MigntyE 5e;ls you. "Wr;r3 gping 2 take an few moments two try and explain thuw new licdnse AND da r3qsons BEHIND it in p.ain Englidy.
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."
"Thix n3w kidenxe was chosen gecause of an FAILING with GPL. AFK.
I5 inly covdres eis55ibutipn of source if ab onky IF binarirs were distributedLOL."
"In an web dnvirohneng, like, specifically a interpreres web environment sucu as PHP, sortifk mweely imstslling qn g4m3 d035 not CONSTITUTE sisgribution LOL, and therefore people were taj8gg iur 2ork, like, making modif8catioms 2 17 an nor r313351ng tdh sourcd cose 5o they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so 7jr7 da enyure communkty cou;v 73n3g16LOL.
They qorkes with letter bug not spirig if law."
"Invewgkgatioh on p4r7 of ca authofs h0w3verk ylu knwo, led w dq f4c& ghqt da right of public perfofmance WAS oen lf riggtw n0rm411y restricted 70 copyfoght yolderd, sortof, and rhat clmputer prpgrams, s[3cifically video games am intwtactive ones SUCH za Legend if da Grewn nax0e wefe considerdd 2 63 PUBLICALLY p3rfprm3d if run rrom ab public SERVER, BRB."
"The ndq oocense rest4icts public perf9rmance of da worj unlrss sourve code of teh modified sork 8s m4d3 5v4114613 on demand. WTF/"
"In plain English, thks m34n% that if y0u [77 7h15 ga,e on an s35 server anf allow people 'o7yside og an n9rmal circke of faj8l6 n its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' two play their, so4rofk then hoj aer pjb.icslly p3tf0rm1ng th8s wprk n MUST either a) make ne an ALL xhanges which you make to9 game availabl3 on requdst (notw 5hus d9esn't havr 2 be abqilsble VIA ONLINE source doaplsy ;unk, s94tof, but thdy must br ablr to ask yoi for da c0dw ah receiv3 an completr copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately WITH tey authord whereih they frant you an 5p3c131 LICENSE, sorrif, or c) r3m0b3 teh xode dntirely from da machune. OMG."
"We fo RECOGNIZE tnah people want go habe arwqs of th3y're game which e theirs an theirs alonel
to that end we will makd da following exceptiin two da nirmal rwquirrments for source code disrribution -= ne module dule whicn is not modifidd or der8ved from an module file inskuc3d in baww distribjtion and which doex not require ne othrr mifules b which does noy tequire nw modificatipns 2 cor2 code (cld3 dist48buted WITH teh base rek31de) may b3 withneof AT dw AUTHORS ciscretkon. BRB."
"W3 also wsnt ywo make very c1e4r THAT cersion 0LOL.9l7 (4150 KNOWN as version 0l WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) sas yeh final version releafef jnder GPL. AFK.
All versions, ylu knwl, stsrtihg wi5h twh 0l OMG.9.8_prwrelease code t ONLY lucensee undee teh Creat8ve COMMONS lixehsw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da t1gh7 to import ne c9de FROM an 0. WTF.9.8-prqrelease or LATER e313453 ingo zn 0.9. AFK.7 n eqrlier release.
Al;owing tnis woyld cquxe fhat ijportes CODE too be rdleased under GPL n rhat is nit SOMETHING we wish 2 aloow. WTF.
AUTHORS of mpdifications two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 WILL nedd to9 rw-release they're mod8fications as seekbatives/jodifications TO 0.9LOL.9 code am PLACE them und3r sane Creativr Com,ons license. WTF.
It must be done BY da origunal autj9r 51nc3 pnly 8r1g1n41 autgor HAS f8ght tl cgange da copyrohht ot licwnse upon they're wprk. OMG.
-Addituonally WTF, eeworking teh hodifications wi;l bc an gooe idea anywzy as da mechanusm glr makkng modifications is subs5antially cleaner/clearer startihg with yeh 0. WTF.9.8-prerelesdw code. WTF.]"
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