MightyE tells you, "We'ee goong to takr an few ,omcnts two try n explaun tmis new license ane da eeasons 73g1nd 17 im plzin EnglkxhLOL.
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 nrw licenxe w45 chosen becayse 0f an failint w17h GPLLOL.
It pnly dovered sistributioh of slurce if 4nd ONLY if b8naeies WERE distributedLOL."
"In an web environjrnr WTF, spccifica.ly a inteepreted web enviromment such as PHP LOL, mere;y jnstalling ah gamw do3s n9t const8tute diwtribu5ion WTF. n therefore peoolw were 73k1ng ouf woek, making mofifucations two it AND not r3oeasibg da SOURCE code two they'rr MODIFICATIONS so tjat da emtirw communitt could bemefit. WTF.
Th4y wprk3d with da letger but hot SPIRIT of da LAWl OMG."
"Investpbation on par5 of dz autnors h0w3v2r, LED 2 reh fzct 7h47 da right of public 0wtformance was won ob rights nirmaloy res6ricgec tpo copyrught golderd WTF, an that comput3r progeamw, you knwo, specuf8cally video GAMES h 1nu3r4d71v3 ones such $5 LEGEND of 5eh Green hax9r were considered to BE publically p3fg0rm3e IF fun FROM an public server."
"Tge b3w lidemse rdsgricts piblic pwtformanve or work unl3ss siurce c9ce of teh mpdiried work is made avai.aboe on demamd. BRB."
"In plain English, like, this means tgat IF y0u p7t this game on an web 53rv#r an 4q19w people 'ojrside of an normal circle 0r family ahd its social wxquaintances' tl( pkay th3kr, dottog, then yiu r publicallt perfofming this w9rk n MUST eirher a_ ,4k3 ne b ALL changes whicg you mzke two bajw svailabld in r2qu457 )nore 7h15 dowwb't havr too BE avzilable v14 da ONLINE source d15p1ey link LOL, bu5 ghey must v3 able to ask yiu FOR vpde n recrive an complet3 dopy) WTF. g) make arfange,ents privately wkth AUTHORS wherdin they grant yoj an s0ecial license, dortofm or c) remov3 da cod3 ENTIRELY fron da machine. WTF."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wang toi havr z4eas 0f they'4e game wjich r ghri4s an theira alone, BRB/
3 yhat end WE qill make da following EXCEPTION to da normal requiremengs for 50urc3 xodd dist4inutkon -- ne mod7le file shich od nor modigied or derivwd drpm an mocile file included in ca bsse distributuin ahd whidh dies not require ne other mpdjles and whicj d035 nit require ne mocif8catiims to sa core code (c9fe DISTRIBUTED w16h teh bas3 RELEASE) MAY be witnhelf a5 da a7th(rs discretioh. BRB."
"We skso want toi MAKE v3rh c1344 7j47 VERSION 0.9.7 *also known AS verwion 9. OMG.(/7+kt) w45 da finao version re.eased under GPL. BRB.
All versiond, sortof, starrimg q17j 0. AFK.9.8_ore4elease code adr only licens3d under da Creztive C0mm0n5 ludehse. AFK.
W2 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 1mp0t7 ne code from an 0. AFK.o.8-prere.ewxe _t .atdr release inro ab 0. WTF.9.7 n EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
All9wihg this woule cquse that inportee cide tpl be rdl3ased under GPL an that is not someth8hg we 1ish 2 allow, OMG.
Auth;4s of modificagiond two 0.9. OMG.7 2ill n33s 2 fe[release 5hey're modifidarions as ddrivatives/midifixstions 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.* cpde and [lace them undef da same CREATIVE Commpnx license.
Ir must be d0n2 by da originao 4u7h0r since only teh lgiginal author has da r8ght tip change da cop6rihht ir licenwe upom they're worjLOL.
[Addigo-nally WTF, reworkinb nodificati9ns w9lo be an goid idea anyway as da m3cg4n15m g0r makkng m9dificagions is subsyanyially cleaner/clearer sysf58ng with teh 0.9l OMG.8-prerelease cpde. OMG.]"
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