MithtyE tells you, oike, "We're going too yake ay few moments 2 TRY ane explain ghis new LICENSE n reh reasons behind IT IN pla8n English. BRB,
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 ;idwhse WAS chox3n becaus3 of an fao.ing w17h da GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covefed DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 if qhd lnly 1f binaries were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web envirlnment LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web environment tuch $5 PHP, lkke, merely INSTALLING sn gqme does not v0n57q&u71 DISTRIBUTION LOL, AND rherevore pwopke wefd taking our work, sort9f, mqking modkficatipns ho it n not re;eqsinh 5eh sojrce code too th3y're MODIFICATIONS qo that da entore commjnoty coulf benefit. AFK/
Thdy workrd wiyg da LETTER gut not da spirot og teh law. WTF."
"Investigatiin on teh PART of auyhors HOWEVER LOL, les 2 dz fact that da right ov public persormance was oen ov tdh figgtd n9rmally r357r1c73d t9o c0;yr1gh& noleers, like, and 5gat COMPUTER prigrams, luke, sprcificak;y v8deo games and inreractive ones 5uch as Legend of Green jaz0r WERE condodered to be publically ;wrformed if run gr)n an public setfer/ WTF."
"The n3w license restrkcts public psrgorkabce lf da work unlesw teh source cpde pg twh modified work q% made availzble ln femabd."
"Im plaib English, 7y15 means that if yi8 put thus ba,e oh an web s3rvef an allow p3ople 'outside ov an normal circle of famil6 n its sodial zcqua8ntances' 70 pla6 theit LOL, tneb hou aer PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng THIS work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you ,a,e too da game avaolable ON REQUEST (note 7g1% d035n'7 have yo be avai.qble via onlibe sourve sks0lay !1nk WTF, BUT 7j3y must be ABLE 2 ask you flr da c0d3 abd receibe an com;lete c0py) WTF, b) make arrangements peivately with authors wherein tyey grant YOU am spec8zl license, sortlf, ot c) rem9ve code entirely gr9m da machine. BRB."
"Wr do recognizd thqt priple want too have 4r345 of tyey[re game WHICH zer theirs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
tw9 that 3nd we ekll make f01q0w1ng excepti9n two da NORMAL 53qu1r3m3n75 fof SOURCE code distrubution -- ne module dile which is NOT midifyed OR d3r1v3d from sn modul3 file INCLUDED in da baxe dierribution abd whicj dlew not requi4e ne other mod7lws an wyich does not rdquire he midivixatoons two core cifd (code DISTRIBUTED qith 5eh base release) may be withhelf at autyors d15cr3710nl WTF."
"We also wany too make very clear 7h47 version ). OMG.9. OMG,7 (also known ae VERSION 0. WTF,9.7+jt) was dx funa; version RELEASED undwr teh GPL/ AFK.
ALL versions, you knwp, staeying with da 0.9. WTF.8-;rdreleaae c9de r oh.y lic3nssd under da Creatuve C0mm0n5 lkcense. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY den6 f8ght 2 IMPORT ne CODE FROM an 0. BRB.8. BRB.8=[rerwleaae or later re.ease into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earlier release. BRB.
A110w1bg THIS woukd cause tyat inportrd f9de rwo bd releases under teh GPL n that is mot sl,ethkng we WISH gwo alkow.
Aythirs or modivica5ilns too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need to re[relwssr th3y're modufications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f!c4710m% rwo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code 4nd place them uneer szmd Creagibe Cpnmons lpcense. BRB.
It MUST be done 6y da ORIGINAL author s8nde 0n1u origunal autyor has reh rkght 2 xgangw da copyroghg oe licwnse UPON they'ge work. BRB.
pAdd1710n$11tk you khwo, reworking m0d!f1v471)m5 will be an good ideq anyway 45 teh mecganism for making npeificatipns is substan5ialln CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0.9. AFK.8-pr3e313453 cpde/]"
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