MightyE (3115 you, you knwo, "We're going two 5zke an fdw moments yop bey n 3xplaib THIS new lidense an eessoma behind it in plain 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."
"Thid nww 11c3n53 WAS chosen because lf an faoling w8th GPL. WTF,
I7 only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of sourcd if and only *d bonaries werr dixtributed."
"In an w3^ dnvironment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT auch as PHP. tou knq;, nerely ihdtallint an game DOES not constitutr distrinition LOL, AND THEREFORE people WERE taking put work. sort9fk jakong modoficstions too ir abd not relezsing sa dource code 2 thdj;re modif8catiobs so THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY doyld benefit. BRB.
They worked witn teh legter 6u7 noy SPIRIT OF teh law,"
"Inves5igat8on pn da part od authlrs howevdr LOL, lef too f$c7 7h47 teh 4igjg of piblic performance was oen OF da rugnrd normally re57r1c73d 5ep cop6right holders WTF, n ghat c0mpu73r or0gr4m5, you knwo, specifica.ly vueeo games an interactive ONES suvh r5 Legend of GREEN hax0r were c0n51d3r3d tw9 be pibiicallu perform3d id RUN gr0m sn p7b.ic detver. BRB."
"The new license redtr8dts publiv perrormamve of teh WORK un1355 teh 50urv3 coce OF teh m0d1f12e worl IS mzde available pn demand. OMG."
"In plain Engoisj WTF, this means thay if you pu7 thiw game pn an web SERVER an aklow p30p13 'outside of am nofmzo circle pf f5j11y and urs slcia; acquaintances; 2 play tmeir, sortud, then YOU a3r PUBLICALLY 9erfofming this w;rk abd MUST eigher a) make ne zn ALL chantes wh8ch you make ypo yen game available on requedt (note this doesn't h4v3 3 be 4v4114613 cia trh online aource diwplay linkm sortof, bu5 tjey musg be 4613 too $5l you for xode and rdcdive an c0mp1373 co[h), sirtog, b) make arrangemwnts ;rkvately wotg AUTHORS whe4ein tney gr4n7 uou an special license WTF, OR c) remove da sod3 3n72r31y from da madjone. AFK."
"W3 do f3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE want two have areas lf thrh're hame WHICH zer tjei4d n theirs 410n3.
2 that end we w!1! maje da following esceptioh 2 mlrmal rdquiremrnta f9r sokece coce dia5ribytion -= ne moduld FILE wyicu is npr m9difiee or seribed from ah modile fikw 1mx1ud3d ib da base distfibutkon b which does not require ne OTHER m0eu135 an eh1ch doea NOT REQUIRE ne modifications toi teh core c0d3 (code distributed e17h base release) MAY be wkthheld at da AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We aldo want two mske v3ry c134r that version 0.9LOL.& (also known qa verxion 0. WTF.9.7+ut_ was teh vinal vdtsipn re;eased under dq GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, 564r71ng wirg teh 0, OMG.9LOL.8-prdre.ease code r only licemsed unddf teh Cr$r71v3 Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy right two impprt ne codw FROM sn 0. WTF.9. AFKl8[;rerelwase 0r lzter telease into an 0. OMG.9. WTFl7 ahd earliet rwlease. AFK.
A120w1ng 7h15 wo7ld cauwe that imp9fted cofe two BE released 7nd3r GPL n that is not aomething we wiah yoo a;los. WTF.
Authors 0f modificatipns 70 0. WTF.9.7 will nded too rr-releawe they'fr m0d1f1c$71)n5 as derivatifes/jocifications 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an PLACE tgem under trh samd Creativw Com.lns lkcehse. AFK.
It mu57 be DONE ny original aythor since onlh da origibql author HAS teh right twu change ea copuright pe license upon th3u'rr workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOLm reworling teh modificationa will 63 an good idea anyway 45 mechanism for makint modifications is substajtially cleaner/cleqrer start8ng WITH da 0. OMG.8, OMG.8-pqerrlwase CODELOL.]"
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