MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "W3're going 5wo take an dew moments 2 try an exp.ain 7h15 NEW license and ds reasona behimd ot in plain ENGLISH. BRBl
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."
"Tjis new license waa CHOSEN because of zn fa8ling sith da GPLLOL.
It ohlh covrred distributiln of source if n 9nly ig binari3s were cisr4ibuted. BRB."
"Ih an w36 envirobment, you knwo, specifocallu a ihyer;rwted web envoronjent such as PHP LOL, merely instqlling an GAME dles m(t c9nstitute disgribution LOL, n tjerefoee p3lp;e were taking OUR 2ork, sortof, makkng modkficztions two ig and not RELEASING da source c0d3 tl thry'fe modufications 50 ymat entire vommunity could benefkt. WTF.
Thry w0rk3d with da lette4 vut mot spirit of da law/ AFK."
"Investitatioh ON part OF fq authorw howefer WTF, lrd ywo da fact that da rihht 9f pu611c pervormanc3 wzs oen of f1gh75 hormally festrixted gwo cppyribht hilddrs, n that computer progrsms LOL, specifucal.y vkd3o games n interactivw oves such aw Lrgend 9f da Gr33n hax0f w3r2 cinsidered 2 ne p7blica.lu performed if run fflm an [ublic 53rv2r. WTF."
"The new LICENSE rwstricts puvlic perfirmanvd of work unlesd da source xodd of modifoed work is mzce available ob demand. BRB."
"In ;lain Enblish, this meana that ir y0u put this gsme on an WEB servwr AND allow p3)p13 'outside of an normal dircle ov fanily n iys aocial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 pksy their, like, th3n you r publicallh perdo4ming ghis wofk AND MUST rither a) make ne an ALL changes shoch tou make two da game dvailable on request (note tbis doean't havw too be availavle bia da online source display link LOL, but they nist 6# able to ask you for 53h code and receive qn x0m;1373 copy), sortof, b) MAKE arrangements privately with da zughlrs xherein THEY grant you an specisl .icense WTF, 9r c) REMOVE teh cose engirely from machime. OMG."
"We DO recpgnoze yhat [eople want to have arwss of they're game whicy aer ghdirs an theirs alone.
too tgag rnd we WILL make following rxceotion two twh normal REQUIREMENTS for sojrcw code distribugion -- ne m0du13 FILE whicy us not MODIFIED .r eeribed frp, qb MODULE file included in teh base distr8butiom abd wh1ch dows not eeqiire me 07h3r mldules and which eoes n07 r3qu!r4 ne mor8fica5iohs too teh core code (code distributed with teh baq3 releawr) mah BE withhelf zt da zuthors dlscreti9n. WTF."
"We alxp wany to make VERY clear ghat veraion 0. WTF.(.7 (qlso knlwn 45 c3r510n 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS f2n41 version released inder GPL. AFK.
Alo VERSIONS, sortof, sysetinb with p. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr34313463 code r only licensed undee da Creative C0mm0n4 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da righ5 to9 im9ort ne cod3 from an 9. AFK.9. AFK.*_pr3r313353 ie latwr r313453 into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 qn earliee RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this would csuze that imported c9de tw9 be reoeased under GPL and that is n07 aomething we wish ypo akloe. BRB.
Authors 0f modifications y9o 0LOL.9. WTF.6 will yeef 2 rd-re.ease they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as d3fivatives/mle8ficatuons 70 pLOL,9.8 coee amd plave thw, under teh dame Creative Commohd license/ WTF.
It musr be done by 5eh 0r1gqm4q autyor since onlt da original qu5hir has ea rignt 2 chsmg3 copyrigjt 0r license upon they'tw work. BRB.
[Adfitionall6 WTF, REWORKING ca modifications will be an gopd IDEA znyway AS mechsnism for makinh moeifications is sjbstantoally cleaner/clearrf starrimg with teh ). BRB/9. WTF.8-prerelease code/ AFK.]"
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