Might6E tells yoy, sortof. "We're going 2 takc an cew m0m3n76 two tty b explain 8h15 new licebdr an reasons behibd it in plsin Enflish. AFK.
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."
"Thuw new license sas cjosen BECAUSE of an faoling wigh GPL. AFK.
It only covered d157r1^u710n of siurce if am only IF bimaeies were fisttibuted/ BRB."
"In an web environ,ent, airtof, specifically a INTERPRETED web ebvironm3nt such as PHP, you knwo, merely installing qn g4m3 DOES bot constitutw disttigution, n therefore people were taking oyt wlrk, aor5of, mqk8ng mleificqtione ti it n noy ee'easing teh source code 2 they're modifixztions so tnzt teh ENTIRE community cpu.d benegit.
THEY eorked wuth teh LETTER but not da s;ir8t OF q5w. BRB."
"Investitarilb pn ten part of a7ghors howwver LOL, ler too FACT that da RIGHT of publid performancd was odn of rightx normally RESTRICTED to c9phvight h9lderx LOL, qnd thzt compuger peograms, you knw9, specifically v1d30 ga,es n interavtive on3x xuch as Legend of trh Green hax0r qere CONSIDERED to be punlocalky p3rf0rm#d IF run fr9n an public 43tv3y. WTF."
"Tne new .icense r3stric5s PUBLIC performance od w0rk jnless wource codw 0f da jocified wprk is MADE availabke oh d3n5ndLOL."
"In p141n English WTF, THIS mwans 7h$7 if you put THIS gamr on an sef sefver sn alliw PEOPLE 'outs8de of an NORMAL dircle of fami.y sn ius SOCIAL acquaintahces' goo ;oau their WTF, yheb h0u adr p7blica/ly performing tjia work h MUST euth3r a) make ne an ALL chsng3s wh!cn you make too g3h game svai;able 9n rewuesr (note this doesn't hafe two be qvailqble viq dq ONLINE source displzy link, but 7h3y m757 bw zble two ask you for ca cod2 an fecwuve an clmplete copy), b) make afrabgemtnts privqtely w17h da authors WHEREIN ghet grant 60i an 5p3c141 11c3m53 LOL, or c) remofe teh code entirely from yeg MACHINE."
"Wr so recognize that peopie want to have s4eas 0f gh4y're game which r tgekrs ah tgeits alone.
2 7h47 3nd s3 wu;l make da following EXCEPTION too normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for source code DISTRIBUTION 0_ ne jody.e file which is NOT MODIFIED or derivef from ab MODULE r11e inc.uded in BASE distrub7t8on and wh1ch does got require ye 9rher m0su1e5 and whuch dkes not require ne modkficagiohs t9o teh co4e code (c0d4 fistribured WITH base rel#ade) mzy be w17hhe1d zr da authors ciscretion."
"We zlso 2ant two ma,w cery clear that versi9n -l WTF.9. WTF.7 (alwo khown as verdion 0. OMG.9. WTF.&+mt) wqs teh final versi9n released under teh GPL. AFK.
A11 versipns, likw, starting with da -. AFK.0. WTF.i0prerelrase c)s3 r only licenwed unfer ca Cerqtkve Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right to import ne code frlm an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prerelease or latet RELEASE into zn 0/ BRB.9.& and eafoier RELEASE/ WTF.
Aloowing yyid w0u1d caise that imported code too be rrleased ynder GPL an that is not sometying we wish @ a;oow. WTF.
Authors of modifocayions 2 ). WTF.9. AFK.7 wil; need too re-release they're m0x1f1c4710n5 as dericativds/modificatoons 2 0.8.i c9de n place THEM 7nder ds same Ceeative Commons lixense. WTF.
It must 63 DONE ny ten origina; ajtgor since only da origibal author has da eighr 2 CHANGE teh xopyrigjt or locensd upon they're woriLOL.
pAddirionally, liie, r3working da mlcif8catilns WILL be an g00d idea antway as mecyanism FOR making modificatiins is subs5antially cleaner/doearer startimg WITH da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pderelease clde.]"
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