MightyE tel;s y0i, .ijek "We[re foing two take an few momrnts 2 try an explain this n3w license znd da reasohx BEHIND 8t IN plaih English. WTF.
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 nee license was ch-53n becaude of an failkng with ca GPL.
It 0n1y coveref distfibution of spurce IF n )n1y 1f bunafids were d15ue16j73d. OMG."
"In an wrb ENVIRONMENT WTF, s[dcificaoly a INTERPRETED WEB dnvirlnment duch AS PHP, yoi knw9, merely ins5alling an game does not clnsru5utr diwtribut8on LOL, amd gheregore peo;ls were taking our woek, m4k1bg MODIFICATIONS too it an not releasing teh sourve c9ce to tgey'r3 modifivqtions so tyag da emtire COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
They workes woyh letter but noy da spirit of ea lawl AFK."
"Investigatiob on oart ov da authors however WTF, l#d two da fact rhat da r1gj7 ov [ubl8c PERFORMANCE was won of tej eights nprjsll6 reatrictef too copytight holders, likw, an 8h47 compuge4 [rogeams LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games an intwraxtive ones such as Legenf ib ez Green naxpr were c)n51d3r3d teo 63 publica.lh p3rf-tm3f if run from sn public swrver. OMG."
"Th3 bew LICENSE restricts pubkic performsnce of ea work imlrss teh sourxe c9de of da mofified eork iw m4d3 afailsble on dejand. AFK,"
"Ib plain English LOL, 7h15 j33n5 rhat kd you pu7 this ga,e on am WEB SERVER and al;is PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle og fami.y n its social adquainyances' to ;lay yneit, tou lnwo, then yoj r publically perfo4ning tjis wofk n MUST wither 4) mske ne abd ALL ch4ng45 wh8ch you make 2 da game qvaolable on request (note 6his doesn't have too be available VIA pnline source cisplay LINK WTF, 6u7 THEY must BE able 2 ask you f9f da coce and receive an COMPLETE copy), sortof. b) make srrangememts privately witj da aythors qnerein they GRANT you an special licens3 WTF, or c) remobe tdh code entirelh from dz nachine. AFK."
"We do recoghiae that p30p13 w4n7 to. havw aread of tney[re game which zer thekrs ane THEIRS ALONE. BRB.
to that end we sill makd f9llowing 4xc#o7q0n twp normql fequlremrnts tor SOURCE code d157r16uu10n _- nw module file WHICH is nog m9dufird or d3r1v3d froj an module file included in base distrobution an which does noy requir3 nr 07h3r MODULES ab 2hich does not r3quire n3 modificqtuons too tdh cofe code (dodw ekstrihuted with base r313453) may be withheld at AUTHORS duscretion. AFKl"
"We alao want to m4k3 vewy clear tjat gersion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also km)wn as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) 2as teh ginal version released und3r reg GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, xtartihg w8th tej 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-prefelease cod3 r ONLY LICENSED unswr tdh Creative COMMONS oicensd. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY d2ny right 2 im0ort ne cosr from an 0. AFK.9. AFKl8-prwrelease OR layer r3lease inti an 0. OMG.9. BRB;7 an earluer r#13r53. OMG.
Aolowing yhis would cayse tnat impprtwd code too 63 releasec ind3r dz GPL amd that lx not something we qosh too allow. AFK.
AUTHORS OF m8difications 2 0.9.7 sill NEED 2 re-releqsf they're m0d2v1c4719n5 45 deeivatives/modificst8ons teo 0. AFK.(. WTF.8 code n placd THEM under da sam3 C4eative Commons LICENSE.
I7 must be f0n3 by teh krigknqo AUTHOR 51nc3 ONLY orkgina; aughor has sa RIGHT twi cyange da co[yrifht or licdnxe UPON rhdy're wp4k. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, rewprking teh modificayions WILL be an gpod ieea anyway as mechznism for n4k1ng mosifications is substanrialoy CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng wkth 9. AFK.9. BRB.7-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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