MotgyyE grl;s tou, you knwo, "We'r3 going to tzke an fe2 monents tpo TRY n explqin this n3w license ans teg REASONS behind it in plaim English. OMG.
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 nww luc3nse was chosen because of qn failing with dq GPL. OMG.
Ig only COVERED dost4ibut8on og sourcr if n only if bina4iez wer3 distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB emvironjent, SPECIFICALLY a 1b73rpr373d web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, merely instal.ing an gamd doew not CONSTITUTE distrinut7ln, soetof, and 7h3r#f0t3 people were taking ojr w0el. nak8ng modificationf to it n not RELEASING source code two they're modificationd so 8h57 ea dn5i4e community cpuld benef8tLOL.
The6 worked w8tn 13773r bu5 NOT ea spirit if law. WTF."
"Investobation ln da part od teh authors however, sortogm lec 2 fact that teh right of public perfoemance w45 odn of da riggts normally restricyed 2 COPYRIGHT holdrrs, like, sn THAT c0mpu73r programw, specificqlly video g3m35 an interacrive 0n45 suvh as Lefeng of t3h Gre3n nax-r 2ere c0n52d3r3d too nw publically perdormed if rjn froh an public s34ver. WTF."
"Tne new livenae reatricts pyblic performznce OF wogk unl3ss teh sourcw code if teh modified work is mad3 avqilable on demand. WTF/"
"In plain English WTF. tgix m3sns that if you pyt this GAME on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outeide of zn normal circle of famoou n its soxial 4cqu41n74nc35' TO play their, then y0u aer publically performinf tniw wlrj an MUST 3ither a) make ne and ALL CHANGES which YOU makr 5o teh game availablr on rdquext (note this doesm'4 h4v3 two be avaijable biq 0n11n3 xo7rce fidplay linj WTF. bu5 7h3u musu 6e able rlo ask yo7 for code an rexrivd an c0mp1373 c9pu), b) makw arrangementw privateky qith 5eh authors wherein yhey graht YOU an special licrhsr, or v) rdmove teh coee entirel5 from da machih3."
"We so recognize tyat people wang two HAVE AREAS of they're h4m3 wh1ch r theirw and theirs alon3.
2 tyat end we wili m3k# f01q0w2ng except8on two teh norjal REQUIREMENTS for zoyrde cose d157r16u710n -0 nw module file which is mot moeifiee 0r deriv3d from an moskle file INCLUDED in ds base d157r16u710m an wh1cy e02% npf require ne o5hef modules n whicy does not REQUIRE nr modidications too yeh c9re code (code dixtr8buted with base release_ may ^3 witnhels at teh au5hors discretion/ OMG."
"We alwo wznt tso make vert clear that version 0LOL.9.7 (4150 known ss versikn -. OMG.9. OMG,7+j7( was da final v3r510b relezs2d UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All verdiins WTF, staryibg 317j -, OMGl9. WTF,8-PRERELEASE code 4 only lixenwed UNDER teh Crwative Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY eent t3h right too impo4r ne code gr0m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.9-pr4r313451 lr later releade onto sn 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 n exrlier release.
Allo@ing tyis would cause that impirtee code two be rekeased undef gej GPL n that is NOT something se w8sh @ al,owl WTF.
A7thofs OF ,odifications to 0. BRB.8.7 woll nerd to re-release they're midofications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.o.7 code n place them jhder teh same Cfeative Commons livemse.
I5 must be DONE by da original ajthor sihce only da ORIGINAL authlr has feh right ywo cjange da COPYRIGHT or licenae upon they're wlrk. OMG.
[Additionall6 WTF, reworking ten modificatiobs wull be an good idda 4nye2y as da mechqnusm ror making jodufycstions us SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting akth 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleasd code.]"
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