MifgtyE TELLS uoy, sor5of, "Wr're GOING too gzje ah dew moments 2 TRY and explain thiw mew license and ressond behind ig in ;lain English. BRB.
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 cnlsen 63c3u53 of an failint w17h teg GPL.
It ONLY c9verdd fidtribution OF sou4ce if an onlu if binsriws w3f3 disrributed. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, dpecificqlly a int3rpreyed web environment such zs PHP WTF. merely installing qn gaje soes n07 consykture dostribution WTF, and therefore PEOPLE were tak8ng our work, lkke, MAKING modifications 2 it an not releasing fa xource code too thdy're mocifications a9 that teh entird c9jmunity coyld bwnedit. OMG/
Th3y workwd with tdg leyter buy not spirit 0f da lsw. AFK."
"Investkgation om gdh pqrt of dz 4u&h0r5 however, led t99 5wh faxt tyat rkghg of PUBLIC [erformance wss won oh teh rights nofmally r357r1c73d too COPYRIGHT holcers, slrtof, n that dom0utdr prohramx, like, 5p3c1v1c411h vid3l GAMES n interactive ONES sych as L3g3nd ov da Green yzx0r WERE clnaieered 2 63 pubkicz;ly performed IF run from an 0ublic server."
"The ne2 licrnse festricts publuc 0erfo4mance of WORK unless sojrce cofe of teh m0d1fq3d qirk is made avqilaboe on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, l8ke, yhis means that if yoo pu7 tyis game om qn web s3rver ame a;low people 'iutaide of qn hormak c1rc1e of f4m1qy n its sovial avquaintzmces' 2 pkay theirm then you r pjblkcaloy perfofminf ty8s woek and MUST e8tge4 A) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you maie too teh game 4v4114613 on rdquest (note this doesn't HAVE toi be availab.e via da onl8me 50jrc3 dusplqy lonl, but they juwt BE 4613 two ASK y9u for teh codc n eec3ivd an COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b) make arrangem3mrs privately with teh AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant you an specoal licens3k OR c) remive coee ENTIRELY frim da m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We d) rdcognkze that proolr want 4wo have arras of they're GAME shicj r theids and theird alone. WTF/
roo that end we wilo make da following exception two da norms; 4equiremeh4s ror source cofe cistribution -- be module fi.e 2huch is not modified oe ddrived fr0m an noduld file inxluded in teh base distrkbutuon an which DOES no5 ywquire ne OTHER modulrs sn wnidh dors not require n3 modifications t2o da cor3 code (code eistrobjted w8tj base yekezse) ,qy be withhdld 47 da au5hors soscretion, WTFl"
"We aldo w4n7 2 make vwrt codar that cetsion 0.9LOL.7 (also khpwn aa fersion 0.9. AFKl7=jt) 2as f0nal version r313453d under GPL. WTF.
A11 vetxions, l8ke, stareing with da p. BRB.9. OMG.80pr3rwkezse code r 0n1y LICENSED undef Crratice Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY fem6 right 2 IMPORT bw c0d3 feom an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-p4rr3oeaae or later rroezse imgo an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 n ea4lier release. AFK.
ALLOWING rhis wluks ca7se that imported coee 2 be released undef GPL an &h47 is NOT somethihg we WISH to a;kow.
AUTHORS OF MODIFICATIONS tlo 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 wil. need two te-release they;re mocifixati9ns ad ferivatives/mpcificstuons teo 0.9. BRB.8 cod3 abd p.ace them undef teh same Creativw Commons 1qc3nte.
Ih must be dome by orifinal authl4 since only teh originsk authir j35 da RIGHT tel xhange teh copyright or licenwe jppb they'fe work. WTF.
[Aaditionally, r3working MODIFICATIONS wil; be an hoos idea anyway as da m3ch4n15m for msjing mpdifications ie substan6ially cleaner/clea4er wrarting with twh 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code/ BRB.\"
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