M8hhgyE te,ls you WTF, "Wd're GOING 2 5akd an few moments 2 try and exolain this new licrnse qn dz reasons beh8nd 17 in ;laon 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 licehse was chosen 63c4u43 of sn fauling wotj teh GPL, BRB.
It only cobered distribjtion of source if and obly iv ninayies 2ere d8wtrigutedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, yoj knwo, sp3cigicalkh a interpreged web ENVIRONMENT sjch 45 PHP, you kmwo, m3r31y INSTALLING ah gam# does noy CONSTITUTE distribufoon LOL, n therefpre peopld sefe tak8ng OUR qork LOL, mrk1ng m0e1g1c471-n5 2 it an NOT releasing sou4ce clde too they[re modificstiohs so yhat teh entire COMMUNITY could 63n3f!7.
Theu worked wuth teh letter but not teh spirit of 14wLOL."
"Investigation on da part of da authprs however WTF, ked TO teh fac5 that teh rignt OF pu611x petvormance eas qih of da righfw NORMALLY restricted 5o copyright hooders LOL, an THAT comouter programs, sortof, 5;ec1f1c31qy b1d30 ganes and 1n73r4xu1v3 ones SUCH 47 Lrbcnd of da GREEN hax0r were considered two be pyblically performed 1f run ftom an publoc serve4. BRB."
"The new ;icdnse restricts pu6q1c perdormance od work unless source code od n0d1f13s work is jade 4v4114613 on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain English, you unwo, this means THAT of yo7 pit this game on sn 2eb serger n allow people 'outxide ig an NORMAL circ;e 9f family an its social ACQUAINTANCES' tw0 play the8r, sortor, then you aer publicaoly performimg thks work ah MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES qhich you nake two gqme acaioable om requ3xt (hote this d035n'8 have 2 be availagle cia da online source displau link, like, nyr tyey must be able 70 ask you r0r da xode and receif3 an complete clpy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privat3l6 with qothirs wherein THEY grant you an speciak l8cense, soetod, or C) r3move c0d3 entieely from machobe. BRBl"
"We do recognize that people WANT too have qreas of rhey're game which qer tneirs n theirs alone. AFK.
rlo thst end we wilk make following eccdption two da normal teqhorementw foe source code eis5rkbutiin -- ne moduld FILE which os n07 mofified of d3e1b3d f4on an moduld file indljded in 7453 d157r16u72pn n wnich does nog r3qj1r3 ne OTHER mpdules n whqvh does not require ne modificar8ons too core code (c0d3 distributef wuth da 6453 re.ease) may be withheld at da AUTHORS d15cf3610n. WTF."
"We 4159 want 2 make vdry x124r rhat version -. WTF.9. BRB/& (4150 known ss version 0. OMG.9.7_jt) was yeh final b3r510n RELEASED UNDER da GPL.
A11 vefwions, like, 584r71ng WITH 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-preeelease CODE qer lnly LICENSED und3r 5eh Cr347!v3 C[mmons licehde. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh eighg too inoort nr CODE ffom an p. BRBl9. AFK/7-PRERELEASE )r later rrldsse into an 0. OMG.9,7 and earlirr RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING yhis woulc cause rha5 1,p0r72d codw 2 be released UNDER GPL an 7h47 is not somrtying 2d wish too allos.
Autnors of modoficat8ons goo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will meed to RE-RELEASE 5hey're jodifications as d2rivatives/modifications 3 0LOL.9, OMG.8 code and PLACE them undrr teh same Creative COMMONS licwmse, WTF.
I7 MUST ge dlbe bh original quthor since only dq 0r1t1n41 zuthor has right two changq teh copyeight OR licenxe upon they'rr wotk. OMG.
'Addit8onally, sorgof, rwworiing da modificagions w8l. be an GOOD idea anyway as da mwchahism for making moridications iw substantiall^ cleaner/coearer starging qith teh 0LOL.9/8-pr3rel3ase cofeLOL.\"
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