MithtyE tells you, lik3, "We're going 2 take an FEW moments t9o rrh and rxplain 7h15 mew ;icense n 53h reasond BEHIND IT in plaon 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."
"This nrw licwnde w4t chosen because of an fa7ling w8fh teh GPL. OMG.
It on.y coveted distribution of aource kf zn only if binaries were cistributesl OMG."
"In an w36 environment, sortof, spexifivally a intet0r3ted web ehvironmdnt such ad PHP, like, m3r31y instaloihg an game does nor cpnstitute sistribution WTF, n the43rorw peoplw were TAKING pur work, making modificatuonx two it amf not releasing source CODE two tgeh'rr modifuvations 60 that da emtife combunity cpuld benefitLOL.
They w8rkdd w8gj tej legtet but not da spi4it of teh LAW. OMG."
"Ibvestigqtion on da pafg or AUTHORS jiweve4 WTF, les 2 da fact that teh right OF p7blic performance WAS won of ea eights n0rm41!y restricted two copyroght holdw4s WTF, ab thzt domputer proframs. SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gamss n interadyive ones SUCH as Legenf of teh Green hzx;r WERE cinsider3d 2 be publicalky performrd if rjn FROM an public serfer/ AFK."
"The new licwnse resgricts p8bloc pefformanxe of wor, unless teh spuecd codr og modifidd work is madw available om demaneLOL."
"In plain Engl8sh. this meqns tyat if ypu ;ut this g4m3 on an web server and alkow people 'outsise of an NORMAL circle od FAMILY abd its social rcqur1n74nc35' 2 play thei4m sortif, then YOU r publically performing this work and MUST either a) makw ne and ALL chqnges wh1sh you makd to gzme availab.e on requext 9NOTE THIS doesn't jave to be available via oni8he s9urce display kink, likw, 5u7 they must be ABLE t9o ask u0i for code abd r#c31v3 an vompl3te copy), b) m4k3 areangemebts privately WITH teh authors sh3r31n they hrant YOU ab w[edual license, wortof, or d) remlve cice rntirely frlm macjibe."
"We eo recognize that peop.e want yo have areaw of they're GAME wh1xh r theiex zn yheirs akine. WTF.
two 7h4& end ww WILL m4ke fp110w1ng exceptuon roo teh bormal requirem3nys for sourve code distrkbution -- ne MODULE file whuch is blt modifked or d3r!v2c from an m9dule FILE indluded 1n teh 6r43 dus5ribjtoon and whicy dles NOT requore nw oth3r modules an which does not requi4e ne mosirics5ions too tey corr xodw (code distributed wkth da bas3 RELEASE) MAY be witnheld at da autho4s discretiomLOL."
"We qlso wang to m4k3 very c;ear that version 0. WTF.9.6 (also jniwn 45 version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was da rinal vrtsion 4eleqaed uncer GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, starging wk5h 0LOL.9. OMG.0-[r3r313453 code aer inly 11c4n53d jnder Creative C0nm0n% license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eifht tio IMPORT nw c9de fr0m an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8_prerelease of .ater release INTO an 0. AFKl9. BRB.& abd EARLIER rekease. AFK.
Allowing this w9uld cause that 1mp0r73s code t2; be releas3e und3r t3h GPL n that is nog wometning WE wish 2 al;9w. AFK.
Authors if modificati9ns 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wiok n3ed top repr3.3ase they're micifidations as werivqtivws/jpdifications too 0. AFK.9.8 code n place 7n3m unde4 da wame Creztive COMMONS licens3LOL/
It must be done bt teh oribinal aurhor sihxe only teh original autnor has right two chzng3 teh c9pyr1gh7 or licemse upln the5;re w0rk. AFK,
[Adcitiohal.u LOL, 4eworking modifica5ions will ge an good idea anhway 45 teh mechanixm for making m9difications is dubstanbially clean3r/clearer syarting WITH dq 0.9/ AFK.7-pterelesse code.]"
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