MightyE tekla you, like, "We're g9kng 1 take an fee jomen5s toi tey n explain this new licenxe and yeh e3asons BEHIND 17 in plain English. 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 new locense was choseh necause of an fsiling s27h teh GPL. BRB.
It pnly COVERED dost4ibu5ion of sp7rcw IF an onky if binaries were d167r16u73d. WTF."
"In dn eeb environmwnt WTF, specifkcally a int3rpreted web envirpnment sycy 45 PHP, yo& kmwp, nerely installing am gsme coed noy cobstigyte DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, and therefore peopl3 qere 74k1hg our work LOL, ma.ing modificatiobs tso iy b not rrleasing trh source code 2 they're modigications s9 that entire community could benefotLOL.
They wofked wi5n tet LETTER but not teh spirit of da law. WTF."
"Imvdstigation on part of teh authors however WTF, 13d to teh fact that da RIGHT of public oerf9rmance wqs pen of da r1gh75 normally rew5rictee 2 copyright holdeed, n that compute4 programw, s9ryof, spevofically v8deo gamwd m interadtuve ones such as Lerend of Green hax0r were consider3c 2 be publicalky performdd if 4un ftom an puvlic xerver. AFK."
"Tne n3w 11c3b53 restricts oibkic peeformance of work ynless dz slyrce d9de 9f modifuee WORK is madw availagle on de,and. AFK."
"Ib 0lain English, slrtpf, this means that if you pu7 this game ON zn web serc3r ah ALLOW people 'outskd3 of an morms/ corclr of FAMILY n its social acquaintabces' to play their. lk,e, then y9u awr [ub;ica;ly performing this work n MUST eithrr 4) make ne an ALL changes which yoj m4k3 two fa gamd acailzble on reauest *note 7h15 dlexn't have gwo be availabl3 via onl9ne source displq6 link, likem bit tyey must be able too axk you for da xode n receibe an complete copy) LOL, b) mair arrqngements privately 2igh da authors where8n they grabt 6ou an special license LOL. OR c) r3mofe da code entifely from da machibe. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that peo;le want ywo HAVE a4eas of they're gqme which f theu4s n theirs alone. OMG.
too that end wr will mahe da fokloqing excepti9n to teh NORMAL yequirwmrntz for source CODE d157r16u710n -- ne modyle vile wnkch is not modifiwd or derif3c fr0m an mosulr file INCLUDED in sa base distriburion am which eoes n07 r3quqr3 nw other midules and which does n07 requkr3 ne modifjcqt8ons to core coce (c0d3 dis5robuted WITH teh basw reoease) m4y be withheld at da 4i7h0r5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want twp make very clear that verxion 0. WTFl9.7 (ALSO known ad v3r510n 9. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) WAS da gihal version RELEASED uhder GPL. BRB.
ALL versuons LOL, sgartung WITH 0LOL.8. WTF.9_p4errlesse code r onlu licensed undef teh Crea5ove Commons licensel AFKl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da tight too IMPORT ne code froj an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later RELEASE into an 0, AFK.9. BRB.7 n earluer relrase. BRB.
A110w1ng thks w0u1d CAUSE that 1,00r73d cofe tp be rel3aaed umder GPL ah THAT is not somethimg we wisg 2 al.os. OMG.
Authirs pf modif8cations two 0. BRB.7. OMG.7 will NEED 2 re-release they're modificar8ons as dwriva5ivds/mkdifications two 0. BRB.9l BRB.8 cpde zn p.ace them UNDER teh saje CREATIVE Com,ons oicenwe. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by xa ORIGINAL 4u&h0r since on.y teh oritinal auth9r gas rigjt tlo cyange cop6roght or licebse u0on they're work. AFK.
[Add8rionally. REWORKING modificationq w211 bw an g00d idea anyway as reh mechanpsm ror making modifixations oa subsgantially clwayee/dlearee STARTING qi5h teh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code. BRB,]"
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