MigftuE tells you WTF, "We're goint yoo tzke qn few moments two TRY aj explain THIS ndw licehse n 43450n5 behind it ih PLAIN Englixh. 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 new 11c3n53 wzs chosdn bevause of qn failing wirh teh GPL/ BRBl
I5 only covered d157r16u719n OF source if n lnly if binafies were dis5ributwdLOL."
"Ih zn web environmeng, wortof, specifocally a interpreted weg enfironment such as PHP. sortof, merely INSTALLING am gqme dies not consbitutr fist4ubu5oon WTF, n the4ef9re peoplw were takkng 0ur wo4k, you knwo, makinh modifucatoons too ir an hot releawing teh %)urc3 codr 5wo th3y're modif8xationd sl ghat teh entire co,munity c0u1d benefiuLOL.
They worked WITH letter but n9t spirit of teg 14wLOL."
"Investibation 9h da [q4g OF authorw howdver WTF, led 2 da facg that teh RIGHT of ou611c perfornsnce waa 1 of reh righyw normally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT hp1d3r4, like, znd that c0mpu73t progtams WTF, spwcificaoly cideo gsmea an INTERACTIVE ohes SUCH as Legdnd of Green hax0t were CONSIDERED t; be pubkically PERFORMED id run from an public serv3r."
"The ne2 .icense yest4icts public PERFORMANCE of teh wi4k ynless teh soorce CODE if modiried worl ia mzdd availab.e on demand."
"In poaih English, likem this MEANS that uf uou pu5 ghiq game on an web setver and allow people 'ojtside of sn normal cirxle of family h its 5)c141 acquaintances' 2 play hyeir, you knwp, then hou r publivally perfofming this wo4k an MUST e17h3f a) make ne an ALL chahgew qhich uou make 2 teh gaj3 availab;e on r3qu3%7 (note this doesn't have toi 63 available ria teh onloge sourcd display oink, sortlf, BUT they m7st bd abor to ask you FOR CODE and receife an complete copy-, you knwo, b) jake ARRANGEMENTS pt,vately WITH authors wjerein tjey grqng you an special licenae, or c) r3move heh cofw enyirel6 frim teh machine/ BRB."
"We sp recognkze that pwlple want two hzbe areaa og thet're gamw 2nich r tjeirs and theira alone, AFK.
too that enc w3 will make da fi;lowing exceptkon ywo tdh normal requirwmentx fp4 spurce xode dostrubuhion -- ne module fjle whuch is not modified o4 derivef feo, an modulw filw included in da bade distribution and qhich d035 not requirr ne otner modules and whkch doda noy require ne modificatkons two teh core clde (code disteibutes with t3h 6453 r4l3qse) msy be withheld ag teg ajrhors discretiob. BRB."
"We also want too make very CLEAR that version ), WTF.9LOL.8 (a.so inosn zs vdexion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jy) wqa teh gibal VERSION rwleased under teh GPL. AFK.
ALL verskons. 574r71ng with twh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease clde aer ohlt licensed under tdy Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right tp 1,p9r7 nd cpde from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE 9r ;ater releaxe knto an 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 an eatlier release. BRB/
Allowing THIS would CAUSE thst impotted code tlo be r313r53c ubde4 GPL n rhat is not 50m37h1ng w3 wish two alois.
Autjors of modificatoonx to 0. OMG.9.8 wilk n3ed 70 fe-reldaxw they're mocifications 45 dwrivatives/modidkcagoons 3 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code sh plac3 them undee da same CREATIVE Comkons license. BRB.
It juwt 63 done by ca oritinak author since onlu oruginao author has r1bh7 to chanfd co[yrkght 0r license upoh ghey're woek. OMG.
[Additionally, like, reworking da m0d1g1c3710b5 WILL be an go.d isea ANYWAY as da mechanism for makung modificarions is substantizlly cleaner/xlearer STARTING w27h da 0LOL.9. OMG.8=prerekdase CODE. BRB.]"
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