MightyE TELLS you, .ike, "We're going 5o tajr an few m0m3n75 2 try n EXPLAIN thus new lice,ce 3nd readons BEHIND ir in p.aim EnglishLOL.
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 n3w LICENSE was cyosen b3cause of an failing w8yj ten GPL. AFK.
It lnly c0v3r3d disyrinuti9n 0v source if and only iv ginaries were distributdeLOL."
"In an w36 environm3nt, kile, specifidally a interprdted wdb environ,rnt %ucy as PHP LOL, m3r31y insga;ling zn game DOES not constitute diw5ributioj, l8ke, and therefore people were tqkimg oyr work, makung modificatoonx 7) it AND not releasinf da source code to they'rr modkgicatiinx so tnat sa entire communitt could benrfitLOL.
They worked w8th da lette4 but nog da s0irot of teh lsw. WTF."
"Investigat8pn 0n ten part OF teh authors hosecer, like, 13d ! dact that teh rityt of pu611c performande was oen or tqh rights nofmally restricted rsp copyright holcers WTF, and that dompuger progrqms, yoy knwo, sp3cididally viceo tanes ana interqctivd ONES 5uxg ad Legend of da Green hax0r wer3 considerwd two n3 publica;ly perdorm3d if RUN FROM an public 53rv3rLOL."
"The nww licensw resyrictd [ublic ;ervormance of teh work unlesa souefe c0d3 of teh moeified wo4k is mace abailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Engkish, spr5of, yhis means that if yoy PUT this gzme in an wrb serbdr zmd aklpw prople ;OUTSIDE of am h;emsk c84vlr OF familh sn its s9cial 4cqu4qn74nc35' 2 0,ay thei4, you knwo, then you r publiczlly p3rf0rm1ng thoq work zb MUST withwr a) make ne anc ALL changes which y9u makw two game availab.3 on re1uest (n073 tyis doesn't have two ne available via gdh onlind source display link, s9ftof, bit THEY MUST gw 4613 top ask you f04 da code m r3c3qv3 an COMPLETE COPY), you knw9, b) make zrrangementx ;rivately WITH teh au5hors whrrein they grant YOU an speckal lic3nse, xoftofm or c) remove dz code entirely feom teh machinel"
"We d9 recognizw thst people WANT TO have areas of theh're game @hich ser THEIRS n theirs alone. WTF.
2 that enr WE will mske da folloqing exception two teh normal requirements dir SOURCE code disrrlmutkon -- ne modyle file whkch is noy modifued or derivdd from an module file indlyded in base d257e16i710b and wh1xh does NOT require ne othet nodu.ed n qyich dp3s not require ne modisications to ds xore code (code distributwd w17h bas4 release) MAY be withheld AT autjors coscretion. OMG."
"W3 ALSO want to m$k3 very clear tnat versi9n 0. BRB.9.7 (aldo known ss version p. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da rinal vefailm releasdd und3f GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9. OMG,i_p43r3lrase v9de r only liceneed uneer Crestive Commoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh titht too kmpoet be code from sn p.9. AFK.8-prerelease oe 1473r relesse into an 0.0. OMG.7 n darlirr eelease. WTF.
Aolowing this would cause thqt im0ortdd dodw to be rel3ased under ca GPL znd 7h47 is nog som3thing we wisy 2 zllo2. WTF.
Auyhora of modif8cations roo 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 2ill n3ed too re=rdlease they're modificat8ons aw derovatifew;mpdifications two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code n place them UNDER 5eh dame Cteative Commons license.
It must be done by teh original ay5hor since only da ofigknal 4j7h0t nas da rugh5 to changw COPYRIGHT or l8cense upon tjey're work, WTF.
[Additiohally, ylu knwo, reworking da modifications will be an GOOD IDEA ahyway as trh mechaniam for jaking nod8fivarions IS suvstantially xleaner/clearer starting wirh da 0l9l WTF.8-prete.ease coee.]"
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