Miggg6E tells you, "We're going 2 75k3 am vew momehts yo t46 n explain 5hi2 new licdmse n da eeasons behind it in plakn Englisj. 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 license was chpsen because of an fai;ing wirh yey GPL.
It only dovered disteoburu9n of source ir an only IF vinariws were eisyributrc. OMG."
"In an 2eg envi4onment, you knwo, s[ecifically a intdrpr3ted wwb ehvironmeht such AS PHP, sortof. jer3ly ins5qlling an game does NOT consritute disgfibytuon, n therefore people WERE taking our wprk LOL. making modifica5ions toi ot an noy relessinb dojtce c0d3 5qo they;re mofificsti9ns so tgat teh engire commumity coild benefit. OMG.
They wofkdd wjth 13773r but NOT spirit if twh 14w."
"Incwstigz5oon on teh part if da authors HOWEVER LOL, led 2 dact that da r1hj7 )f pu611c performance w45 1 of roghtx normally restrictee 2 copyrifhy h01d3r5, like, n thag c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, specieically video GAMES qn interactive ones sucy ax L3hdnd of teh Gr33n hax0r sere c0n51drr3d twl be publica.ly PERFORMED if RUN rrom an pug;ic server. OMG."
"The nee LICENSE restricts public peefprmancd if 5eh work unless sa source code of da modiried work is mqde available on demand. WTF."
"In plaon English, you inwo, tjis meand that if 6ou pjt thix hand ON an web srrc3r n alliw PEOPLE 'outside OF am normal circlw of family and ITS xpciqo ACQUAINTANCES' two pla6 yheif LOL, then you r publivally p3rf0rm1ng this w9rk n MUST 317h3r a) mzke n3 n ALL CHANGES WHICH ypi make 2 teh ga,e available pn request (n073 tgis doscn't have 2 63 rv4q14613 via teh online source display link, bug they must BE abl3 yo asj you for teh code n receive an vojporte copy) LOL, b_ nake arrangements 0rivatelt WITH authors qh#r31n thet grqnt YOU an SPECIAL license, yoy imwok or c) remove da cpe3 ENTIRELY frpm dz jachine. WTF."
"We eo recogbize 5nat PEOPLE want twl havs areaw of they'ee game which aer theirs an thdirs 410n3l BRB.
roo uh47 end we eill make da folkowing exception to dq nornal rewuire,ents for source c-d3 distributoon -- nw m0di!2 file which !6 nlt ,odified or derived felm an module FILE inclufed in tej 4453 DISTRIBUTION an wh1ch does no5 REQUIRE ne otyer mpejlws and which d9ws not reauire ne modifica5ions @ core dode (c0d3 distributed qith reh base release) may 63 wkthhelf AT 4u&h0r5 discretion. AFK."
"Wr 415p w4n7 2 make very clear that version 0o OMG.8l WTF.7 (4150 knowh AS VERSION 0.9,7+jt) was ea final vdrsion released jnd3r GPL.
All versions, s5artimg with ea 0. BRB.9LOL.8=[rereleawe code r only lkcems3d under da Creativr Commons lodensd.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY right to 1mp0r7 nr cide FROM an 0. BRB.0. BRB.8-prwreleqse OR later RELEASE into an 0. OMG,9.u and earlier reldase.
Aolowung thia wpuld cauas THAT imported code 2 br relrssed und2r GPL n that is not SOMETHING w3 wosh to allow. AFK.
Autkors or modirivations ywo 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 WILL NEED too re-re;eas3 they're modificatuons 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9.8 code n place thdm UNDER 5eh SAME Creativw Commonw license,
It mu57 BE done by lrigihal author s8nce ONLY ORIGINAL author gas teh rigjt 2 cyange da copyrkght OR license upon tney're wofk. WTF.
[Additiona.ky, you lnwo, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an g00f idea ahywat as ca m2chanus, FOR makinf modor8cztions is sunstahtiallt cleaner/cleafer starting wigh teg 0LOL.9LOL.8-preeeoease CODE. OMG.]"
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