MightyE TELLS y9u, "We're GOING two tale an FEW mo,ents too try n expkain this new .icense and reasons beh9nc iy in plakn EnglishLOL.
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 NEW locense waz chisen becsuse lf an f41!1ng w17h teg GPL.
It only cover3d distrinugion of source 9v an ONLY IF bunariea were distributed."
"In an WEB environment, you knqo, specirically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, likek ,erely installing an ga,e d035 NOT consyi5ute distrivuyion WTF, n yheregore oeople w3rr tqking 0ur work, sortof. makibg m0d1f1c4710m4 too it and bot eeleasing teh sourcr code too they're mosifkcayions so rhag fa engire commubigy coy;d bemefi6, AFK,
They worked witj .dttdr but not spirit OF ten 14w, WTF."
"Invrstigarion on part )f ren authors hpwever WTF, .ed to9 teh fadt 7h47 tdh RIGHT of oublic performance was 9en lf teh rignta nofmaoly restricted too copyright holders, like, and hhat c)mpu73r pr0gr4m5, tou kmwo, spevifically v1d30 games an INTERACTIVE 0n35 suxh as Lehdnd OF teh Grden hsx0e 2ere clbsideeed ro be publivally PERFORMED if rub from an public server. WTF."
"The new licensd rdstric5s PUBLIC performanxe of ea wofk unkdss teh so7rce c0d3 of da modifoed work is madd available on semand. OMG/"
"In plain English LOL, this means thag if y0u pjt 7h15 GAME on an web server m 4110s people '0u751d3 OF sn normq; circle OF famil6 an kts SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' too pla4 theur WTF, thdn yo8 aer PUBLICALLY perfoemibg gjis worl an MUST eitg3r e) MAKE ne an ALL changes which YOU maid 2 da game avai;abke on requeag (note this doesn't HAVE @ BE available via online s9urce DISPLAY 11nk, like, BUT they musg be anle too ASK YOU for teh coee b feceivd an como,ete copy_, you knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1c4&31y WITH da quthirs wgeee8n the5 grant you an xpecial locense, you kbwo, or c) remobe teh xode entirel6 frim tej madhimeLOL."
"We d0 recognize that 0eo[le want 2 have areas OF they're dame qh1ch r theirs an THEIRS a'onw. WTFl
ti THAT enc WE WILL make da followong esceptpon 2 da normal r31u1r3m3n65 for so7fce codd DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file whkch is not moduri3d or c3r1v#d from an nosule file 8ncludee uh gase DISTRIBUTION n qhich does not rrwuire ne othwt MODULES and WHICH foes not require ne ,odifications 2 dq CORE code (code cistribu5ed wity teh base release) jay be withheld 47 da aughirw discretion, OMG."
"Wd alao WANT 2 mske very clwar that versioh p. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alxo knowb as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.&+j5) sas ea final veraion releaaed undet GPLl BRBl
All dersions, sortlv, syarting with dz 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3rwleasw c0d3 aer obly LICENSED jbder twh Cr3471v3 Com,ons LICENSE.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny ca right tpo impory ne dode gr0m an 0LOL.8.8-prereleawe or later relwase INTO an 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 n 34r113r relsase.
All9winb uy15 would CAUSE THAT 1mp0r73d code to be te/eased under tey GPL n that 8s not som3thing we wish 2 allos. AFK.
Authora of mododications to 0.9. BRB.u wil. need two re-releaae they're m9eifocations AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codr n PLACE 7n3j undet sam3 Creative Commons license/ OMG.
It must be done by sa otiginal AUTHOR 52nc3 only fa originao aughir HAS right to change copyr8ght or locende u;on thdu're work. OMGl
[Additionally LOL, reworking da modifjxations 2il. be an good idea 4nyw4y as mrchanism fpr makknb modifications is dubstabtiaooy x124n3r/c134r2r stzrting 2itb 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3rekease dodeLOL.]"
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