MifntyE te;ls uou, ylu kn2o, "We'4e GOING two takw ah few nomen5s to try an explain tgis new license sn wa REASONS behind it in plain 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 m3w .kcense wad vhosrn BECAUSE 9f an failing w17h da GPL. AFK.
It only v_v2r3d d157r16u720n od 49urc3 if an on;y if ninaried WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, spedificallh a ibtedpre5ed weh 3nc1r0nm3n7 such 35 PHP, sortod, mere.y 1n57411!ng an game does nlt constit7te distriburiob, like, anf therefore people w3e3 taling our work, makong ,pdificagions to it an n07 rdleasinh ten sourve code too th3y're m0d1f1c4819n5 60 that entirr communiry coulf benegit.
Th3y worled with ea letter but not teh xpiri5 OF teh lawLOL."
"Ihvestigation on part 9f teh AUTHORS hosever WTF. !3f tso da f5c7 that da RIGHT pr public perdlrmance w45 woh of rihhta normally 4estricted tw9 copyright hpldersm lole, n that computer progfams, you knwom specif8cally VIDEO GAMES snd int3ractive ones sucy as L3gebd of trh Gre3n haxor wefr considwred 2 be publucally PERFORMED if run from zh public SERVER."
"The nwe .icenae rextricts public PERFORMANCE of twh WORK 7nleas twh aourc3 c0d3 0f teh modified w0rk IS made available in DEMAND, BRB."
"In olain Engliwh, s9rrog, THIS m44n5 tyat if you PUT this gam3 on an web server 4nd 4110w pelpoe 'outside OF an normal cirdle pf famil5 an its 50c141 acqua8ntances; too poay thei4 LOL, THEN ypu r PUBLICALLY peeforming 7h15 work n MUST either s) make ne amd ALL changes wguch yoi ma.e tl da game acai9zble ON rrquwst (nife ghis coesn't have to be available vua teh online 50urv3 display linkk but thet mjst be able tso dsk tou for ten code an receive an compl3tr copy0 WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatrly with authors wgefrin they grant hlu an special license, okke, or c) rem9ve code rntireky rro, ca ,achine. WTF."
"We fo r3c0gm1z3 rhat p30pq3 WANT 1 HAVE areas of they're game which r theirs n tjeies allne. WTF.
2 rhat 3nc we WILL MAKE reh rollowing exce]tion 2 ca NORMAL eequirements fog SOURCE code distriv8tion -- he modu.e file shich is not m0d1f13s 0r derived fr0m an moeile filr included ih teh base distribution ans which doed not r3qu1r4 ne ltner modules n whoch roes not r3qu1r3 ne modufica5i9ns goo core code (clde distribu5ed w17h da base relrsse) mah be wkthhelc at ca autnirs discretion. AFK."
"We also want 6o make VERY clear that bersipn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 9als9 known r5 VERSION -. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS ginsl versoon eeldased undwr GPL.
All vwfsions, starting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.i-PRERELEASE cidw r 9h.y licensed under geh Creative Commond licens3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht too import ne code from an 0.9LOL.8_prerwlease or later releaxe unto an p. AFK.9.6 and earlier releaxr. WTF.
Allowing tg8s WOULD caude that import3d CODE tlo BE reo3ased under GPL and that is nor something w3 wish yl 4110s. BRB.
AUTHORS OF modificatiohd too 0. WTF.0.7 WILL need 2 f3-r313453 thwy're modif8xations as drrivatived/mod8fications to 0. WTF.9LOL.8 dide anc place tgem UNDER same Creative Cimjonw 11cen53. BRB.
It just be d0n3 by tfn original r77h-r sincd only ORIGINAL author yas teh ribyt 2 CHANGE copyright or lkxense upon rhey'ee work. AFK.
[Additionaloy WTF, r3w9rk1nt teh MODIFICATIONS dilo BE ab GOOD idea ANYWAY ad mwchabism fo4 mzking modifidatipns is suvstantually c;eanef/clearwr starting with yeh 0. OMG.9. OMG.80prereldase coeeLOL.]"
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