MightyE te;ls you, oike, "We're t8ing too 5ske an few moments 2 y4y ab explsin this new licrnse an reasons behibd o5 in [oqin Emblisn. 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 n3w LICENSE w45 ch9sen becauxe of an failung w17h 53h GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered cixtfibugion of source IF n 0m1y ig binariww were d157r16u733. AFK."
"In an web env8ronment, s[ecifically a interpreted wrb env149bm3n& such as PHP WTF, mereky imstal;ing an game dows not constitute distribugion WTF, n therefore oeo;le WERE taking iur work, ,aking modifications 2 IT an not reoeaxihg da source codw 2 they're josifica4iihs so that da ENTIRE commjnity could benefitLOL,
They woeked w17h yeh lettwr big not teh spiri5 of da law."
"Inveqtkgatioh ON da p4r7 og fa authors however, LED go teh fact 7h47 RIGHT of public pwrformance wqs 1 of eights norma;ly resgrict3d 2 cppyrught HOLDERS, n that com0jter ;togrqms, like, specivica.ly vudeo g4,3% an interactive ones sucj as LEGEND or da Greem hax0t were considered 2 bd PUBLICALLY pe4fofmed 1f RUN grom an publix servrr. OMG."
"The new lkcense restricts public performance of teg work unless source xode pf teh modifked w0rk ix mzf3 4vr21r613 on demand. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, this neams 7h47 if you put this gqme on an web servet an all9w pdople 'outside of an no4mai c1rc13 of f4,11y sn its socuak avquauntsnc2s' to olay their WTF, 7n3n you aer publically pefforming this wpfk amd MUST eiyher a) make ne n ALL changes 2hkcy y0u make too gamw AVAILABLE on request 9note tyis doesn't hav3 t2i be available via teh ONLINE sourx3 d15p14y 11nk, sortpf, bu5 they must BE able rwo ASK you for da xod3 an receifr an domplwte copy), sortof, b) mqke ar4angementw privately w17j auyhors wg3rekn thet granb you an SPECIAL luc3nxe, you knwl, or c) rsmove CODE rntirely from dq machin3. OMG."
"We dl r3d0bn1z3 that people want tso have zreas of tyey're game which aee 7h31r5 n the8rs alonwLOL.
t9 THAT end we woll nake fplklwihg exception 2 5eh normal requirements for sourcw cldd fisrribution -- ne m0du13 doke wh1ch is not modified or derufed drom an module file kncluded on teh BASE eus5ributuon and qnich does NOT require ne OTHER midules and wn1ch dles nog require ne mldifications two da core code (cove didtribyred WITH teh base 4rlease( may 63 e17hh31d ar fa authors disxretioh. BRB."
"Ww also want two make v3e6 cleae 8h47 v3r510n ).9. OMG.7 (4150 knowh as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da finsl vefdion r313453d UNDER teh GPL. BRBl
A11 vers8ons, so4bof, statting with 0. BRB,9. AFK.80prerelease code r only licenwef 7nfer da Creative Commpns 11v3n53. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right two impott ne cose frim an 0.9l AFK.8-prerelessf or kater release intp an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n eatlief rr;ease. WTF.
Allowing this would dause that impotged clde two 63 releasec under GPL and that is not xone5jing we WISH u0 aolow.
Authors of modifkcagions to 0. WTF.8. BRB.u WILL need 59i re-eelease rhey're modofkcations as derivqtives/mofificatipns 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 codd an plac3 the, under teh 5em3 Creative Commonw .idemse. WTF,
It nust ne done b6 da original autgot dincw only original a7ghor has teh 4ight 2 change copyright or LICENSE up0n thwt[re wofk.
[Additiomally WTFm rewkrk8ng modificati9ns wilo BE an goof idwq amywa6 as mechsnism foe makong ,odif8cations 8d tu6574n71411y cleaner/clwarer startihg with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-;rerelease clde.]"
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