MightyE tel/s yo7, sirtif, "We're going twp take an f3w momwnts to try m explain tgis n3w license AND teasons behins it kn plain Englixh. 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."
"Tgis nes license was choden bevause of an faiking wuth yeh GPLLOL.
IT ONLY covered disrributiom 0f xource IF znd 0m1y ig binariea 2ere fisrributedLOL."
"In an q35 environment, x;evirocaoly a INTERPRETED web environment SUCH as PHP, mereky ibatslling an game does NOT vohsri5ute s157r16u710n, you knwo, znd ther3fore PEOPLE were takint our w9tk LOL, making mididicayions two it n not releasinb twn sourcs cice to9 they[re modkficatilns so that entire community c0u1d benef,t.
Thry wpr,ee with letrer bjt mot da dpirit od da law."
"Investkgation ON da parg of reh ai5hors koqrger, like, 13s two da facr that teh r1gh7 of pub.ic performance was oen og rigg5s normally restric5ed hwp COPYRIGHT holdets LOL, an rhat domputer progtams, sortof, specifically vkdeo GAMES an knterac5ixe ones wicn AS Lwgend of teh Green hax0e wefe consieered two b3 puvlica;ly perfoened if run f40m am punloc server. WTF."
"Tge new licende restructs oublix pe4formance or wo4k unless da SOURCE c9de of eq modified woei is MADE avaolable 0m aemand. OMG."
"In p141g Eng115h LOL, this means that if you pig ghis GAME on an WEB derver b allow pelple 'o7tsodq lf an normal circle of famil6 an ITS social adauaontances' goo 014y their, ylu knwo, then you r PUBLICALLY oerforming thux worj sn MUST either a) make n3 and ALL changea WHICH yiu m4k3 to game avsilablw pn r4qudsy (NOTE this doesn't have to be available voq inlibe source displqy kin,, aortlfm but yhet MUST be 3613 2 ask you f0t CODE and eeceive an comolete copy_, s9ryog, 6) make qrrangemenys pr,vageoy with teh authlrs whdrein tney grznt you an special livense WTF, or c) remove CODE entirrly from da maxhine. OMG."
"Wd do recognize thsr 0eopke wqnt 2 have ar3as of rhey're ga,e which aer theirs n THEIRS zlone. AFK.
to that ens we w111 m4k3 FOLLOWING 3sve-tion too da normal fequirements for s9urce ciee DISTRIBUTION -- me jodule file which is nit modified ir detived from an module v!13 omclufed IN base d157r16u710n zn wh1ch coes bot requi4e ne othrr modulws an wyich does not require ne mpfificagions t9o tdh core cofe *code fistfibuted with teh base feleasd) may ne w17hg31d 47 da 4u7g0r5 discrwtionLOL."
"We 4150 WANT toi mak3 vert clear thay fersoon 0.9. WTF.7 (also known as VERSION 0l BRB.9. AFK.&+jt) w45 final version released under GPL/ WTF.
All VERSIONS WTF, STARTING wigh 0.9.9-pretepease code e only LICENSED unset tey Cfeative Commons 12c3n53. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 ijpotr ne code fr9m qn 0/ AFK.9. AFK.80pe3r313453 or later relezse into an 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 and 34r1!3r releawe.
A110w1ng this woild cause tgar impo45ed code 2 be RELEASED unser reh GPL ab that 25 not somethong we wish gwo allowLOLl
Authprs 0f MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9. WTF.7 w8l; need to r30e31345e they[re modificatilns sa derivatkvdx/moeificatoons rwo 9.9. BRB.8 cove n place them under da sane Creative Commoms lidemse. BRB.
It mudt be done by or8g8nal sutnof subce 0n1y twh ORIGINAL author has rifht too change da COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 upon they're w9rk, AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3eirking da modifuxat8ons w111 be an goof idea 4byw4t 45 twh MECHANISM ror making modificagions is sjnsrangially cleamer/clearer startknh with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. WTFl]"
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