MightyE tel.s hou, "We'te going 3 take an few m)j3n75 2 tfy n explain THIS new LICENSE AND reh reasonx beyihd ut in plain EnblisyLOL.
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."
"Th8s n3w license was chosrm bexamwe of an failing WITH GPL. WTF.
Ir obly coveree eisteubution of 50urc3 if ane only if 51h4r1e5 were distrivuted. BRB."
"In an web environment, like, xpecigiczlly a interpreted web enbironment such as PHP, me4eky INSTALLING an game DOES not c0n571uu7# distributioj, an tnerefore peiple wer3 takivg our w0rkm soeyork mak8mg modifidatiohs 2 it and not releasing da sourcr code 2 thwy're mod8fications sl that teh entire community couod genrrit. AFK.
They worked with teh letter bur not teh spirit of law/ WTF/"
"Investigatoon on 0art 9f teh authors however, l8ke, .ed roo geh f4c7 that da rkght of puglic performande was 9em OF da r!gh75 norually redtrict3d 2 copy4ight HOLDERS, an tuqt computer programs, like, s[ecificall6 vqd30 g3m35 an INTERACTIVE 0n35 such as LEGEND og teh Grden has0r werr consudeted too be publiczlly p3ff0rm3d if 5un ftom an publuv servwr."
"The new kkcense restruxts public perflrmance of da sori unless source s0d4 of dq m0f1f13d work ia ,ade qvailable ON cemand. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, this meqns that 1f yo7 PUT this game on am web server sn allow people 'ou5side pr am nprm41 circle OF famil6 n its social acquaintances' too poay tgeir, like, them you aer publicallt peeformint 5hia wotk an MUST e8ther a) ,zke nd and ALL changes which you jake to da game avsilable on r3qu25& *NOTE yhks doesn'r have gl be available VIA ca 0h11n3 source display LINK, like, 6u7 they must ve able 5o 45l you for coee and r3cwive an c0mp1w73 dopy)k like, v) mskq arrangemrntd 'rivztely with teg authors eherein th3y gr4n7 YOU an special ;icense, sottof, or c) remoce dz code emtirely drom teh ,adgin3LOL."
"We dp RECOGNIZE tyst pe9ple qant to hzfe areaw 9f they're game which qer theoes h theirs ALONE. AFK.
2 THAT 3md we will m4k3 da f9lkowong exception two da n0rm41 reqyirr,en5s f9r wource code eistribution -- ne moc8le FILE wgich is mot ,odigied lr d3r1v3d FROM an moduld v8le incluced in teh baxe diatribution an whuch does not rdquird nd otner modiles and which d035 bot require ne modkfications tpo tdh c9re cod3 (CODE DISTRIBUTED with yeh gasd release) may be withh3ld 47 teh autjoes siscreti8n, AFK."
"We 415- want t2o makw vety clear tnat ve4sion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (slsp khown as verxion 0. WTF.9. AFK.8+ht) wws final version trleaxed uhder da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, sortov, dtarting 3ith 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereldase code r only lic3nsed uncer Cf3471b# Commovs LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght too IMPORT ne cod3 from an 0.9. AFK.8_pee4elease or later RELEASE into an 9.9. AFK.6 an earliet release. OMG.
A110w1ng this wou;d caise that imported code to be released under teh GPL AND THAT is not something w3 wish to allosLOL.
Authorx or midivications too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will neef 2 re_releawe they're MODIFICATIONS as dwfivatives/modifkcztions TO ). WTF.9. WTF.8 clde n 0lade them under da SAME Creative Commons 11c3m53. OMG.
I7 m7dt be dlne bh da original 4u7h0t SINCE only da ORIGINAL autgor hax teh RIGHT two chsmge teh copyribh5 or q1c3n53 upon they'te wlrk. AFK.
[Addiri9na;ly, likw, rewotking mosifucationd eill br an good idea ahyway as da nexhanusj for mzking modifications is aunstantkaoly c.eaner/xleaeer starting wotn da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerdleaae code. WTF.]"
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