d inder da GPL n 7n47 is no% slmething we qisy tqo allow.
Au7h045 if modifications 2 -. OMG.9. AFK.7 sill nwed tqo re-reldase they're MODIFICATIONS AS derivatives/,odificatioms to p. AFK.9.* cice and p.sce 5h3m UNDER teg aame Creative Comnonw license. WTF.
I7 must ve done vy or8gonsl author s7ncd onoy ca 0r1g1n41 author h45 da RIGHT tl change c0pyf1gh7 0r license u;on th3t're w9r,.
[Additiona.ky, you knwo, reworking modoficstions wilp be an good IDEA abyway as mecnsbism for MAKING modufications is subwrantiallt CLEANER/CLEARER suartong with da 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-prdreoease code.="
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