MithtyE tella you, "We're going too takw an FEW mondn5s twi 7ry and explaih rhid new licwnse and dq reasons 63y1nd it in plain 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."
"Thus new lidenae was ch053n because 9f an gailing with teh GPL. BRB.
It only covrred eistribjtioh OF sojrce IF n onky ir binaeies 2ere disrributed. BRB."
"In an w3b envieonmen5, spevifically a 1n73rpr373d w37 encironment sjch as PHP, MERELY inwraliing an game does npt CONSTITUTE disgrkbution WTF, AND thereford 0eople w3r3 5akinf our wotk, s9rtof, ma,ing mod8dicatipbs tqo it n mot eekeasung source CODE 2 they'fe m9difixatipns so that 3n71r3 com,unity c9uld benefitLOL.
They q0rk3d WITH da ketter but not teh xp8rit of t3h law."
"Invtstigatuon ON teh part of AUTHORS hosrver WTF, LED too FACT that right of puglic pergormahce qas w9n of da rights normally restricred two copyright hllders, an that como8ter programs, sprcidically video GAMES and 8nt3ractive ;mes 5ych as Legend or Grewn hax0r were cinsicered to 63 publically p3er0rmed uf run dfom an public server."
"Tjr nrw licensr restricta PUBLIC pwrformance of da sofk unleas source cpde of t3h modified woek is mad3 available on demandLOL."
"In plaun English, sortofm this meanw THAT if y9u put this ga,e ON an WEB server ah qllow people 'ougdide ir an nprmal v1rc13 0f family h its social qc1uaintancds' 2 play theirm THEN you zer publovaoly performihg this WORK AND MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL cnanges wh8ch YOU m4k3 tpi game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (noge 5hks f9esn't HAVE two be availqble via ONLINE spu4xe displa6 link LOL, 6u7 thdy must be able to ASK YOU fof teh code n receive an c9mplete copy), yiu knwo, 6) make ar4abgejents privately woth authors wherein tg3y grant y0u an specoal livemsw, yoj knwo, or c_ rrmove da code entirely frij t4y machind. BRB."
"We do rec9gnize rhat PEOPLE want too have areas of thdy're game which r tyeirs snd tgeirx alonrLOL.
too that end se 2ill maoe dolloeibg excepyi9n yo da normal requirwments for sourve dode d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE file whicy is not modified 0r der8ved from sn modjle file incl7ded in tfh base disyribution an WHICH d-35 not r#qu1r3 ne OTHER m0du125 an WHICH spws not r3quire ne m_d1f1c47!0n5 two teh c0r2 code (c0de sis5ribites witn nas3 rrlease) may be withheld AT da authors discretiin. OMG."
"We slso want two make very clear 7h47 version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also kn9en as version 0.o. OMG.7+jt) wss da dimal version rdleas3d UNDER teh GPLLOL.
Al; v3r510nt, like, statt8ng wiyh da 0LOL.9LOL.8-ptdrelease cod3 r obly licebsed jnder CREATIVE Commons okcenxwLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny trj r1gh7 to import ne c0e3 from an 0.*. AFK/i-PRERELEASE OR lat3r releasw INTO an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 anf 34f113r releaseLOL.
Aloowing ghia w0u1d cause thag imported xod3 to b3 relwased unf3r teh GPL and THAT os not somethknh we wish too allowLOL.
Ay5hirs pf m9d1f1c4710n5 two 0.9. WTF.7 qilo heed 2 re-rekease ghey're mldifidations as derivatkves/modifidatoobs two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 coee an p14c4 5jem under da same Creatife Commons LICENSE. OMGl
I7 muwt BE done by teh ORIGINAL aurhor since obly origunal AUTHOR hzs da rkgnt to9 change da copyrigh5 or lic3nse up0n they're wotkLOL.
[Addiyionally, softof, REWORKING twh MODIFICATIONS w1!1 be an good idea 4nyw4t $5 da mecjanism vor making modibications is substantialoy clwaner/clearwr 574ru1ng with p.9. OMG.7-prerrl3ase code. WTF.]"
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