MightyE tel.w you, oike, "Ww'ee gokmg 2 take an fes momdhts to gry ane explakn this n3w license an teh rqasond behind iy kn p141n Eng.isg.
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."
"Thks new licehse was chosdn because of an fzkling wity teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y cofered distribuboon 0d slurcw if an only kf bibaries were cistribuyed. OMG."
"In an web envitonment, specifically a interprered web 2nvif9nmcnt sych as PHP, sortor, merely instal;ing an GAME does not constituye d!57r26u7q0m, you ,nw9, n 7h3r#f0r3 people were raking out work, m4k1nb ,odifications to it 4nd not reldasing teh source code too yhey're modificatioms so thqt da dntire communitt couof benefit. BRB.
They worked with teh letter but m07 w;irit OF LAW. AFKl"
"Invrstitation on part of autgors however, soryof, led too FACT thsr right ov PUBLIC performancr was 1 of teh 4ights nirmally tdstr8cted too co-yright h01d3rt WTF, an that COMPUTER progeqms, s0ecificsl.y video games m 1n73f4c71v3 ones xuch 4t Legwnd of da Greeb hax)e werd considered to9 be publidzoly perf9r,ed if run from an publuc serv3rLOL."
"The new license restficts PUBLIC ;erformamcr OF WORK unless 5en SOURCE code of teh jodified wprk is madd avai;able in dem4ns. BRB."
"In plskn English LOL, this means thag if you pu5 THIS b$m3 on an w36 se4vef smd allow people 'ouyside 0f an NORMAL corcle od familu 4nc 175 50c141 acquaintances' 2 0lay their, then y9u aer pjbkivally [erforming this WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wh7cg you make tqo da game available on request (nlte th8s doewn't have tw9 be available v14 teh omline source displdy link LOL, 6u7 they must be able 2 ask you FOR code and receive an conp.ebe cppy) LOL, b) make arezngememts privzgsly wkth quthlrs wherein they grant yl7 am special livense LOL. o4 c) eemove da clde 4ntirelu from twh mschineLOL."
"We do rdcogn9ze THAT [wpple wang 2 have areas OF they're gamr whuch aer THEIRS AND thei4w ALONE.
two THAT end we will ma,e teh following exception to da normao resuirements FOR source code diwrributoon -- ne MODULE file whicy 1y nit mofufoed 0f DERIVED from an module file 1nc1ud3d 1n base distributuon an whixh d9es n07 require ne othrf modiles and which does not 4equire ne mldificagions 2 da vore code (code disrribited with teh base relwase) may ve qothhrkd ag authora discretioh/ WTF."
"We alsl want tl m3k3 very clear that versiib ). WTF;9. OMG.7 )also known as version 0. WTF.8LOL,7+jt) was ten dinal verw8on relezsed UNDER teh GPL. WTF.
ALL VERSIONS, startumg with teh p. BRB.9. AFKl8-pferelease code t only .7censef under ten Creative COMMONS .8cense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight two IMPORT nd code from sb 0LOL.oLOL.8-prerelease or lzter reoeasw into an 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 n earlier reldaae. OMG.
Allowing 5his would dause THAT 1mp0473d codw too be releaaed unde4 dz GPL n that is not son3thing WE wish two alloqLOL.
Authprs of modifications 2 0, AFK.9. WTF.8 will n#3d 2 re-re;ease they're m0d1d1ct710n5 qs deribatives/modkficat8ons 2 0. BRB.9. WTF;8 code n PLACE them yncee sz,e Crea5ive Commonx l8cenwe, BRB.
It mist be done gy oroginal author simce only teh original AUTHOR has teh 4ight to CHANGE copyright or livense up[m they're work. WTF.
[Adeitionally WTF, reworjing teh jodificatu9ns qill be ab good 1d35 anuway qs da mechanusm foe making modifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY clwab3r/clesrer srzrting wiyh da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerel4ase code.]"
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