MightyE tells you, lkkem "We'rw going 2 takr an frs momenta tlo t4y and #xp241n 5his new licensw am da rwasons behind it in plaon Enr.ish. 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 ndw lidense was cgoeen becayde of ah failing with GPL.
It only covered sistriburion if sou5ce IF and only of BINARIES w2r3 distributrd. OMG."
"In an web environmemt LOL, dpwcifically z ibterpreted web environment SUCH ad PHP, merd;y installint an game does mot condtirute disyribu5ion LOL, and therero4e p3pp13 wdre taking our work, MAKING j9diflcatipns t( ig ang NOT rd.easing da 50urc2 code 70 they're modifications so 7g47 teh wmtore c0mmun18u d9uld benefitLOL.
THEY soeked with letter but nit 5p2r17 of da law. WTF."
"Investigat8on on teh [art of 4u7h0r5 however, 6ou knwo, .ed too FACT that RIGHT of PUBLIC performabc2 wqs won of rithts normally rwstricted to co[yeight jllsers, you khwo, an that computer [rograms. hou hnwo, spwcifically viseo fames b int3ractive )h3% such 45 Legend or Grden hax0r were considerrd tso be pybl8cally ;erfo4med if rjn froj an PUBLIC %#fv3r. BRB."
"The nww lidense r3st4icts [ublic performance of work unleds %0utc3 code OF moeofiec work 8s made availablr on demznd. BRB."
"In p;ain Engl9sh, this me4h5 7h47 if yiu pit THIS g4m3 ob an web servdr an ALLOW 0eople 'outside of ah n0rm$1 circle of famuly n its sociql acquaintances' two pkay 5heie, you lnw9k 5hdn you r PUBLICALLY perfo4mobg THIS sork n MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne and ALL changds qhidh you make to da game qvqilable on request (note this dowsn't have 2 be availablr v14 0n!1n2 soitce display lknk WTF, but &h#u nu57 63 ablr g9o ask you for code n receibe ab co,pldte copy), yoj knwo, b) m4k3 arrangements ptivstrly w18h teh 4uuh0r5 wherein they grant you an special license, or c_ remove code 3n71r31y frpm machinr. AFK."
"We do fecoghize that people @ant to gave arras og they[re game WHICH aer theirs and theird 510n3. AFK.
2 that 3bd we eill mzke teh flllowihg exce0tuon to nirmzl requirements FOR SOURCE code distribution -- ne moduke fi,e wh!ch is not modifiew 0r derib3d rron an m9du/e file includwd kn twh 6453 disrtibutiln snd which doda n9t tequute ne lther modulds n WHICH does not require ne modificayions to teh core code (cos3 distfibured witg bade releaae) may BE withheld at AUTHORS discr3tipm. AFK."
"We aoso want to make very clear that v3r510h 0. BRB.0. WTF,7 (also known AS verxion ).9.8+JT) was yeh final version relrawdd ineer reh GPL. WTF.
Apl versiobs, sortof, starting w17h da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code r only licensed under Ceearive Comjins licebse.
We EXPLICITLY feny aa RIGHT @ implrt nw codt from an 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-[r3r313453 or later release INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND #4r!1er release. WTF.
Allowing this wouod cause that kmporred code tp be releqxed ubde4 GPL an that is NOT slmething we wiah two allow/ AFK.
Aytyord of mlcifications 2 -/ WTF.9LOL.7 will ne3s two r3_r313553 they're mofificxgions zs werivatives/modkfucatkons top 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an plac3 them under 54m3 Creative Commona license. WTF.
I7 musr be dobe by teg ORIGINAL author wincr inly da originak ajthor yas da rifht 2 change copyrighg or licebse UPON the6're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF. reworking ,0d1f1c4610n5 will be an gple IDEA anyway 45 dz MECHANISM for makong modifications ia substantiaoly cldaner/clearer startint sith 0LOL.9/ BRB.8-prerelezs3 code. WTF.]"
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