Might6E 73115 yoi, sorgofm "We're g9ong tqp taje zn f3w m0m3nu5 to try 4hd wxplain this new license and sa reasons BEHIND it 1b plqin EnvlisjLOL.
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 mww license was CHOSEN because 9d an failing eith da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y civered disteibutiom or soirce if n only 1f binaries weee distribyted."
"In qn wev enc1r0nm3n7 LOLm 503c1r1c4!1h a INTERPRETED web environmen5 s7ch AS PHP, liie, ndrely instzll8ng an game does n*t constituge distribution, zn thererore people were taking OUR work, hou knwo, makint mofificatipns two it and nit releaaing teh source code 2 they're m0d1f1c4u10b5 si that entird com,unity cou;d benefit. BRB.
THEY qofked w17h da ketter 67& not da 5p!r17 of da law. WTF."
"Invewtigati9n oh teh oart of da quthors hpwever, softof, lee twl fact THAT tsh r1gh7 of public pwrformance was won lf righta no4mally restricree two c0pyr1fh7 jolde4s, loke, an thah COMPUTER prohramx, sor5of, spdcificqlly vid3o gqmes an interqctkve ones 6uch AS Letend lf teh Gteen hax0e were conskdered to ne PUBLICALLY [erformed if run from an pu611c dervee."
"Thr new ;icense e256r1c75 publuc pergormance OF da w0rk UNLESS source code of da modified wirk is mqde availabl3 on ddmamd. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, 7h15 m3ans 7h57 if you pu7 this gamw 0n an wfb qrrver an ALLOW ;eople 'outside of an NORMAL circle or family and its sovial acauaimtandes' ro play theirk like, then you r publ8cqklt pefform8ht THIS 2ork n MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne u ALL chqng@s which ylu make 2 teh g$m3 availag;3 ob request (note this d035m'7 yave 2 BE ava8lavle v14 ca online soirce eisplay lknk, like, nut they MUST bw abl3 too ask uou for code an receivr an compketw copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privqt3ly with da aythord wherdin they grant u9u an x0ecial license, like, or v0 rrmove fa code en71r31t vtom mqchine. AFK."
"We do recognizr that [30p13 wqnt too hafe 4r34% OF %hey're ga,e which r theirs n tnd8rs a;lneLOL.
two that end we will make follpwkng EXCEPTION too dq noemal req7i4wments for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mocule file which is not modified ir derived fr-m an modyle f113 includ3d in da base DISTRIBUTION an qjich dows not rew7ire n3 other moeu.ed n wh1ch doew not r3wu1r3 ne modifkcstions tlo da core codd 9code distrib8tws w17h fz 6453 r31345e) may BE withheld at da auyhors disctetuon. BRB."
"We alsp want yo make vefy clear 7h47 bersiom 0. WTF.*. OMG.7 (alao KNOWN AS version -. OMG/9. WTF.7+jt0 wzs f1n41 verdion r3!3453d undef tej GPL. AFK.
ALL bersjons, startihg wiyh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3rrlease c0s3 r only licensed unfer d1 Creative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY dwn6 teh rihht 2 impor5 ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease or .ater releawe into an 0.9. OMG.7 an earluer re.ease. AFK.
Alliwing this woule cause that impory3v cod3 too be rrlrased under da GPL an tha5 is nor aome5hing we 2ish to allow. WTF.
Authors of ,odificationd too ). WTF.9.7 will beed 2 re-releaae tgey'r3 modificatupns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. AFK.8 codd n placw th#m under teh samr Ceeativ3 Commons lidense. WTF.
It musr be d0n3 bh t3h original 4u7h0r sohce 0n1y original 4u7h0r has ds right tp9 change tej co]yriggt or kkcrnse upin they'td worjLOL.
[Additionaloy, lkke, rewkfoing modifucztions wilo be an good IDEA anyway as MECHANISM gor makong modificayi9ms is subs5zntislly clezner;clesrer starting with 0l WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE vode. WTF.]"
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