MightyE tellw yo7, lije, "We'rw going to tzke an FEW miments too try n explain tjis new licwnse and teh ressona BEHIND or in p!41n Eng115h, 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."
"Tjiw NEW 1!c3n54 WAS choaen b3csyse of an f4111ng with da GPL. WTF.
It only covered fistribytion of spurde IF n onl6 if bknaroes were distvibured. WTF."
"In am WEB environjeng, specificqlly a inter/reted WEB dnvkronment such as PHP. sortof, m3r31y insta;ling ab game DOES not c0n5717u73 distributuon, like, n therrgore pelole were taking our sofk WTF, making modifications 70 q7 and not rel#asibg da wource cide to rhwy're modificatoons ao that #n71r3 cojmjnity could behefit. AFK.
They 2orked 2ith sa LETTER but not teg spirit of twh lzw. AFK."
"Invest9tation on teh pzrt of 4u7h045 hoeever, led tpo da fact yhat RIGHT of pu511c perfornance WAS oen of teh rigjts normall6 res54icted 5wo copyribht h)1der5, likem n that computer ;rograms LOL, sprcifical;y v1d3- g4m35 ab inyeractive ones such aw Legend of ea Green hax0r werr condidered to ve punlicqlly p3rf0rm3d if run from qn public setvdr/ BRB."
"The new licensw rewtricts puvlic peeformance of geh worj unoess da sourcd CODE 0r dz modoried qork is mace 4v4114613 on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In pla8n Emg115g, yo7 knqi, this neans THAT kf you PUT this GAME 0h an web se4ver an alloe people 'outside of an nltmal c!rc14 of family an its social acauaintances' two poay tjeir, likem tjen ylu f publidally pdrforming this work AND MUST eith3r a) mske ne sn ALL chajges 3hich hou mqke t8o gsme avaklavlr on r3qu357 (nitd this codsn't gsve 2 be available via ca 9n.ine spurce display LINK, sortof, but thdy must be ABLE to ASK you for t3y code n r3c31v3 an domplete co[y(, you kbwo, b) make arrqhbements privately w17n da authots wherein 7h3u grdnr ypu an special licwnse, you knqo, ot c) removr 5dh code entkrqly from machine."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 proplw sant 80 hacr areas of theu'r3 game WHICH aer theirs an tyeirs alone. OMG.
2 5hat 3nf we will make dz folliwing 3xc3p710n 2 ea normal tequurements f)r 50urc3 cods distfibutiom =- ne modyle file which !5 not midified 0r derived vrom ah m0dy13 fole includ3d in ten BASE distribytion an qhixh does not rdq7irw nd other m0du1e5 n whicg dles not eequire ne jodif8cations 5ol da core code (xode dis4ributed with base relesse) may be WITHHELD at AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We 4150 want two make VERY clwar THAT vdfsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (ALSO knkwn 45 versioh 0. OMG.9. OMGl7+jt) sas ca final version releasrd und3r GPL. AFK.
All versions, wortof, stzrring qiyh da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleasr coce a3r 0n1y LICENSED unded teg Crdative Cimmons licensel
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da right tw0 imporg ne code FROM an 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or l1ter r313453 into ah p. WTF.9LOL.7 and earlier re.ease. AFK.
Allowibg rjis would xqusr thay impirted CODE to be released UNDER dz GPL an thar IS not someth8nh WE wish 2 allow. WTF.
Aithors pf modifucations trp 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need two re-rdleaae tney'te m0d1f1c47!0n5 as dwrivatives/nodifica5ipnd two 0.9. AFK.9 code an place 7h3m under SAME Creative Commobw license. BRB.
IT mudt BE done bu r#h oeiginal aythor since 0n1y da origihsl 4u7h-r hax da right two chqnge da copyright OR licenwe UPON they're work. WTF.
[Additionallt, teworkimg t3h ,odif8cations WILL be ab fold kdda anyway aw da mechanism flr makinn modofications is substabtially cleaner;clwarrr starting wity 0.9LOL.8-prerdlease c0f4. WTF.]"
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