MkghtyE tells you, "We're going goo 84k1 an few moments 70 tgy n explqin this new LICENSE an rezsons behind 17 in plain Eng115h. AFK/
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 kicense WAS chosen becaux3 pf ab failing witj GPL.
It onlu coveref disgribution of source if and onky ir binarkes wfre siatrkvyted. OMG."
"Im an we5 environnent, like, specificsllt a interprered weg envirobment such ad PHP, like, meeeoy insyallong an game does bot constiture d8dtrubutiih, you inwo, n THEREFORE prople wwte taking our q-rj, hou knwo, makkng modificationx too ig an not 4eleasinb teh s9urde CODE to 5jey'te ,odifkcatiobs SO yhat ENTIRE commun8ty coyld benefit.
Theh w8rked with teh lett3r 6y7 n07 spirit of tdh LAW. OMG."
"Invwstigation 9n ;art of teh authors hpwever. sortif, LED twl teh fact rhag teh right ov punlic PERFORMANCE WAS son of teh r1gh75 notmally resrricted 2 copyright holderd, like, an that compiter )robrams, wprtof, specifically video g4h35 and onterzctivd ones such 45 Legend OF tem Ge33n hax8r were considered too ne PUBLICALLY pdrformwd if tun FROM an PUBLIC xerverLOL."
"The NEW license res5ricts public oetformance of teh WORK unlwxs soufce vode 0f m0d1f13d work id mzde afailable on d3mand."
"In plain Englishm sofrof. thid mdans that if you pjt tjis game on an seb server and al.ow 0eople 'outside og ag nirmal CIRCLE of ramily v ots social ACQUAINTANCES' to 0lay their, sortor, theh 6ou aef publically [3rfoeming THIS work n MUST EITHER a) m1ke ne an ALL vhanges whicy YOU MAKE two da game available )n REQUEST (note THIS s9esn't have to be avaklable VIA teh online source dosplay link, sor5of. njt THEY must be ab.e tp ask y0u for cod3 an recrive am complege copy), b) m4k3 arrangements privately WITH twh 4u7h0r5 wh3r31n they gr4n7 yiu an xpevial lidense LOL, or C) remove da code 3ntirely from teh m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do r3cognize that people qant yo HAVE zreaw OF ryey're game wh1dh aer THEIRS an tyeirs akone. BRB.
2 yhag END we will make da folloqong exce;tion tlo normal rea7iremdnts fot soirce code fixtribution -- ne module file 2h1dy is not m0d1fq3d or derived grom an modulr file inclucec in tdh BASE distributilm n whick soes not requ9re ne 08h3r m9du135 an WHICH goes not requiee ne modificztions 2 core code (code dosttiguted WITH 64t3 release) MAY be WITHHELD ar 4u7h0r% discrwtionLOL."
"We r150 want t9o maje ve4y coezr that VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (qlso knoqm AS version 0. WTF.9. WTF.6+j5) was yeh final version releas#d under teh GPL.
All versions, sortof, 1tarrimg w17h da ).9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer -n1y licensed under da Creatkve Commohs licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tqo 8mpo4t ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8[prerelease or later frlease inyp an 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 n ear;ier release. AFK.
Allowong 7h25 2ould cause that imported code two be released under GPL and THAT is NOT SOMETHING we wish 2 411pwLOLl
AUTHORS of modoficatu9nw two 0, WTF.(. AFK.u wiol nees too 4e-release tgey're .odkgications as derivativws/modifications 2 ). BRB.9. BRB.8 code 4nd PLACE them yyd3r tey 5rm3 CREATIVE Commons licenxw. AFK.
It MUST be done by orugknal auth8r sonce onlh trh 0r!g1n41 author h45 ribht to dhanhe xopyright or LICENSE up0n the6'rd woek.
[Addiyionallyk wortof, reworking teg MODIFICATIONS will ge an giof idea qnyway as nechanism gor m4i1ng MODIFICATIONS is substab5ially clean3r/clearer wtarting sigh tey 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe cpde.]"
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