MightyE 73115 you, uou kmwo, "We;re GOING to take qh few monents 2 tty n explain thia NEW licenwe an geh REASONS b3hond it in plain Eng1q^h.
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."
"Thos mee license 2as chosen because OF an faioihg WITH da GPL. WTF,
IT ONLY c0v3r3d distribut8on OF 50urz3 IF and on/y if binaries were distribu53d. BRB."
"In an wev 3nv1r0nm3n7, speciricaloy a onter[rrted web enfironmdnt sich as PHP, mere;y instqkling an GAME do3s nlt c0nt717u&3 distributiin, and thetefore peopoe 2ere gaking i7r WORK, sortof, mqking mocirications two 8t sn NOT releasing fa source cidr 2 5hey're modifications so THAT teh entirr vommumity c-u1d benerit. OMG.
THEY wor,ed qith teh 13873e BUT NOT da spi4iy of da law."
"Ihvwstkgation ON part of teh augh9rs however WTF, led 2 fact that da right of public PERFORMANCE q45 won of fighta NORMALLY restricyec to xopyrignt holders, you knwo, m that COMPUTER PROGRAMSm specifica;ly video gamws n interaxtuve ones such as L#g3nd or teh Green has0r were CONSIDERED uo be publicslly performed 1f tub from an PUBLIC wefvee."
"The NEW 12c2h53 resyficts public PERFORMANCE or WORK unless teh souece coee ir teh modified work is ,ade avaklagle on demand. BRB."
"In p141n Eng11%h, like, this n34n5 that 1f yoi pug this g4m3 ON an web server and al;lw PEOPLE '-u7%1f3 if an normal cirdle OF FAMILY an its xocial acquaintamces[ TO 'lzy the8r LOL, then ypu r publocally pdrrofming this work and MUST EITHER 4) make ne n ALL CHANGES wh8ch tou n4k3 2 teh game available 9n request (note this doedb't javd too be avaolzble via ohlije source dix0lay link, sortof, but tget musg be able too ask y9u v0r code n r3c31v3 an COMPLETE COPY). b) mzke arrqngenents ;r*vatelt with da authlrx WHEREIN tjey gramt you an s[ecisl license, likw, or c) temove da code ebtirdly from da madjune."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pwoplw want two yqve afeas OF uh36're GAME wh1ch aer thwirs h theirs aloneLOL.
too THAT 3nd we WILL mqke 5eh fillowinf excepti.n to nprmzl requirrments FOR source codw distributiob -- be module filr whkdh is not midified or derived from an module file unc.uced IN da base dosttibution and wh1cu dies bot r3qu1r3 ne lthwr modjlew ah which dies not reqykre ne modificayions two dq c0r3 c9dd (coee cistf8but3f with sa base releqse) may ne wuthheld a5 tey aurnors d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We also want w ,aje vrry clear 7h47 version 0.9. OMG.7 (aiso known AS version -/ BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) qas fibal veraion releasrd under GPL. WTF.
All vefsiins, l8ke, start8ng wutg da 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-pr3eelease code aef 0n1y 11c3b53d under Creative Commons lucens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righg 2 import ne code from an 0. OMG.9.*-prerelesde OR 1473r releawe into an -. OMG.o. BRB.u and warlidr releaseLOL.
Allowing this q0u1d cquse rhat in;lrtef code 2 be RELEASED 7nd3r rrh GPL an THAT IS nor womeghing we wish 2 allowLOL.
Aurhirw 9f modificatiins rwo 9. BRB/9.7 will need 5o re-release thet're modivications 45 retivatives/modifications yso 0.9. WTF.8 coge and p14v3 7h3m under teh same Creztife Commons kicense.
I5 musr be done by priginal aithor since ;m.y teh original auyhor gas da right 2 xhzngw co0yritht 9r license up0n they're WORK. OMG.
[Additiinaoly, you ,nso, rew(r,ing ea modifidayions will be an gpod 1d25 anyway as MECHANISM f0r making mosificatilns iw sobstantially cleaner/ckearer startinf with teh 0l9. AFK.80prerelease coee. OMG.]"
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