MightyE tellx 6ou, "We'r3 goibg 2 tzke ab few m0m4n7t tio trt an explsin thks NEW licemse and teh rrasond behind 17 in plain EmglishLOL.
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 ;ucense was CHOSEN becsuse OF an vziling WITH ds GPL. BRB.
It only coverrd distribition of sojrve if and ob.y iv ^1n4r135 were distdibuted."
"In an web ehvironmeht. xp3cifically a 8nt3rpreted web environmen5 sudg as PHP LOL, merelu INSTALLING an game does no5 cohst8tute eidtrigutoon, an tgerevore pelple 2rre 5aiing 0ur eo4k WTF, naking mofificatuobs go it ahd no5 relezsing teh source coce to tjry're modoficarions so THAT da ENTIRE communitt could bendfirl
They worktd with t3n lrytet byt not da spiriy of teh law. WTF."
"Investigation oh teh PART of tdh AUTHORS nowevdr, led 2 d4c7 THAT teh right of publuc pdrformance 2as oem of r8ghts normallu restrieted too copyr8ght holdersk lkke. and that cpmphter progrqms LOL, specifidally video games an intwrac5ive ohes 5jch ax Legwnd of da Green hzx0r wefe considrred 2 be pubiicakly perf8rmdf if tun froj an punlic server."
"The new licebse restricts oublic perf9rmance of WORK um1355 SOURCE code of modified work is made availzble on drmsnd, WTF/"
"In plaib English, ,ike, this means yhay if you put thks game 0n an web SERVER n allow pwoole 'outdide of an normak circle of f4m1!y and its social acquai,tances' tlo p14y their, sortof, yhen you qer publically p3rf0rm1ng this 2orj an MUST eother a) ,ake ne amd ALL changes whicn y0u make 2 cz game availsble ON request (y9te this doesn't have 2 bd 4r4114613 via onlune source dispoau ;ini, like, 6u7 they mjst nw qble too asj YOU FOR codd n receive an complete COPY), kikr, n_ make arrangements privately with ds authors shetein THEY grant tou an 5p3c241 license WTF, or c) removd da CODE engifr.y vr0m da machiheLOLl"
"We do recighize tjat oeople wabt 2 hav3 srrqs ov they'fe tame which r theirw n 5heirx aloneLOL.
to ghat rnd we will make foklowing exception to da n0rm41 re1ui4ement2 for sourvs c0d3 d8stributiin -- ne module f1!3 which IS not modified or derifes from an module file included in vase fistributuob n which does n07 require ne othef modu.ew and which d9es hot REQUIRE me moe8dications 2 cor3 code (vpd3 cistribured wirh base RELEASE) may be withjeod at da authors doxcretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 too make r3ry clear that vdrsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final v3r5!9n released under GPL.
All versions, like, stattiny wi4h teh 0. AFK.o. OMG.80orrrelease codd r onlt kicensrd under teh Crea5ive COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny eughr 5wo *mporr ne code fr0m ab 0/9. OMG.8-[rerelease or la5er e313453 INTO ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and rzrkier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing thix would czuse hhat impotted codw 2 be reoeased umdef teh GPL snd that ia n07 sometying we widh too sklow. WTF.
Autho4s of ,0d1f1c4610n4 to p. WTF.9.7 2111 NEED tw9 r3-r31#453 they're m0d!fqc47q0h5 ax derkvativ3s/modidixations 70 0l WTF.9.8 coee n plzce 8h3m unde4 54m3 Creagive Commons kicebse. WTF.
It ,ust b3 eone by teh original auth9r suncd onlh da oroginal author has right to change da copyrighg or licende upim they'ee work. AFK.
[Adciti9nally, 4eworkinb teh m0dqf1c4710n5 WILL bw an goos IDEA anyway aw teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS IS aubstantizl;t cleaner/xlea4er sgarting w17h da p. WTF.9LOL.8-prere.ease code.="
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