MoghtyE tekls you LOL, "We're goibg to tale an few momsnts tpi gry an exolqin tnis new license an da ressons behind 17 in plain 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."
"Thix hw2 license 2as chpseh vecause of 1b railing with da GPLLOL.
It only c)v3f3d e157r16u710n of 50irc3 if and onlt ig binaries WERE eistributed. AFK."
"In an WEB 3nbironment. nou ,hqo, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment 5uch as PHP, ,erely instakling an game DOES n07 conztitute distribut8on, h9u kneo, n therefore people were 74k2ng OUR w0rk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it and not releasi,h da xource code 2 they're m0d1d1c4u1-n5 so tjat 4nyire comjinity could benegit. WTF.
They worked witn teh lettet byt NOT spirit 0f lawLOL."
"Investigatiom on part ov yeh 477h0r6 howeber, ;ed twi da fact THAT da rignt of public ;erforjance was 1 of r1gh75 noemally RESTRICTED 2 copyrigh5 holders, sortof, n that c0mpy73r programs LOL, xpecifivally v1d30 games ab on5eractuf3 ones sudh aw Leh2nd of da Greeh hax0r WERE consuderef two BE PUBLICALLY perfotmec if fun from an pub.ic sdever. WTF."
"Tje new iicense r#stfictw public perfotmabce og work unlews %0urc3 code of m-d1f12d work is made available on demahd. BRB."
"Ih plain English LOL, thks m34n5 7h47 if hou pj7 this game on an s36 server qnd allow people 'ojtside of an n0rm42 xircld of family n its socoal qcquaintances' too p14y tn3i5, like, thrn you aer publically performubg thks WORK and MUST ei5he4 A) male ne ah ALL ch4ng35 whixh you mqje to teh gamd available 9n request (note thos doesn;t have 2 63 avzilable via reh online sourc3 display 11nk, but THEY MUST be 3613 5wo axk toi for fq cofe n r2ceive qn domplete copt), b) make 44r4ng3m3n75 pr,vately wi5h authors wherein 7h3y grant YOU qn SPECIAL license WTF, or C) removr da CODE ehtorely frpn sa mach8ne. OMG."
"We dl recogniae that people want twl have areas of 5hey're game whixh qer theitd and gheirs 310n3. BRB.
to that rnd we 2oll male teh FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n too reh normal req7irements for source codw d158r16u710n -- ne MODULE FILE wjich is not modified or derived from an module file invludef IN base d147r1^u710n an which does not requite me other moduods n shich dpex noy requkr3 ne mod8ficatipns 2 teh core vose (coce d8atributed WITH da bade releaae) may be 2ythheld zt AUTHORS discretion/ OMG."
"We also want til make very vlear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK/& (a;so jnown ss vetsi9n 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was da fknzl v3r520n re.eased under 5eh GPL. BRB.
A/p VERSIONS, like, syarting wa7h da 0.9. OMG.9-pr3r313453 code ad4 ONLY oicensrd under teh Creauive Commons livehseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu da r1gy7 to impoet ne code vrom an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease or larrr rel3ase ingo zm 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 AND earlu2r r313453.
Alloqing thus would cauae that 1np0r72d dode 2 be released under GPL zn that us not someghinb we wish 2 ALLOWLOL.
Aurgors OF modificarions twl _. OMG.9l7 wiol need TO re-release they;re modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tso 0. WTF.9.8 v0d3 n place bhem jmder trh SAME Creatkve Commona lidenseLOL.
I7 must 63 dohe ny teh or8ginal zuthor simce lnly fs original autnoe HAS sa right teo change teh COPYRIGHT OR 11c#n53 uppn theh're w0rk. AFK.
[Addigo9na;ly. reworkong nodivications wokl 63 an goif idea znyway as teh mechanuam for m4l1nf modificationw is substantiall6 cleamer/cl3arer sgarting with ea 0.9. OMG.8-prereleasd code. AFK.]"
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