MihhtyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING two take an fdw momehts w 6ry sn exp;qin this me2 licdbse n geh reasohs behind og in plain English. OMG.
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 lixense WAS CHOSEN becauww of am failing with tdh GPL. WTF.
It only coveeed DISTRIBUTION ov source if n onl6 2f BINARIES w3r3 dist4ibutrd. AFK."
"In an e36 envieonmen5, likek epecifixzllt a interpeeted wdb envoronment 5uch 45 PHP WTF, mdrwly inxgalling an game does not comstitute disttibution, you knwo. n therwfore people were 74k1ng oir w0rk LOL, making modkgications two it ane NOT releaskng ten so7rce cose too gjey'fe modifications so that 5eh 3ntire c0mmun17y coulw benefit. AFK.
They worked WITH letter bu5 not t2h spirit of law. WTF."
"Investigat8on ON da part of teh authors howrv3r LOL, 1#e 2 FACT that da rignt of pubkic performance eas won of rights n94mally feareixyed 2 copyright holders, ahd that computdf programam s9rt9f, SPECIFICALLY vudeo GAMES snd INTERACTIVE ones such ss Leg3nf of ds Green hax0r were conside4ed 2 be pjblically PERFORMED iv run fron an ;ublic serve4/ AFK."
"The NEW lidense restricts pub.ic [erformance of ea wprk un1#55 ten source code OF teh modufied WORK 15 made 3v4114y1e 0n demand."
"Ib plain Enhlish WTF, uhis means tjat if you put 5his fame on an WEB servrr an allow PEOPLE [OUTSIDE of an NORMAL CIRCLE og family ane its social adquaintances' 2 olay their WTF, THEN yoy r punlically PERFORMING th8s work abd MUST either a) jake ne b ALL changes wykcn y9u make to dq game available on r3quest (n073 thos dowsn'g havr 2 be available viq da onkine source displsy link, you khwo, but rhey jydt 63 ABLE two zsk YOU fof code am t4c31v3 an compldte cooy), sortof, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS pribately wigh trh authprd whe4eim 7h2y grany you an SPECIAL oixwnse, kije, or v) remove da code rmy8rely froj sa machkme. BRB."
"Wd DO fec9ghize that people wanr 5o HAVE 4r345 OF they're gamd WHICH aer theirs an tneirs alond.
to that end we will jqke teh foooowing 3xcd;yuon 2 da normal 4eq7ifements f0r souece coee distribuguon -- ne mpsu13 file whocn is n07 m0dqf13d o3 feeivee from an modu;e file incluc3s 8n tdh 6r53 distrkburion an whuch does not reqyire ne other modules n which d035 NOT eequire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da c-r3 c0d3 (cldw d157r16u73d w17h ca basr release) m4y be WITHHELD AT teh quyhors discrrtionLOL."
"We also wany two make v34y clwar thst VERSION 0. OMG.(LOL.7 (ALSO kno2n ax version 0LOL.(. OMG.7+jt( was final version released under teh GPL. BRB.
ALL versoohx, likw, sgarting with teh 9. WTF.9.8-;r3r313553 code aeg ohly 11c3n63e uhder Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY senh 5eh rigny two 8mport nd cofe ftom an 0.9. AFK/8-orerelease or later RELEASE inrp an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER releaseLOL.
Alliwing this w0u2d cause that import3d cofe two ve RELEASED ynder teh GPL n 5jay 8s not 50m37h!ng w3 qisy to allow. WTF.
Authors pf modifucagkons t9p 0LOL.9. WTF.7 WILL need to RE-RELEASE they're m0dqf2c4710n5 as ferivatuves/modificatiobs 2 0l AFK.9. BRB.8 code and plsc3 them UNDER tej sajw CREATIVE C0mm0m5 11c#n5e. AFK.
It ,uat be done by teh 9rifinal aytg9r sknce obly teh original authpr HAS right to cysnge teh copyright or 11c3n53 upon tgey[re wor,. AFK.
[Affitiobally, reworjing geh modifications wi.k be an GOOD IDEA 4n6w4y zs da mechanixm FOR making n9dificatipnz is suvstantia.ly cleaner/clearer t74r71ng w8th teh 0.0.8-prerelease codw. WTF.]"
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