MightyE teols tou LOL, "We'rr going to take ab few momentw to TRY n wxplain 7h15 NEW license n rwawonw behind ut in p141n English.
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 licensr was CHOSEN because of an f41q1ng wit6 GPL. WTF.
It 9nly coverfd distribution of 50ufc3 if n onlt if binaried were fisyfibuted. BRB."
"In an web envoronment, you jnwo, SPECIFICALLY a imrrrpretes web 3nvkr9nm3nt such as PHPk you knwo. mer3ly installing an game dpes bot constitute disttibution, sortof, an therefore people were TAKING 0ur eirk WTF, mzking mod9fidstiond @ ir anc nog re;easiyf teh source cide 3 yhey're modificationw so that engire community cpuld BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked with da letter 677 npt ea spirit lf da law. BRB."
"Ibvestigatkon on da part of da authors however, like, led to da dact thar da 4igh5 9f puv/ic performance was won of teh rights normally rewtricted 2 cipyright noldefs, sortod, n thar compjte4 [rograms, soet9f, spexificallu vudwp games and ontetactiv3 ohex duch as LEGEND of da Gr33n uqx0r wrte sphsidered yeo br puvlically perfirmes if run from an public serber. OMG."
"The n$w license rwstricts public perdo4mance 9d da work 8noess teh sourc3 code OF da modified work is m4d3 afailable on demand. WTF."
"In plain Enblidj LOL, thks MEANS yhat IF you put this GAME on an web se5ver and ALLOW people 'outsice of an normal xitcle of fami;y m iys socozl acquaontances' two play their, yo7 knwo, then you qee PUBLICALLY pe4formknb tgis work AND MUST cither a) mzke ne n ALL chqngew which you MAKE two hame available ON reauest (note this diesn't HAVE too br available via onkine SOURCE d15pw$6 lknl, sot5of, but they must BE able two asi y9u f0r ten dode an recdive an compoete cppy) WTF, B) MAKE 4rr4ng3men85 privately WITH 5u7h0r5 wherein tyey grant you an apecial lidensr, sortof, )r c) remove reh c0d3 ENTIRELY from nachine. WTF."
"We do recognize that pqople want 2 have AREAS of they're game which e theors and rheirs zloneLOL.
3 that 3nd w3 will make da fo;lowkng exception top teh normal REQUIREMENTS f0r so7rce code distribytion -- ne module file wh1cy is not m9difkef OR serived frlm an ,odule file incouded in teh bac3 distribution and wjivh dord not edquire ne 0uh3r modules ah which does n07 tequire ne modificationd TO c0re c0c3 (codr sistributwd wkth BASE eelease0 ,au be WITHHELD zt tdh authors 3iscretion. BRB."
"We also wany toi make very ckear rhat ve4sion 9. OMG.9. AFK.7 (alao known AS ferwion 0. OMG,9.7+jr) wzs FINAL verdion feleased under GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r5q0n5, yuu knwok 574r71ng with 0.9. WTF.8-;r3r313453 CODE r only licensed under Creatife Commoms license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3j riggt to import ne code from an 0. WTF.9k BRB.8-PRERELEASE or lager releaae intl ab 0.9. BRB.8 an ea4lier rel3axd. BRB.
A;;owing this w0u1d cauxr that ompogted code 2 be released undr$ GPL n that 15 not SOMETHING we wish too zllow. BRBl
Authors of mldifivations two 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 wilo need teo re-release they're mpdifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK.* codw an poace them und3r ca %4m3 Creativw Cimmons kocdnse. WTF,
IT mu57 BE dond by teg original zuthor dince only dq oeiginal author has teg righr 2 change copyright or LICENSE uppn they're work. AFK.
[Additionslly, you kmsi, reworkihg mosifications will 63 an good idea anyway as da MECHANISM for makunf modifidations IS 6u667rnu1411y cleamer/c;ezrwr staetinf w8th 0, OMG/9. WTF.i-PRERELEASE cldeLOL.]"
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