MibhtyE tells 6ou, ypu lnwo, "We're goinb t2o 5ake an fes mlmengs tw9 tey qnd explain thps new licensr n teh reasons behinc it in p!41n ENGLISH, BRB.
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 mew o8cense WAS chosen bexause lf an failing WITH GPL. BRB.
It omly covered distributioh of sljrce 1f and onlu if binaries were disttibuted. WTF."
"In an web ebvi4pnment, s9et9f. SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr3u3d web wjvirohment such AS PHP LOL, merely 1n574111hg an tame does not constitute diatribugion, AND therefore peiple were taking pur work, you knwo, naking modificatilna to ot an np5 r3leasing da so7rce code to tney'fe modirications so rhay ebgire communitu COULD behrfit. BRB.
They wo4ked wi5h fa 13u73t but not da spirit if sa 14wLOL."
"Incestigatioj on da iart of teh a8rhprs however, si4tof, LED two da fact &h47 da righy of public performance wad won of rights normaloy restricued 3 copyright holdees WTF, and that COMPUTER prlg4ams WTFm apeckrically v8seo ganea and INTERACTIVE ones such 44 Legend of 5eh GREEN hax0r WERE c9nsidered 2 be publicallu perfirmee if run from an p7blic server. BRB."
"The v3w licenwe restricts public p3rf9rm4nd3 of teh work UNLESS da so7rce c0d3 9g modified wovk is made qbailable 9n demand. OMG."
"In plain Engoixh WTF, th.s m3ans that if h9u put thid g3m3 on an web 53rv3r m allow p3ople 'outside lf an normal c1rc13 of family an its SOCIAL avq7x8ntances' teo play their, li,3, tjeh you r publically performimg 7y14 work n MUST ekrh3r a) make ne n ALL chqngew wh8ch y0u MAKE two game avaolab.e ON rdauest (NOTE this do3sn't j4v3 TO be 4v4114613 v14 online source display lihkk lik3, but yh3y must ne 4613 too ask uou for ca code and eeveove an complete copy)k sortlf, B) m5l3 a4rangements [rivat3oy with ajthprs eherein they hrant you an spevual lic3nse, likem or c) remove ca code ENTIRELY grom da mavhine."
"We do recognoze that pwople eant to nzve areas of they're game wjicb r theirs and gheirs a;one. WTF.
to that end w2 WILL nake teh fo;lowing exceptiln tl ds norjal fequiremenyx flr SOURCE code d157r!6u710n -- ne module file which is not MODIFIED )r derkved feom an modulr dile included in da base DISTRIBUTION an which dors no5 require ne othee modules qnd which foex not require ne mosuvications two tdh CORE code (code sistributec with teh base $wleawe) may 63 wu5jyeld at da AUTHORS discretionLOL,"
"We als9 wabt 5wo make very clra4 thar VERSION ).9.7 (also kn03n 45 fersion 0. BRB.9LOL.7=jt) was teh final versuln feleasef undre teh GPL. BRB.
All v3rsions WTF, starging qitj teh 0. OMG.9.9-prereldase coee r 0n1y licebsed undwr da Creative Co,mons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d4ny teh rifht toi impoet ne code from an 0. WTF.9.i-PRERELEASE OR oayee relesse ingo an 0LOL.9, WTF.7 b earkier RELEASE/
ALLOWING this wou/d caysr that impprtws code two ve released under teh GPL zn that is n07 SOMETHING we wish too allow.
Auuhpr5 of modificatipns too 0. BRB,9. OMG.7 wiol NEED TO r3[r313r53 tney're modificatuons ss defivatives/modifica5ions 2 0.9. WTF.8 x)d3 ah olace them ubfrr dz same C4eztive Comjonx licdnse. WTF.
It must be d0n3 BY teh ofibinal autho4 since only reh origonal author has ca t8ght TO change teh copyrirjt or .uvense jp9m they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, likem reworking mofificatkons wilk be an GOOD isea anyway as teh MECHANISM for making modkfications ia substanriqlly CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH da ). AFK.o. WTF.8[prerelease codeLOL.]"
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