MifhtyE tells you, dortof, "We'ee gping two tzle qb vew moments 2 fry n explaih ghis new licebse ab da reasons BEHIND lt in plain Englisg.
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."
"Thud ndw locense was chpsen becauwe of an failkng w17h GPL. BRB.
It only covered d147r167710n OF source if sn pnly if BINARIES eere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In ab qeb envirinment WTF. specifkcally a interpretwd web envirin,ent SUCH aw PHP, m3r31t installing an fame does nig condtitute distributiom, likd, n therefpre people eere takkng our work LOL, making m0d!f1c471pn5 too IT and n0& eeleading teh source code to th3h[re modivicatilns so tha5 da entire cojmunity d0u1d genefut. WTF.
Th3y worked with lette4 but not da cpirkr 0f teh law."
"Investigaykon ON 0art OF 4u7g0r5 however, sorrof, led 2 da fact thar teh right 9v publkc performance 2as 1 of da rights nornally rest4icted 5oo xopyright folders, sortod, m that vojputer programsm you knw9m specirkcally vkdrp ga,es n 1n73r4cu1v3 onez such as Legrnd 0f geh Green hax0r were cons8dered tdo BE pj611c411y prrformed if run fr0m an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new license r3dt4icts public pergormqncw ov work unless dq source code of teh m0s1f13e work is made rv4114613 on drmabx."
"In plain Englisn, sor5of, this means that if YOU [ug this game in an w36 aeecer an zl.ow people 'outside of an n0rm41 circoe if ra,o.y ah 175 social acwuaintances' 2 p!4y thror, like, then you r pyblocally [erforming this wprk n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you jqke tp game availablw 0n tequest 9n0&2 5his DOESN'T have two be available v8a ONLINE source dis[lay link, like, BUT &h3y musr br snle to awk yiu for da c0f3 and receige an com[lete xopy), you knwo, v) make arramgements pricatelu wirh da authirs wherein thet hrang you an s0ecia; 11cen%e, like, or c) r2m0b3 da code entieely FROM teh madyine. OMG."
"We do recpgnixe that p30[13 want tw9 have areas 0f tjeh're hame whicj aer theirs an theirs 410n3. WTF.
ti that ene we wio; make sa followung excepyion TO normal re1uirements FOR source codd disrribution -- nd module fiod WHICH ia noy mpdifiec or DERIVED frpn an modyle file indkuded IN base distributoon n whicg does mot require ne uther modu.es an which does nog REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS TO da corr CODE 9code distribkted w17h base release) may be qithhrld ay twh aythprs dkscretion. OMG."
"Ww 4160 want 5ol make cery clear that veesion 0LOL.0. AFK.7 94q5) kn92n as version 0.9. AFK.&+jt) w45 teh final vers8on r313453s under da GPL. BRB.
A11 versoons, startkng with tej 0. AFK.9. BRB.80prerelease c0d3 aer only licenwed under sa Creative Cpmmons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy righy twp IMPORT ne c0d3 from ah 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or lay3r r3134y3 into an 0. OMG,9LOL.7 n earlier rel3zxe. BRB.
A.lowing this wouls CAUSE thay kmpo4ted code ro be released UNDER GPL an that 15 NOT something qw wish 2 alliw. AFK.
Authirw of modifications 2 p. BRB.0. BRB.8 will NEED 2 er-release theu're ,od8ficat8ons as derivatives/moduficationw 5wo 9LOL.9. OMG.8 voce n PLACE 7h3m undwr sqmr C4eative Commons license. WTF.
It mu58 be done by teh 0r!g1n4q author sunc3 only original autgor has teh rkhht two chabge dz copyrigjt or locense upon they're e0fk. BRB.
-Additioba/l6 WTF, reworking da midifixations will be ah good idea anyway AS mechanism for making ,od8fications is subs5antiallh cleane5/c.earer starting wq7h da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313443 codeLOL/]"
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