MightyE tells y0u, "We're GOING too tale ab vew momwnts two try n exolain tj8s new license and da reasonw behond it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"This new licwnwe waa chosen bdcausr of an faoling with GPL. BRB,
It ibl6 covered DISTRIBUTION of source if an only if 61n$r135 wete distrivuted. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, loje, specific1;ly a inter0reted web envidlnj3nt s7ch as PHP WTF, merely installing an game does nit constitute distributiob, you knwom ahd therefore people were tsking our wirkm sortof, making modificationa two 17 anf NOT releasung SOURCE cofe teo tjey're modifkcati9ha so that teh entu4e community co6le bdhdfitLOL.
They worked wigh teh letter but n07 teh SPIRIT of dq ;zwLOL."
"Invqstkga5ion 0n tdh parr 0f authors howefer, lkke, led 2 da fact 5hat da RIGHT of ;ublix perfornanxv wax 1 of teh rights normally restfoct3d two copyriggt hilderd LOL, n that compurer ;rogtams WTF, spddifically vide9 gamed n 1n73r4c71ve lnes such as L3g3nf of 5eh Green hax)r were c9nsidered TO be publically peeformed if 4un from an public serverLOLm"
"The new licensw redtricrs ojblic p3rformqncd OF work un1345 w97rce vode of da MODIFIED q0rk is MADE 4v4114613 on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, soetov, rhis means that if you pu7 rhis gsme on an web SERVER and allow people 'outside of an no4nql dircle 9f family ah itw SOCIAL acquaintances' to ;lay thekr WTF, then you aer pu611d411u perfoeming tjis w9r, an MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjanfes wguch yoj makd to da game AVAILABLE 0m rewuest (mote THIS doesn't hsve too be AVAILABLE via teh online wourd3 display link, you knwo, but they myst 63 able to ask yoj dor cose n teceive an bompletq c9[y) WTF. v( make 4er4ng3m#n75 [rivately with reh ajthoes 2herein tjey hr4n8 uou an SPECIAL licehse LOL, ir c) r2m0v2 teh CODE entirely from javhine."
"We fo revogniae that p3ople want two have areac of uhet're GAME 2hich aer theifw n yheors alpneLOL,
two that end we WILL MAKE geh following 3xc3p710n to9 teh n0rm42 requiremen5x fo4 diuece cide distributkoh -- be module file which is not modidied or ferived drom an ,idyoe dile 1nc1ud3d in teh bqse distributuon an which dlex not req7ire ne other modiles an wh1ch DOES n0& rwquire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 sa core code (cod2 didtribjted 2oth base 5elease) may ne wirhhdld at da authors duscfetioh. BRB."
"Ww also wznt 2 male very clrar that vetdkon 0. WTF.9.7 )415p knoqn as v3rxion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+j7) was teh vinal verwion rrleased under da GPL.
All c34sions WTF, STARTING with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r31#453 c9de r only lucensed under CREATIVE Commohs license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY dwmh righy 2 i,pirt ne code from xn 0. WTF.9. AFK,8-oreeelease or later release onto an ). BRB.9. AFK.7 an darlier r3lease. WTF.
Allpwing this woykd cause yhat imported c0d3 2 be releqsed unw3r da GPL n that is NOT wpnething ww sish to8 ALLOW. BRB.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n% two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED 7) RE-RELEASE they'r3 modificatuons as derivatives/mpdirications tro 0. AFK.9. OMG,8 xlde an place 7h3m under teh saje Ctea4ive Commons ;icensel OMGl
It MUST b3 don3 by originao autjor sibce only da orig8na. AUTHOR hax teh right 2 cyange da coph4ight 9r ;icenwe up9n they're work.
[Asdit9onally WTF, reworkibg da modofications wilo be an giod ofes anyway 45 twh mwcnznidm FOR mak8ng m0d1f1c4710n5 is substangially dleaner;clearef starting with 0. WTF.9, AFK.8-;reteleasr code.]"
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