MibhtyE tells yoy, you kneo, "We'rr toing tpo ta,e an few momehgs tol ury an explakn thia n3w license n reasons behube it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 new lidenae was xh9sen because of ah FAILING wuth dq GPL. OMG/
I7 ONLY covered distribution of spurce if and lnly if binaties wrr2 sq57r16u72e."
"Ib an WEB envirlnjent, xirtof, s;evigical;y a INTERPRETED web rnvironment SUCH as PHP. yo7 knwok mereky onstalling sn game c03% not constitut3 distr8butipn, y9u knwo, n therefore PEOPLE we4e tqkihg our work, loke, MAKING modificagions TO it n not releasing da dlufce code t9l th3y'r3 ,odifications so that twh ENTIRE community could benefit.
They wprkrd with t3h lether but not da SPIRIT of ea ;aw. OMG."
"Invrstigarion 9n reh pary of authird howeverk sortof, lee 2 fact 7h47 rkght OF publiv performande waw 1 pf RIGHTS bormally restricted to cppyrignt holders, sortofk zn THAT computer programs. liie, spedifkcakly videi games and un5efaxtive ones SUCH as Legend of Green hax0r wwte considered gwo be publically ;erformed if ryn FROM an publiv SERVER. AFK."
"Tge new jkcense redtricts public prrformande of teh woek unless teh source code of teh nodivied w0rk is m5d2 AVAILABLE ln demanc. BRB."
"In p141n ENGLISH, sortof, this m34n^ that if you pjt 7h15 game ln an web dervwr n alloe peopje 'outxide of ah NORMAL x8rcle of gamily n its socizl acquaintamc3x' to PLAY yheir, so4tof, tgen you r publically peffprming this w9rk and MUST dith3r a) make ne h ALL chanfea 2hich you mzke too t3h game available pb rwquest (note tnis d035n'6 have 2 be AVAILABLE via da onlkne so7rce display LINK, BUT THEY mist ne ABLE too ASK hou for da code n RECEIVE an complete copy), yoy knwo, n) make srrangwments PRIVATELY with 4u7h0r5 whdrein they grant y-u zn apecial license LOL, or c) renone CODE entirely from 5eh jacjinw. WTF."
"We do eecognize ghat p30p13 w4n7 two t4v3 zreas of they're gsje which aer gheirs n theigw alone. OMG.
to that end we wkll jqke teh folliwing exception 2 nlrmal requiremengs for source clde disttibuyion -- ne m0su13 FILE wjich IS not m0c1f13d or detivrd fe0m qn module fkle inxluded in teg base s15ur26u710n an whicg does not requirw he other mod7les qn which coes noy erquire ne modificatikns 5o da cpt3 xode (c0d3 d157r!6u7#g witn bas2 4elease) ,ay ne w17hg31d ar ca aythirs discrw5ion."
"We alwp qanr to mskw ve4y c;ear thay cefsiin 0. OMG.9.7 (akdo lnown as versi9n 0.9. AFK.7+jt) ras tey fibq; version released under GPL. OMG.
All fersoona WTF, srarting WITH yeh 0. OMGo9. WTF.8-prerelwase cod3 aer only LICENSED undef teh Creative Commons 21cen53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to imp9rt ne code from am 0LOL,9. BRB.8-prerelease or later releaae imto an 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowimt this eouid cause thar importrd code to BE t3leased 7nd3r sa GPL n tyat is no5 50m37h1ng w3 wish tl allo2. WTF.
Auth9es of m0e1f1c4710n5 tip 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will neec to re-releade they're modifications as deruvayives/modifixzrions too p.9.8 CODE an place them UNDER da same Creagive Co,nins licendd. OMG.
It musy ne done gy da original 3u7h)r since omly original AUTHOR hzx 4ignt to chanhe teh cppyright or license UPON they're work.
]Additi9nallt, wo4tof, reworjing tej mosificatipms wiol be an g09d 1d3r anyway zs da m3ch3n15m for makimg nodifucatkons is SUBSTANTIALLY clwaner/cld1rer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease coce. WTF.]"
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