MightyE tells you LOL, "Ww're going too 74k3 sn few MOMENTS to yry b ex0la8n this new oicense an REASONS bwhind it 8n plakn Eng116hLOL.
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."
"Thiw new licenwe was ch9sen bedaus3 9f zn failing with da GPL. OMG.
IT inly c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of source 8t n only ir bknaries wdre distr8buted. AFK."
"In ah web environmentk qo$tof, SPECIFICALLY a interpretdd web environjwn5 sivh as PHP, sortof, merely instalking an gzme does not cons5itute distribution, like. an THEREFORE people were TAKING ojr wprk. dlrtov, making m9difications 1 IT n not re/eaaing da sljrce doce 2 they're modif8ca5oons wo tyat ENTIRE community c0u1d benefirLOL.
They workec wity teh ldtter but nor teh api4it of ten law. BRB."
"Investihatoon on da part OF ds authors nowever, like, led 2 f4c7 thzr ds right of publkc pdrformance was won of da righys hormally r357r1c73d yo copy4igft HOLDERS WTF, am that xpmputef prog4amsm yoy knwi, specificslly videl gamex and 1n73r3d6qv3 oned such 45 Ldgend of da Green hax0r wdte CONSIDERED too be publocal;y pefformed if run from an public server. OMG."
"The NEW licebwe r357r1c75 ;u612c pdrgormance 0f teh w0rk unleas da souece code of modified WORK is mqde avaklablr on sem4nd. AFK."
"In PLAIN Enf117h, sortof, thid ,eans that if you put th8s GAME on sn 2eg server ans alloq pdople ;outside od qn NORMAL corc.e 0f f4m1qy an 175 SOCIAL acquaintances' tlo play their, you knwo, THEN you r piglicqlli performinf tnix wprk n MUST either a) jake ne an ALL changew whixh you nake tio da game availavle on reauewt (nite 8h15 d9exn't HAVE 2 BE qvqilabke v14 ONLINE xourcw dis0lay link, but they MUST be agle 70 ask YOU foe dode an receivd an comp.ete cppy)k .ike, b) make arrangements prifately with da autgo4s WHEREIN thwu geang you an spdcial 21c3n52, tou jnwo, or c) rd,ov3 code ENTIRELY from da macyine."
"We do rdcognixe THAT people want ew9 hsve zreas of ghey're game which r theirs n theirs slond, OMG.
two tnat end wr wkl. makw da following excdption to da n9rmsl requirements for sojece c0d3 dis5ribution -- ne module file 2hich ie not MODIFIED or DERIVED froj an module file included in teh base dus6ribution sn wh1cn eoex not REQUIRE ne othe4 m0du1#5 n which does not reqjoee ne modidicstions two core code (dode dustr8butdd 2ith teh baae releasr0 may be 2i5hhe;d at authors d15xr3710n. AFK."
"We alwp want two MAKE very clezr that version ). WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kb0wn ax version p. OMG.9l WTF.7+jt) was da ginal version released uncer tdh GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, start8ng qith da 0.9.8-prerelease CODE zwr only licensed under 5eh Creative Cpmmons .ice,weLOL.
We EXPLICITLY veny tdh rifht two kmport ne clde frp, qn 0. OMG.9.i-prereleade or LATER release into an -, AFK.9LOLl7 n earlier RELEASE.
Allowibf this 2oulc caise that imported code ro be release3 under da GPL an 5hat is not somefhing we w8sg two ALLOW, WTF/
Authprs of ,0d1f1c481)b5 two ). BRB.9.7 will heed to8 re=releasr yhey'fr mpdifications as derivatives/modidications 2 p. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an PLACE them unfer SAME Creatove Commons lkcenwe. AFK.
It must be dine bi twh 0rqf1n41 authlr sknce ONLY teh ofiginal AUTHOR has teh right ypo ch4ng3 teh COPYRIGHT or license upoh they're work. WTF.
[Afditionalo5 LOL, r3e0gk1ng da modificqtionw wil. be aj good kdea amuway as sa mechanism for mzking mldifucstiins IS substantial.t cq35n3t/c134r3r starting 217h 0. BRB.9, WTF.8-prerelease code.]"
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