MoghyyE 73115 you, you knwo, "We'fw hoinh 2 take an few MOMENTS 2 try n 3xplaim thiw NEW kicemse ahd teasons behind ot in plain Eng115h.
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."
"Tnis bdw license was choseh because ov zn failing w17h ten GPLLOL.
It inky covefed distfibjtion of sojrce 1f n only if binaries were disgrubutes."
"In an web environmrnt WTF, spevifically a interprwted wwb environ,ent SUCH as PHP, merely insta/linf an GAME dlws noy CONSTITUTE dostribution WTFm n therefore [eople w4e# 7$i1ng our wo4k, sortlf, mskinf mocif8dations too it n h07 RELEASING da source cose 2 5hey'fe m0d1r1c4710nt 50 tgat teh entkre community vould bwnefit. OMG.
They workef witg teh letter but hot da apir8t of lawLOL."
"Investigation on tey part of teh quth9rs HOWEVER, you jnwo, LED too fact that eight of public perfotmance wzs won of teh riggts normall5 RESTRICTED 2 cppyrhtht holders, sortof, b that compyger programs, tou ,nwo, d;wvifically video games qbd interavtive omes sjch as Legend of twh Greeh hax0r eeee consid3red to ve puvlically performed if RUN fr0m an pubkuc server. BRB."
"The new licdnse 4estricts pu721c pefrormance od da w9rk unless sa source code of ea mod8fies sprk ow mace svailab;e on demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means THAT id you put hgis GAME ON an web s3rder and allow people [ourside of an normak circlr of famil6 an ots socizl acq7aintancrs[ to play their LOLk eheh y0u r pjblicalky perfoeming 7h15 wirk and MUST either a) make nr an ALL changew wh1ch you make too game availavle on r3qi357 (note th8s DOESN'T tave 2 bw avaikable via da ONLINE source DISPLAY 11hk LOL, BUT THEY must be abls to ask you for da codd n receuve an com[lete cop6), sortof, 6) ,ake arrangenwnts privately with da authots wherein they g44n7 u0u an sprcial license WTF, or c) remove CODE ebtirely fr0m sa maznineLOL."
"We do recognize rhat PEOPLE want to HAVE AREAS ov tgey're GAME WHICH r tge8rs an thekrs aloneLOL.
to tyat emd we w111 makw da following excwprion too da NORMAL reqyirements for wource code sistribut8ln -p ne modulr file qnoch is not moskdied 9r d3r1v3d from an jpdule vkle imcludec in teh base distribution and WHICH does not require ne otheg modules an which does not requirs ne modificatoons 2 tdh CORE code *code DISTRIBUTED with teg basw felease) may BE withheld 47 da quyhors discretionLOL."
"Wd also want t2o make VERY clwar that VERSION p.oLOL.7 (also kb)wn aw VERSION 0. WTF.9.7=jt) was ginal verskon re;eased und3r da GPL. OMG,
All cetwiona, STARTING sith da p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleade cid3 aer only l8censed uhder Crw4u1v3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa 41th7 yuo i,port ne code feim an 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease or latdr release onto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.& AND eqrlier RELEASELOL.
All9wing this would CAUSE that imported c0d3 to be released ind3r GPL j thay iw not somrtj8ng we wish 2 al.iw. BRB.
Authofs OF modoficarions tl ). AFK.9LOL.7 will nwrd two re-releaae tgdy'rw modifications AS dericatibes/modufivztions too 0. AFKl9. AFK.8 d9d3 n place thrm jnser 54m3 Crestive Comm9ns licenwem
I5 must be fone by 3a ORIGINAL author aince only trh iriginal aithor y45 da 4ught two change c[pyriggt or license uppn they'fe work.
[Additionally LOL, rewlriiny teh MODIFICATIONS will be an glod ieea anyway as da mecnznus, fo4 makont nodificztions is s6bstahgial.y cleaner/clearer starting witg teh 0. AFK.9. WTF,8_PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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