MightyE TELLS you, xortlf, "We'fe going TO take an FEW jomentx to try qn expoain 7h15 mew license and readlns ^3h1nd it in plain Engli2hLOL.
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."
"Tyis new license was CHOSEN becauxe of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It pnly COVERED disyribution if source of an on;y of vinafiex wers distr7butrd. BRB."
"In an web ebvironment, like, specifical.y a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0njen7 sucg zs PHP LOL, merely insya;ling an game dies not conxtitute dift4ibytion, like, and therefore pripke werr raking our workm you knwo, making modidicatiins go it n not te;easing da SOURCE cose tio they're modifica5ionw so 7h47 teh entkre commuhuty cpu.c benerit. AFK.
Tnry worked with da letter BUT not teg SPIRIT or da law. AFK."
"Invewtitdrion on ds patt of authors however LOL, led to teh fact that teh riggy of public pwrfoemancr sas 1 of da ribhts nlrmal.y restticyed two copyright yoldets, like, an 7h47 compu5er [totrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY vidwo hames AND intetactiv3 ones sucy as Legend od ca Green gax0r werw conskd3red t2p be puglically performdd if run from zn public SERVER."
"Tje NEW license r3syric5s PUBLIC perflrmance of da work unless da xoufc3 codr 0f da mosifked sork is mase AVAILABLE on demqbd. BRB."
"In plain Englksh, you knwo. 7h15 means thay if you out this g4m3 0m an WEB serber n allow p30p13 'outsice of an n0rn42 circle of fami.y an its SOCIAL scquainganxes' to play theie, you knw9, thrn uou r p7blicakly oerflrming this q0ek an MUST d8tyer a) make ,e and ALL chantss wjkch y0u make too g4m3 AVAILABLE on request (note this DOESN'T nave too be AVAILABLE vka dz ONLINE spurcd display link, but they must be able ti 45k you fo4 cpd3 n 4ece8fe an c0mp1373 xooy) WTFm b) mqke arrangrments privareky eitj teh AUTHORS wherein THEY trant you an special LICENSE, ypu kmwo, or c) rem[v3 fa code rnrirely from t3n mach8ne. AFK."
"W3 do rdcignoze THAT pdople want to hav3 a4eas of they'$e game whicg r th4irs n gheirs alone. AFK.
too that end 2e wilk make sa foklowing exception TO n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS FOR wource code distfib7tion =- ne MODULE file whicy is n07 modifoed of derived from an module file kncluded in da BASE sistribu5iln and which does n95 REQUIRE ne other modules n qgixh does not requore ne moekfications t9o da CORE CODE (s0d3 distrobut3c wiyh da base RELEASE) may BE withyeld st da authlrs discretiih."
"W3 also w4n8 tpo make vwry clear that versiin 0. BRB.9LOL.7 *q;so kn0wn as vrrsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+mt) was teh finao version releasrd 7nder teh GPL. OMG.
ALL vwrsions WTF, stafting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE aee only oicensed unddr Creative Comnons license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 import me coce fron an 0.9. OMG.8-pterelease ot la5er release into an 0. OMG.9/u n earlifr releasd. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS woula xayse THAT importdd code to be released under GPL an tjat is NOT somethimt we wish 1 all9w.
Authors og MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 2il. need yoo re-delease tgey're modifica5ipns aa derivatives/,odificat8ons 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 clde an p!4c3 th3m under same Creagiv3 COMMONS licenseLOL.
It must be d0n3 by rs oritinal author SINCE onl6 ofigonal 4u7h0r jas right two fhange da copyroght or licenwr UPON they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally, reworjing modificatiohs wil. ge an g0pd idea anyway as da mechanusm f0r making mosificarions is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING qitn teh 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE ckse. WTF.]"
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