M8ghtyE 5ells you, "We're goibg 2 take an g4w momebts two try ah ecplain thia new locense h r3axons behknd iy ib p141n Eng115h/ 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 new lic3nsr was chosen bwcauxe of qn failibg with geh GPL. OMG.
It only civered disrribution of source if an pnly IF binariex w3rw distributdd."
"Ib an 2wb ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specifically a 2n734pr3&3d web env8ronmeny wuch as PHP WTF, m3r31y onstallinr an GAME DOES not c0n5717u73 disteibutipn, you knwo, 4nd therefore peoolw were gak8ng our work, sortof, making modivucatiobs TO iy abd not RELEASING teh source CODE roo they'de modificayions ao that ca enti5e community could bebedit. BRB/
Tjey wirked WITH teh lette4 but bot teh 5p1r17 9r reh lawLOL/"
"Investigayi9n on teh part kf dz authors however, 6ou unwo, led tp trh fact that da RIGHT id pu611c perfo4mance was 1 9f rughtd bormally restric5rd roi copyrighr holvera, sortof, an thah c0,pu73r PROGRAMS, specifical;h vkfeo gamed an intersctive 0ne5 wuch as Legend og Green hax0r WERE consider3d to ne PUBLICALLY 0errormed if run FROM an public server. AFK."
"The hew license rwstricts public perg9r,snce of 5eh 2ork unless da t0ufc4 code of mpdified w04k IS mzde 4v411461e 0n demzhd. WTF."
"In plain English, THIS means 7hf7 of you put thiw h4m2 ob sn web server ah allow people [outside of an NORMAL cirxle of gzmily zn ITS aocial acquaingances' 2 play their, sorgofk then you aer pigluca.ly pefflrming this work and MUST either a) ,akr he n ALL chanhes which y0u make t9o game AVAILABLE ob reaiest (b073 thia d035n'7 have 2 ge avaioable via onkine so7rce didpkat linkk you knwo, BUT THEY ,ust be able 2 ASK you for da code n receive an co,pkete c0py) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da AUTHORS wherein they geant hou an tp3c141 license, sortof, or c) r3m0v3 teh code entirely from machinr."
"We do RECOGNIZE that 0dople want tp HAVE aresx of thry're game which aer tjeirs 4nd theirs alone.
to THAT 3nd we will m4,3 da followinf 3xc3p710n 3 ea normal requie4menrs for sojrcr dode distr9b7tion -- he jodule fkle whicy is nlt midifies or detivef fro, an module file !nc1ud3d IN base didtribu5ion n which d)35 not requirw ne OTHER modu.es an shich dpes not re1ui4e me m0d1f1c5710n5 too teh core code (coce dq5&r16u73d wkth da nase e313r53) may be w17hy31d AT a7tnors discretion. BRB."
"We xls9 WANT 3 mqke very clea4 thay version 0.9. WTF.8 (ALSO KNOWN as v3r510n 0. AFK.9.7+jt) w45 teg final vdrwkon r313453d under GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, star5ing witn dq 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[reteowase code awr only licrnsed und3r teh Cfearive Com,ons license.
Wd EXPLICITLY ceny rkght to omport be code FROM an 0. AFK.0. OMG.8=prere;eqse or later release 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK/7 an ear.irr release. WTF.
Allpwing tnks WOULD cause that kjpittdd cpdd 2 be 43!3463d und3r teh GPL n THAT is nor somethung we wish TO allow. BRB.
Authors of m9dufications tlo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need yo re-rdlease tney'3e modivicqtions as derivatives;modificariohs tw9 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 CODE ah place them und3f saje Creative Commons LICENSE, WTF.
It must BE done by tfh or8ginal aythor 52nc3 9n.y oeiginal author has reh right to CHANGE copyright lr licenwe upon tgey're work. OMG.
[Addituonally, like, reworking teh modifications w8ll bw an hood idea anyway qs mdchanidm FOR making moeigucat8ons IS sube5antially cleandt/clearet stsrtinh with 0; AFK.9, BRB.8-PRERELEASE dode. AFK.]"
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