MuggtyE TELLS youm you knwo, "We're goint two take qn few moments 2 rry n ez0lain yjis new LICENSE ah dq reasins behinf it in plaon 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE 2as chosen BECAUSE of an failing with d1 GPL. BRB.
It onlu covered disrribution of s97rxe IF an lh.y if binaries were eistributwd. OMG."
"In an web enviromnent, you kn2im 4[#cqf1c411y a intrrpreted web environment SUCH as PHP, sir5of, merely instalokbg an game does not CONSTITUTE distribugion, and tgerefore peo;le 2ere taking our work, making modificarions two ig sn not releasint sourv3 cice to they'ee modificstions so ghat da enrire community could benefit. WTF.
They 2orked w8th ten 13773r but n0& da spiri% of ea law. WTF."
"Invesrigation oh teg pqrt or teh auth9rs HOWEVER LOL, les too dact that teh eight of publix performance eas won of dz 4ights norma;ly restrifted to c0phr1fh7 holders, n that xo,;jter 0rugrams WTF, specifically fideo gajew n 1n7#r4c71v2 0n35 5uch AS Legend of Gfeen hax)r werw CONSIDERED too be publically p3rd0rm3d if rjn from am public server/ WTF."
"The new LICENSE r357r1d75 puvlic perfo3manxe of teh 2or, unless 50urc3 code OF ca moeified work is MADE availabl3 on dejand."
"In plain English LOL, thia means rhat IF you put this g4m3 0n ah wen 53rv3r an al;ow p3o[le 'iutsid3 if sn normal circle 0f damily and its social acquaimtancrd' 2 play their WTF, theh YOU r [unkically peeforming this s8rk an MUST eithrr A_ make ne m ALL changea wg!ch you nake two twh g4m3 available on request (note thia doewn't have two BE available via onlibe SOURCE dixplay liml WTFk git 5hey mu57 be ABLE two ASK you for xode an eeceovw an c0mp1373 COPY) LOL, b) male ARRANGEMENTS ptivately w1uh $u7h0r5 wh3re8n they grant ypu an special LICENSE, or c) remove tdh vose entir3ly ffom machone. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that people want tl9 hzve areas of they'fd game which e theirs n theits alone. OMG.
two 5hat end we woll make da following exceoyipn hoo da normal requirements for a9urce CODE distrivution -- me ,odule filr which ia not midiried or ferived from an module file inckuded in base cistributiin n which does noy r3quit3 ne OTHER modules an whkch doex nor REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS twi da core code (xoce distr8guted sith da base relesse* may bw wirhheld at tej authofs siscretion. BRB."
"We s/so wabt too make very cl3ar tgat verdion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also kmown as cers89n ). AFK.9.7+jt) waf teh rinal version released under teh GPL. OMG.
A.l versiond LOL, starting WITH ten 0.8LOL.8-prerelesse code r onl6 licrnsrd under teh Creativr Com,ons loxense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ten righr to impo4t ne c9de fro, an 0l OMG.9. AFK.8-preee.ease OR lster e3q3454 INTO an 0. BRB.(.7 an ezrlier reltase. WTF.
Allowihf th8s wou.d cause THAT om;orged codt tqo 63 released under da GPL and 7h47 IS not something we wish yoo allow.
Aithors of modifocqtions 2 -.9. BRB.u 2ill NEED too ee-4elease they're modifivztkons 45 derifatives/modufucations tlo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 code and p14c3 them under tdg trj3 Creatibe Commons lkxense. AFK.
It muxt 63 dlne b6 da oroginal author since only da prigibal aith9r has right to change da copy4ight OR 11c3n53 upin they're wpfk. WTFl
[ADDITIONALLY, loke. resorking mocificzgions w111 be an gooe idea an6way as mechan8sm fir making modigicatilns is subsgantiallt xlean3r/clrarer agarting w16h 54h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-p4ereleasw ckde. AFK,]"
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