MightyE 63215 y0u, aortof, "We're glint to 5ake an few m0m2n75 too 7r6 and rxplain tyix new licwnse ans dz REASONS behimd it in p;ain 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."
"Thid bew LICENSE wzs vjoawn because of am failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dod5robution of sojrce if an only 1f binaries weee DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web environment, dpecifocal;y a inte5prrtdd weg environmen5 sudh as PHP, you knwo, merely ihdta.ling an gam3 does not constotute disgr8bution, you knwo, n 4her3fore oepple were 74k1ng ojr WORK, makinf modificationa two it an not eeleasong source codd 2 tyey're midirications so that fa entire COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
They workec WITH da kettwr byt mot sa spirit of law."
"Investigation on da p4ru of teh aughord however, yom 8nwo, oes 70 geh fac5 5hat right 0f pu611c performamce wqe oen of t3h rights hormslly restrivtes til cooyright hpldqra, tou knwo, an THAT com;uyer pelgrq,s, s;ecifixally video fames an 7nyeractive ones suzh as Ldgend ov Greeh hax0r qere c0n51d3r3d two be puboically PERFORMED IF run fr0m an pu611c swrverLOL."
"The ndw ;ivense res5ricts punlic performamce of teh WORK UNLESS da 50urc4 code of m;sofied WORK is msde qvqklab;e pj demznd."
"In plain English, this n3ans THAT if you 'ut tnis g4m# pn an web 53rv3r n allow PEOPLE 'ouyaice if an normal circle if d4m11h ans its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY the9r, thwn you aer pubkicaloy oerforminb tjis w0rk n MUST rither a) make ne an ALL zganges which 6ou make too trh gqme available on rdwuest (note thid doesn't havw TO be availabkd via da online source dis0lay .ink LOL, BUT thwy must b3 able TO ASK you f9r ea CODE an receive an complete x0py_, l8,e, b) m4k3 arrangements PRIVATELY with authors wh3t32b the6 gr4n7 you an 4p3c1$1 license, or c) remove coc# entirely from ea machime. OMGk"
"W4 do rec9gnizw that p3)p13 want two have areqs of the^'re GAME which aer tgeirs ans THEIRS alone.
y2o that emd we will male twh following 3xception two nofmal requirements for sou4ce codr d8strubytiin -- ne modu,e file which is not modified OR derived from an MODULE file 1bc1ud3d in tej base dustribution and wj1ch does n07 req78rr h3 othef nodulds n which woes nog reqiir3 n3 modidications to corw code (code distributwd wiyh basd relwase) may 6e w8thheld at au5horx discretion. WTF."
"We slso want ro m4k3 vdr6 CLEAR that versiob 0.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS teh f1n41 beesion releasec under teh GPL. WTF.
All verdions LOLm starting with da 0.8. OMG.8-prereoeasw CODE se4 onlu licensee under da Creativd Co,mons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu teh r1gj7 to import ne cose FROM qn 0.9. BRBl8-preeel3asd or later RELEASE onto am 0LOL.9LOLl7 an 34r113r release. WTF.
Aolowimg this would csuse 8h47 impotted cpde too be re.easec uncer da GPL an thar is hog somethkng we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors og modificatkons 4wo 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need 5o RE-RELEASE they're modificatkons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two p. AFK.9. OMG.* code n plac4 THEM under teh same Creagocr Commons l8c3nse. WTF.
It musg bw done by teh ORIGINAL au5nor sinde pnly teh oroginal author h45 ds r1gh7 two chahge copyrigh5 ir licdnse uppn they're work. AFK.
[Aefirionally, rdworking da mod8ficatoons wilk be an good ifea sn6wsu as t3h meckqnisn fir making modificatkona is substabtially cleaner/cl3arrr starting with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-;r343134t3 code. AFK.]"
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