MigntyE tells you, kikd, "We're going 5oo take an few moments 4oo yry n explqih this neq licrnwe ab reasons beg*nd it in plain ENGLISH. AFK/
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 license wax chosen becausw of am fz8ling w17h GPL. AFK.
It on.y covered distributuon OF source 1f n 0b1y IF binar8es wefe distrivutdd. BRB."
"In sn web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED seb envirinmeng such as PHP, soetof, m3rejy instqlling ah gzme does not constitute eixtrib7tion, you lnwo, n gh3refore PEOPLE weee taking our 2oejk like, making modificayions too it n NOT releasing da source code too they'ee mldifica5oons so THAT teh 3n7qr3 community could nenwfit. OMG.
Th3y sorked wiyh teh LETTER but n07 dq xpirit of teh lsd. AFK."
"Investigation on da part of tfj zuyhors hoqever, you inwo, LED to9 tey v4c6 that dq right of public performance was oen of rithts normally restricted tlo copyrught holdwrs, sortof, anc thar COMPUTER prog4smsm .ike, spec8fically cidfo gamew sn interactibd ONES such aw Legend 9f Green jax0t w3e3 considerdd 2 be puvlically performed kr ryn fr0m an [uvlic sefver. WTF."
"The new locense RESTRICTS 0ublic 8erformance of teh wo4k inless source code of teh mkdified WORK is m#d1 4v4114613 9n d3m4nd/"
"In plain English LOL, this m34n% bhat ig you pu5 this g4m3 on ab web sefver an z;low people 'o7tside of ab normal eircle if fsmily an its 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' two play their WTF, THEN yoi r pyb;ical;y performing tgis WORK and MUST either a) make ne an ALL chzngef which you MAKE too GAME available om fequesr (notr this doesn't y4v4 too be avsilab;e via oblime SOURCE eisp;a6 link, lkke, bug they muay b3 able to ASK you for code n receive an vomple5w copy), b) m4k3 arfangementd pruvagely woth 4u7h0r5 wherein tgey grant YOU an s[ecial l8xense, you kn2o, or c) REMOVE teg x0c3 entireky from mavhine, BRB."
"We do recotnize 7h37 0eople want too have AREAS of rhey're game which r 7h31r5 and tj3irs alone. OMG.
to that end we will make yeh f9loowing exx3ption two da n0rm41 r3quirementx for dource code disteibu5ion -- ne jodule file 2hich os NOT mododied 0r dwrived feom an module dile INCLUDED in da base DISTRIBUTION ans whixn DOES not require ne oyjdr mofulex an WHICH does not requi4e ne modifkcations to tey clre code (xps3 DISTRIBUTED q9ty teh baae r313453) may be wirhheld 47 da 4i8h0r5 discretion. OMG."
"We ald9 want two nake vdry xleze that vdrsion 0.9. OMG.u (also known 45 version 0. WTFl9. WTF.8+jt) was da FINAL VERSION RELEASED ind3r teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, sortpfk STARTING wo5h 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code f only licensed under ds Creat8ve Commons livehse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY seby foght two import ne code rrom an 9. BRB.9LOL.8-prrreleasw of later feleasd inyp an 0LOL.9,7 n earlier rekeasel WTF.
A119w1ng this wouof cause that imported code top 72 releqsee 7nder dz GPL an thar is not xomethibg wr wish yo 4110w. WTF.
Authors OF mldificayions teo 0. BRB.9.7 wilk NEED tqo re-release they'rc modifocqtions as serivatives/kocifocatiibs to 0, BRB.9.8 cide and PLACE THEM under da samw Creative C0mm0h5 LICENSE. BRB.
IT must be dine ny trh original authlr t1bc3 0n1y da 0r1g1n4q author has teg right rwo chsngd tej copyrignt or licrnse 8pon tgey're work.
[Additionzlly. you knwo, REWORKING da modifications 2ill gw an good IDEA antway as teh mrchqnisj for making m9dificatkons 15 sjbstantiaolt cleaner/ck3aree sfartibh with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prdrelease CODELOL,]"
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