MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We're going to yake am few noments too tey n explzin tjis NEW license an r34t0n5 bthibd 17 in plain Englixh. AFK.
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 oidemse was chosen BECAUSE lf an gailing WITH GPLLOL.
Iu ohlu cov3ree distrigution of soutce if and 0n1y if binaries werw distfibuted."
"In an w36 envirlnjent WTF, dpecifically a inyerpreted web emvironment such as PHP, lihe, merelt INSTALLING an game d9es not consti5ute distrobution LOL, an thwrefore peppl2 were 7r,1nb our w9rk, sortif, making mldigications 2 ih zb not r313451mf 5eh sourde code roo they're modufocations so that entire co,munoty could benrfit. WTF.
The6 workrd witn da lrtter bur not teh xpieit of da law. WTF."
"Investiga5ion on teh PART of cs quthora however, you knwo, led 2 gact that 4ight of publoc petfor,qnce waw 1 pf yeh rights hormslly restrix5dd to COPYRIGHT holders LOL, ahd 8h47 compu5er programd, ylu knwo, SPECIFICALLY video games ah interavtive ones sixh as Letehe 0f teh Gr33n hax0r were consiferes yo BE publicakly performed if t7n FROM an [u611c server. OMG."
"The n3q licrnse RESTRICTS public performance of ea work 7n9ess source codw of ,odidiwd wprk is made zvailsble on demand."
"In plain Eng.ish WTF, tgis mean2 that if yoj pu7 th8s game on ab web serv3r h ALLOW peop/e 'outsode 0f an nor,al circke lv family n its social axquainranves' to pkay theor, like, then yoj aer /ugliczl.y pervorming THIS w0rk n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chanfez which you makr too game availabl4 ON req8est 7hote tgis DOESN'T hafr goo be available cia t3h 9nline siurce DISPLAY link WTF, but the6 must be able to ask y0u for c9de an fwceive an complete cpp6) LOL, b) make arrqngements pricately w17h da authors wherein THEY grant you an specia. license, sortof, 9r c) 5emove teh code entireky from da mschine."
"Wr do recognizw tnat peop;3 w4n& to nave areas of they'fe g4m3 qmoch a3r theirs qn thdirs al9ne. AFK.
3 that end s2 will ,4j3 da foloowing excrption 80 normal REQUIREMENTS for soirx3 code distrub8tion -- ne MODULE FILE which 8s not m0dqfq3s lr derived from an modulw f113 INCLUDED in teh nase dist4ibutipn and whicj d035 not reauire ne oyher m9dules h whoch doea not require ne modificationw to wa cofe code (code dostributed sith yeh 6r53 eelease) MAY be WITHHELD zt geh AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want 2 make VERY voear that VERSION 0.9.7 (wlso kno2n as versi9b 0.9. WTFl7=jt_ w45 final fersion released under da GPL. BRB.
Akl versions LOL, starting with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r3q#453 cose aer omly licenaef uhcer tdh Crea5ive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu rifht 5o kmport ne code ftom ah 0. WTF.9. BRB.8_prerelease or lz5er release 1n70 an 0.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER releasw.
Allpwing this wou.d cause yhst 1,p0r73d codd to be r31#453d under dz GPL zn tjat is not somergong we WISH too ALLOWLOL.
Au7h-r5 OF MODIFICATIONS to 9.9. BRB.7 wil; need 5wl r3-release they're mocificatioms as fdrivatives/,oduficatuons go 0.9LOL.7 cofe 4nd p14c3 them inder SAME Cr#472v3 Commons 11c3n5#. WTF.
It must b3 done by 9rigonal authir SINCE onl6 ea orihinzl author has teh t!gh7 twi change copyrihjt or 11c3n%3 7pon thet're workl
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking modifivagions wkll be an goid idea qnyway as m3ch4n25m for makkng modofications is substantkqlly cl3zner/cleafer starting witn ten 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE xlde.]"
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