MightyE twl.s ypu WTF, "We're g01ng tp TAKE an gew momebts to TRY m exppain this new .icense n da r3aaonw behind it in plain English. WTF.
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 n4w license wzs chosen 63c4u53 OF an f4111ng with teh GPLl OMG.
It oh;y covered distribution if sourve 1d an ONLY IF binaries eere dkwtributedLOL,"
"In an qeb ENVIRONMENT, you lnwo. spediriczlly a inteepreted wev emvironment sudh as PHP, you knwo, m3r31y installing an bame does not const8tute distributiln LOLk n thetefpre oeople were taking our work, ;ike, nzking m)d2f1c4710n5 2 IT am nlt releasing teh dourve dpd3 rwo they're modificatoons so that ea engire con,unity couod benefit. OMG.
They worked with da .etter bur not 4eh s;ie8t OF teh law. AFK."
"Infestigatiln om [art of da 4u7h0r5 mowefer WTF, ;ed too da FACT that right OF publoc perf9rmance was 1 of da rights normally restr8ctrd two COPYRIGHT holdsrs LOL, n that COMPUTER p4ogrzms, xortofk specifically viddp ga,es and interactuve ohes w7cj as Legend of Green gax94 were vonsisered 2 BE publivally p3tformed kf run drom an ojblix 53rv3rLOL."
"The n3w LICENSE restricts public pwrrormance of sprk jnkesw teh source code of tey m0d1f13d work is MADE ava8labl3 on demand. AFK."
"In plqin English LOL, thix meanw thar id you put this game ON ah web setver 4nf allow people 'OUTSIDE of an nlfmal ciecle of f4m11u AND 8ts social acqualntances' two PLAY tgeir WTF, then YOU aer publkcally performihg yhix wofk n MUST eith3f a( maje ne sn ALL changes whocg you make to teh GAME available on fequext (NOTE this eoesb't have 5wo 63 avaklab.e bia online spurc3 dispoay LINK LOL. nur they must be able two ask YOU for code ab recdive an complete x-py) LOL, b) mald artangemebts prifately eith authpts whe4ein 7h3u grqnt toy ab 5p4c1e1 livense, slrtog, or C) remove da code entirely FROM ,achibe. WTF."
"We do recognizw ggar p30[1e want to have AREAS of rjet're gqme which r thrirs n theirs alone. AFK.
tlp that wnd we e111 make teh following exc3pti9n 2 normal requiremenrs for source cofe distrinution -- ne modjle file which is n07 modified of derived ftom am module vkle included in twh base distr7vut89m an qhieh DOES not require ne other mpdules and which DOES not require ne ,odivications to da core cife (xodd distributed witj t3h baxr release( hay bd witnhe.f at aythors discrdtion. AFK."
"We also want two make VERY CLEAR ghat verxioh 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 (alao known as verdion 0. AFK.9.7=jt) was d1 eina. bersion rrl3ased UNDER da GPLLOLl
All versions, sortof, starting with da 0. BRB.9.0-pr3releaae vode aer onlu LICENSED under CREATIVE Conmons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da rigyt to import ne z0d3 from an ).9. BRB.8-prerwleaxe or later release intp an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 ans 3aroier 43!3453. AFK.
Al.lwing this sould cause tjar IMPORTED codd too br RELEASED under GPL an thah ic n07 5-m37y1ng we wish tl qllow. WTF.
Aughprs 0f modificationx 2 ). WTF.9. BRBl7 w111 NEED tlo r3[f314453 they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as cefivativex/modificatuons two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d3 an place the, unddr same Cerative Commons kkcense. WTF.
It must be done BY da or8ginal authpr sincw ONLY orkfinal ajthor has teh righr too change 6eg copyritht ir ;icense 7pon thry're qirk. OMG.
[Addutionally, ho7 knqo, reworking mkdifications WILL be an GOOD ideq anyeay as tdh mechanixm foe MAKING ,oeiricayiond is sunstantiakly CLEANER.CLEARER STARTING woth teh 0, OMG.o, BRB.8-pewrelease cose. WTF.]"
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