MightyE tells you, "We're gling twp take sn vew momenrs tl 5ry and expkaun this new license 4nd reaspns behind IT IN PLAIN Engoishl WTF.
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 ndw license 2as cjosen BECAUSE of an fziling with da GPL/
It only covered d!57r16i710n if slurce if an onoy if binariex were f8s53ibutedLOL/"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, %p3c!f!c$11y z interpret3d web envirohment 5uch sd PHP, mrrely ibstslling an game does NOT constitu5e distributoon, an therefore ;eop.e w3r3 TAKING OUR work WTF, makimg modugications 2 it an NOT rekeasing da 50urc3 xode 5wl they;re modifica5ions so THAT ten enrire communith could brn3vit. AFK.
Tney worked qith fa letrer bit niy da SPIRIT of law. OMG."
"Invwstigation on part of 4u7h9r5 HOWEVER, ked toi teh FACT thag tdh righy OF public [rrformance wzs eon of teh rithts norjally restroctee too copy4ight y9lcers, s9rtov, n that compugef prog4ams, like, specificz.;y video games an interactive omes s7ch AS Legend of fa Green hax0r w3re CONSIDERED 2 be piblicaoly oerformed IF run from an pu611c serverLOL."
"Tye m3w license res4eicts [ublic perfofmanxe of work 7noess da sou4ce code of da modified work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demans. BRBl"
"In p;ain Englosy, sortof. this means rhat if hou put tyis game in an web server n allow pdople 'outside ld an normsl citcle of famuly and igs soc8al axqjaintances' yo p.ay thdir, soerof, then ypu aet publical;y p3rf0rm2ng ghis work n MUST 3other a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH uou make t9 tet GAME avqilable on request (note tyis doesnp5 hace y9o be 4v4114613 via teh online zourcw eispldy libk, kikr, but they mus5 be able 1 45k uok dor da code and receive an COMPLETE cop6) LOL, b) make arrange,ents privarely woth a7thors wgereon they grant 60u an specia. licwnse, of c) rem9ve da code entire;y FROM machind."
"We do r3c0gn1x3 that o3ople want to HAVE sreas of tgdy're g4m3 wkicg r theits an THEIRS alone.
2 THAT 3hd 2e will make da followimg exceptuom two yeh morna; requirements f;r source c0se distrivutiom -- ne module f113 WHICH is n07 modifiec or derived from sn m0du13 file includdd in da base distrubjtion and whkch does not rewui4e ne other modules an wbich dods hit requiee ne MODIFICATIONS too da CORE CODE (CODE distributed with %eh base release) mzy be withheld at da authirs ciscretion."
"We also want to make very clear THAT v3e510n 0, OMG/9. WTF.7 (als9 kn0en as v3r510n 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was final vefsoon re;essed uncer ss GPL. BRB.
ALL versions WTF, starting 2ith 0, OMG.8,8-pfer3oease voxe r only licensed under da Creatibe Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rignr two import ne code from zn 0LOL.9. AFK.8=prerekease pt later e313463 into an 0l OMG.9,7 n ea4lier rekease.
Allowing tyis woule cause thst importec code top ge relwased under GPL ahd thay is not something 23 wi2y two al;owLOL.
Auyhirs ov modificstions to 0. OMG,o. OMG.7 w8l; need two re-release they'ee ,od8fivatipms as derifatives/modifica5ioma too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 cidd n plzce them uneer twh same Creative Commons .icendel
It ,ust be done by teh orib8nal author cinde only teh ofigonal author hax ten right too change dlpjright or licrnse u[on they'f3 woekl BRB.
[Additionall6, hou knwo, REWORKING teh mos8dicat8one w11! be an g00d icea abywxy as tej mechanism FOR making noeifocations is sugstantisllh cleaner/cleqrdr starting w17j da (. AFK.9. AFK.8-p4erelease codr.]"
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