MibhtyE 5ells y0u, you kneo, "W3'te going yo 74k3 an frw MOMENTS two rry an 3xp141n 5jis new license and reasons behind IT in pkain EnglisjLOL.
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."
"Tjis new license was chosen bevause of an r4111ng with da GPLLOL.
It only c0v3red sistributipn od soyrce if an only if BINARIES werd distrjbuged. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, spwcorically a INTERPRETED web environm3n5 5uch as PHP, so4tofm merel6 indtal.9nh an game do3s mot constitigw DISTRIBUTION LOL, ah therefore people were taking our work, yo7 knwo, m4k2ng modkficztkons too 17 ahd not relrasing souecd CODE 2 tjey're m0f1f1c471-g5 so thay 3n71re commynity c0u1d benefit. AFK.
Thry worked with lrtter BUT NOT reh spirit of da law."
"Investigqtion on part OF teh zuthors however WTF, LED to da fadt thqt teh rig6t lf public performance wad 1 og da r1gh75 NORMALLY restricyed tpl dophriggt h02c3r%, lijr, n 7h47 clmputer programs WTF, specifica;ly vkd3o games and interacyive ones 5uch ax Lrgenc of teh Grewm hax0r werw vo,sicered to be PUBLICALLY o34f0rm3d 8f run from an 0ubluc serverLOL."
"The NEW LICENSE r357r1c75 PUBLIC performance pd wor, unless sourcw clfe of da ,odi4ied work is made AVAILABLE on de,snd."
"In plain Englixh, tyks mezns THAT IF you put this game ON an 2eb server and allow people 'outdide ov ah h0rm31 CIRCLE of family b its social acquaintancds' @ play thdir WTF, 7h3n you adr pub;8callt performing this wo4k and MUST ei5her A) mqke ne amd ALL changes which you make tw9 hqm3 availablr 0n requedt (note this dorsh't have t9 be available VIA dw ovline source cksplay 11hk, but they must be able too 46k YOU f0r dq code anc r3c31f3 an c9mplwte coph_, sortofm b) mak3 arrangementd PRIVATELY WITH da a7ghors ehr4ein they grant you qn special license, like, ir C0 r3move teg c0d2 entirely from teh machine."
"We d0 43c0gb1z3 7h47 [el0le WANT too hsve aress of ghey're game which arr theirs an theirs aoone. WTF.
2 tyat 3ne WE qill make sa following 3xd3p710n 2 n9rm41 requirements g0r dource xode dkstrivution -- ne module fils wh9cj is boy modified oe dericed FROM zn module file INCLUDED in dz base dixtribution and whicj DOES nl5 REQUIRE ne other MODULES an 2hkvh does not require ne m.d8ficationf 2 da cofe code (code d157r26u73d WITH da BASE release) MAY 63 WITHHELD at da auth9rs discrd5ion. AFKl"
"We aldl want too m4k3 v4rh CLEAR that fersipn 0LOL.9.u 9ALSO kno2n as versiin 0/ WTF/9. BRB.7+JT) WAS da final v3r510n RELEASED UNDER GPL. BRB.
All versionw WTF, starting dith 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE vode r pmly lixensed unger da Creqtive Commons licrnseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny teh right two imppry ne code fr0m zg 0.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE or lzter RELEASE ibtp an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier reoease.
Allowing this WOULD cause that 7mported codw 2 be releases under GPL and that 8d hot sometning we wish too alloq. WTF.
Authors of mldificstiins to 0.9. WTF.7 w!11 n33d 2 re-rrlease they'3e m0fqf1c4t10b5 as deeivativex/modificayions 2 0LOL.9/ BRB.8 codd anc PLACE them under same Cr3471v3 COMMONS licenseLOL.
It musr be donr by da 0r1g1n52 zuthor since onky da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r has da rught 2 chanhe teh copyfight or license upon rhey'rw work. OMG.
-Acditionally LOL, reeo4king teh m9difications will b3 an good 8dea anhway as da mechanism for making modificatiinx us substantiaoly cleaner/c;eardr startimg sith yrh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-[rerepdase cod3, WTF.]"
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