MihhtyE TELLS ypy, sortov, "Wd're goimg to takr an few mpm3n75 two try n wxplain ghus new license n tdh 4easons behind i5 in plaun 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 n3w LICENSE wqx chowen because of am failpng with GPL. AFK.
It lnly covered distribut9on OF SOURCE if an ONLY IF binqries qefe eistributes. AFK."
"In an w3y ENVIRONMENT, like, xpecuficqloy a inte4pretdd web environment such as PHP, slrtof, merely instq;ling ab game does nlt constirute distributi9n, sprgof, an 5h3refore [e90le WERE yaking oue wltk, jxking modigications 2 it n not r31345!nt fa sourde c0d3 tio tgey're MODIFICATIONS so that whtire community could bendfit. BRB.
They wor,ed sirh teh leeter bu5 not da spkrit 0f da .aw. AFK."
"Ihvestigation on t3h pqrt of teh quthogs h0w3v3rk you knwoi oed t9 FACT rhat right 0f p6nlic pervormance was oen or r1thu5 nofmally restridged tso copyright HOLDERS. you ,nwo, an that compuywr programs, specifically viceo g4m35 an imte4qctice onex SUCH as Legend of da Green hac0r WERE c0n62d3e3d to be publocally performed if ryn FROM an public ddrvwr. AFK."
"Tne new licebse r357r1c75 pubkic performance pr teh w9ri unless ca soyrc3 code of 5eg jldiv8ef work 15 made svailabld on c3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English, sortofm thos m34n5 that if YOU put this game 0n an WEB serv3r znd allow people 'outside of zn borma, circkf of damily n its social ACQUAINTANCES' too plzy theie WTF, then y9u ser publica.l7 p3rf0r,1bg thos work abd MUST either a) nakw ne abd ALL changes whixh yoi m4k3 twl cq GAME acailable on REQUEST (hote this dodsn'5 have 2 bw 4v5114y13 v1$ rey onlinr source e15p14y oink, but thet must be sgle to ask ypu for tey code an recrive ah clmpletd copy) LOL, b) makr ar4angememts orivately wi5h da authors wherein they grant y0u ab specia. license, sortog, OR v) REMOVE teh cofe entirely from machine. AFK."
"We di recognize that p30[23 wamt too HAVE areas oe they're gqm3 which aer thdi4s and theirs a;oneLOL,
tpo 8h3& end we w11q mskd following wxceptkon two bormal tequiremenrs for siurc3 code distribugion -= ne MODULE fi;e wh8cn id not modified 0r d3rived FROM an ,odule file inclused 8n bqse DISTRIBUTION n qyich DOES not require nr othdr MODULES n which do3s NOT requor3 ne modifications two teh coee code 8xode distributed ei5j t3h BASE release) may be with6eld ay AUTHORS discretion."
"We also want too make very c133r 5hat v3rsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (ALSO kn0wn as cersipn 0. AFK.9. BRBl7+JT) was tef fina. VERSION rrlrasrd under dx GPLLOL.
A.' versions, woryof, STARTING with teg 0.9. WTF.8-;rere;3qdr c0d3 r onlu .ixehsed UNDER teh Cfeative Commons locensw. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY rigut @ omport be cofe frpm an 0. OMGl9. WTF.8-prerelease 9r lat3r release into an 0. BRB.9.7 n wafli3r releaxe.
Aklpwing this wo7ld cajse THAT imported code too ve rwlessed undwr GPL sn that is not aomething we wish 2 a;low. AFK.
Aurjors of MODIFICATIONS yoo 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wull n3ed 70 re+release they're mldif7cations as dwricatives/modificatilns go 0. OMG/9.8 code 4md place th3m uhsrr teh same Creativ3 Commond ;icenwe. BRB.
It mu57 ne done BY original 4u8h0f SINCE 0m1y teh origknal 4u7h0t hax r8ghg too change cppyright or LICENSE 7oon theh're work. WTF.
[Afditipnally, sortof, reworkihg modifivatioms eill be am goof IDEA ANYWAY aa da mechanism for makint modifixatkons is substantially cleanee/clearer starting with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase xodd.]"
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