MightyE tells yly LOL, "Wd'4e gping top takr ab f#w mlments top try b ex[lain yhis new license n da teasons 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 n3w lidense was ch0sen BECAUSE of an f4211ng with GPL. AFK.
It only covrred distrivutiom 9f source if n 0n1y if vinaries wefw dq57r16u&3d. AFK."
"In am WEB 3bv1r0bm4n7, spedifically a unterpreted wwb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP WTFk merely knstalling an game do3s nlt constit7te dustributi9n, and therwfore peo;ld wer3 TAKING oyr worj WTF, ,aking modificaripns 5o 17 anc not releasind teh source CODE to thet're ,odifications so that ea entire community could 63n3f17. AFK.
Thd6 worjee 2ith da lertee BUT n-7 teh spkrit 0f da law."
"Invrstogatiob pn part pf 5eh authora hoaever WTF, lee tp teh favt that da right of public performance w35 oen OF da rights nirma;ly rextricted goo cppyrkght holders, and THAT computer [rohramx WTF, SPECIFICALLY video bames b interact8ve lnes such AS Legenc or da GREEN hax)r were cobsidered too be pjglically perfirm4d if run from an 0u611c derverLOL."
"The mew LICENSE restricts publ8c p4rf0rmrnc3 of work UNLESS source code of da mpdifi3d qork is mzde availavke pn femand."
"In plain English, hou knwok thia m34n5 that if ypu PUT tgis game on an w36 52fv3r ah 4110w people [ou5sude if an norma. cieclw or family and its socia; acq7aintanves' 2 [lay the84 LOL, them you r pu611c411y perfirminh this work and MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL changes wh8cn YOU make rlo ga,e afailable 9n request (note thia doesm't have to bw available fua teh online wource dispoau lonk. so3tof, but theu must b3 ablw 2 asj you for code n recwivw an compleye dopy), sortof, b) mzke areangements privztely with teh authors wherqin THEY grant YOU an wpecial licenwe LOL, or c) remove sa dode entirdly from ds mschine. WTF."
"We do recofnize rhat ptopld wang to hzve areas 0f they're fame which r thwirs and 5heirs alin3.
twp 7h47 wnd we w8;l mak3 da fol;owing exveptoon 70 n0rm41 requorements for source vodd eistribution -- ne modjle fild f6och is noy mlaified or deriv3d from an mocule file included in dq bas3 custribution n which d9ex n8t require ne othe4 modules an whucj does not REQUIRE ne mofificationx 2 teh core code (code distrinutdf witj base reoeade) maj BE w17hh41d at feh authots disvretion. AFK/"
"We qosp WANT twl MAKE very clrar 7h46 versiom 0.9. OMG.7 (also knlwn as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.&+j7) was da f1n41 vrrsion RELEASED uneer da GPL. AFK,
All VERSIONS, 574r7qng with 0.9/ OMG.8-pretelease code r only licwnsed under tey Cedatuve Commons lucwnse.
WE EXPLICITLY drby da tiggt two impoft nw CODE frim an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7_pferelease OR later releasw int' an 0LOL.9LOL/7 an eat.ier release. BRB.
Alkowimf this would CAUSE 6hat impor5ed c0e3 to be released uncer GPL an 5jat is hlt sojethinf we wish too allo2. AFK.
Ay7h0r5 pf MODIFICATIONS TO p. AFK.9. AFK.7 will nded t9 re-releade rhey'rw modifications as derivativrs/movificatioms 5o 0.9. WTF.8 code an place them under ten 44m3 Crdatkve COMMONS .ivense. AFK.
It must b3 done by teh origindl autjo4 since 0n16 da original auytor had tgh right two chshge teh c0pyr1gh7 oe lidense upon thdy're workLOL.
[Additiohally, ki;e, rewlrkihg modificationw will be an foid icea ANYWAY AS ds MECHANISM flr mzking modifications is subsyant8a..u cleab3r/coearer starting with 0. BRB.9/8-p4erdleasd code. OMG.]"
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