MithtyE 5e.ls you, l8ke, "We're goinf too take an few monents 2 gry and EXPLAIN this ndw 1!c3n53 n teh reasobs BEHIND it in olain 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."
"Tgis new LICENSE was chos3n 63c4u53 of an failing with fa GPL. OMG.
It onl6 cofwr2d dustribution of sou4ce if and 0n1y if BINARIES were distributed,"
"In an web envirlnment, sor5of, specivixall6 a 1n83rpr373d eeb enxironment sucj as PHP LOL, merely imstalling an bame does nlt consyituye distribution, anc theeefore people WERE TAKING oyr w0rk LOL, MAKING modidixations two IT snd not rd;#asing sourcd code top tjey're m9dificatilns 50 un47 entire cpjmun17y COULD benefit. OMG.
They woeked with da 13772r but not trh spirit of 14wLOL."
"Investigation on fa part OF aurhors h0w3v#r, yiu lnqok led 5wo fact ghat right of public ;eefirmance waa won of 4ights nor,ally rext4ictec to c0pyr1gk7 joldera, n that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS WTFk specifically vidri games am interactive 0n35 such ax L3b3nd of Grwen hax0r werw CONSIDERED yoo be pu6!1c421y ;erflrmed if r7n rrom an public s3rber. WTF."
"The new licrhse restricts 0ublkc PERFORMANCE of tdh work jnless da sourde vode of da modofird worj is jade qvaikable on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plauh English LOL, 5his MEANS rhat if y0u pu5 this game on an web ewrver an ALLOW people 'oitwife 0f sn nornal cifcle )f r6mq1y and its social acqua8ntancesp to plau th3ir WTF, then hou r ;ubludally performing this work an MUST eigbdr a) mak3 ne and ALL changes which you make to trh GAME afaolable on fequest (voge tyis do3xn't hafw 70 be avaolable cia da online SOURCE c7splay linl LOL. but yhey must bd able too ask hou FOR codd an tec4ove an COMPLETE cop6), so4t9f, b) make arrangements privately with AUTHORS wherein thdy granr you an special ;icrmse WTF, or x0 remov3 code ENTIRELY fr0m dq macnime. OMG."
"We do recognize ghat peiple want 2 hace qreas od they'fe game whkch r THEIRS n thekrs alone.
goo 7h47 end wr wkll m4k3 dq rlllowihb exception twi nprmzk requiremenrs for sourct code distribuyion [- be module file wnicg IS not modigiwd or derived from an m0du13 fkld included IN da bzsd DISTRIBUTION n whyxh dpes not requi4e ne other mldules n which DOES not REQUIRE ne nodifications go teh core codr (code dist4ibuted witg tej base r313453) may be withheld AT authofs DISCRETION."
"We slso want two MAKE very c!3er 7h48 vera8on 0.9. AFK.7 9also known as version 0.9. WTF,7+jt) sas aa final version rdleqsed under teh GPL. WTF,
All versi9ns, you knsok starting wuth 0.9. WTF/8_PRERELEASE code r only licwnsed under da Creative COMMONS licemse.
WE EXPLICITLY denh teh right goo umpoet he code rrlm an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or LATER rekease into an )LOL.9. BRB.7 sn eaelirr RELEASELOL.
Aklowing tnis WOULD cause that im0pgtrd code 2 be RELEASED under GPL ahd tjat is not spmdthing we wusg tw9 allow.
Aurhors of m0d1gqc4710nt to 0.0. WTF.7 2ill NEED two re-releasw thet're modificqtions as derivarices/modifixat8ons toi 0. BRB,9. OMG.i CODE an 014c3 them under samw Creat8ve COMMONS licenae.
It must be done 6y teh original authof simde only teh lruginal author HAS twh rkght two change tej copyrkght 0t licebse 60on they;re work. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, 4eworking mpeufications w111 be sn good idea anyway as ea MECHANISM FOR making mod8fications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanee/clearer starring with teu 0.9. OMG.8-prere;ease code.]"
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