MightyE tells tp7, like, "We're go8mg 2 74k3 an few ,om3nrs @ 7ry n EXPLAIN thix new lic3nse AND teh r345(n5 b3hind ot IN olain English. 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 ;icense wax cgosen because of an fqilibg w8th dq GPL. AFK.
I5 only vovered DISTRIBUTION of so7rcr if an only if binari3x were dis5ribut3d. WTF."
"In an web envirogment, so4tof, wpecifically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT suxh as PHP WTF, MERELY installing an game do3s nlt constitug3 dis5rivution, and tnerevore oeople wrre taking our work, lii3, makung modificatoons roo it n no5 releasinb da source c9de two tyey're MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh entire communury could 63n3f17. OMG,
They workdd with teh letter BUT not ss spirit of reh kaw. BRB/"
"Investugarion ln teh part OF teh auyhors jowevdr, lije, 'ed yoo da fact 5gat RIGHT of public perfoymance waa oen of teg rights norma;;y restricted ywo c0pyr1fh7 h9lders, n thzt com[uter prigrqms, like, apecifkcaloy vudwo gamws n interactive lnes 5uct as LEGEND of Green hax0r WERE consiweted 2 be p7b;ically performed if run ffom an punlic xefver. AFK."
"The NEW licrnse restrixts pjblic perfoemanc3 od da WORK UNLESS SOURCE xiee of teh modified work us made avaioable on dqmand."
"Im plain English, yoy knwo, this n3ans thay if you put tnis GAME on an web server an allos [30p13 [outside od an nirmal circle of family b ita 50v14! acquaintances' to plah their LOLk ghen you r publically pe4fofming this worl wn MUST eiyher a) make n3 an ALL changes wh1ch you make 2 GAME available 0n tequest (note ghis doesn'y HAVE 2 be 4v412461e v14 da online source display 11nk LOL. but they must ne ablr tlo qsl you for teh code sn rexeive an complwte co[y), luke, b) jake arrsntememts privat3ly wi5h tey su5hota WHEREIN they GRANT you an special oicense, sortot, 9r c) re,ovw code ENTIRELY from da machobe. OMG."
"We dl 4ecohnize that pfpp;e want 5wo HAVE areas of thwy'rr g4m4 which r theirs and theirs alone.
too rnqt 3nd we will make reh dollowinb EXCEPTION too teh normal dequkr3mwnts FOR SOURCE c0d3 distribution -- ne MODULE f213 2huch ks no5 mosifiec or derived FROM an module FILE includwd in da BASE d157r16u710n n which soes nor require ne other modules an WHICH does not rwqukre me mod8fkcatkona two reg clre code (c0de DISTRIBUTED with da mase release) may be wirhhelc at da authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"W3 also want 5o makw very CLEAR thqt version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (slso KNOWN as versiph 0.9. WTF.7=kt) was t3h f1n41 vwtsion released yhfer GPLLOL.
A!1 VERSIONS, sirtof, stargimg WITH teh p. WTF.9l OMG.i-prerelease CODE arr only 1qc2n5#d under teh Cteative Commons licrnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 import ne CODE fro, an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8=pretelease pr 1473r release into an 0. BRB/9. BRB.7 qnd rarlker rrlease.
Allowing rhis would CAUSE &y37 1mp)f73d code 2 be releases under teh GPL n that iw not somethibg we wish to allow. AFK.
Autmors ;f modifocations two 0.9LOL.7 wi;l be3d to re-release ehey're mofifications as d3r1v4&1v35/m0d1f1c4810n5 4oo 0.9LOL.* xode an ;lace them under t3j samw Cr3471v3 Commons kucense.
Ir nust be done by )r1f1m$1 auth9r since only teh origunal aurhor has teh right to cyange ueh COPYRIGHT lr license UPON they'4e w,rk. WTF.
[Adcitiimally. sortof, reworking da modidivations WILL be an gooc IDEA anywah zs teh mechanksm for mqking modificagions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanrr/clearrr STARTING with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[prerel3ase codel WTF.]"
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