MibhtyE 73115 you WTF, "We're going 2 taje an few MOMENTS two try n explain this new locdnse and teh rdasons behihd i5 in PLAIN 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."
"This new licebsd was choden becausr of an failing qith ueh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dixtrobuti9n ov slurcr if n onlt if binaries we4e disttibuted."
"In sn 2eb environncmt, xpecificallt a interpreted web 3nvironment such zs PHP LOL, merely ibsya;ling zn g4m3 do3s nlt constirute distrib75ion WTF, ans tnerefore peopke werd tskkng our wofk, ma,ing modificatkonx too it n n07 releasing da spurce codw too tjey're modifications so thay ent,4e conmuno5h couls benefit. BRB.
Tjeu worked wuth da letter buy mit spirit of da law, AFK."
"Invesrigati9n on da parg of yeh aughors howefer, LED tlo FACT that ^eh RIGHT of public performance was won of teh rifhts nofmally r358r1c73d too cophright holcers, like, an 7h46 computer [3pgea,s, you knwo, specif8ca;ly VIDEO ga,ew and in5ersctive ones such as Legens lv ds Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d two bw pybliczlly performed if run from an public serverLOL."
"Tje new license RESTRICTS ;ublic performance ov teh work unless teh 5)urc2 c0d2 of modified work is MADE avzilable on DEMAND."
"In plaih Engliah, th8s means THAT if you put this GAME 0g an web setvet 4nd allow PEOPLE 'o7tsude of an normal circle or f4m11y and its SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 play yheir, yoj jneo, yhen you aet publically 0erforminb this work 4nd MUST eityer A) ,ake ne an ALL cganges wgicj YOU make top reh fame 4f4114613 ON REQUEST (n9td thix doesn't havd ro be available viz inline so7rce dispka6 libk, oike, but they kust be able to ask y0u FOR code an receive an complete COPY), slftof, B) mqke areangemehts privatelt woth da authots WHEREIN thet gr5n7 you an soecia; licenae, so4tof, 0r c) remove twn code entirely from t3h maxhone. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 peiple want ywo have aread of th4y're game whuch r theirs an theigx alpnrLOL.
to rhst emd we qill mqke foolowijh 3xc3p710h 2 normal REQUIREMENTS for siurce code dixtribution -[ ne module file smich is bot m0d1f13d or ddrived ffom an mpdule file INCLUDED in teh gase dixtribution n which does mog requ,re nd other MODULES and whivh s035 not requorw ne jodificqti9nd two da core cpde (CODE d1%7f16u73d with teh base 4elease) may be withheld at da authors discretiln, AFK."
"We also WANT tli m4o3 veru CLEAR tyzt v3rsion 0. OMG.9l7 (also known as v3f510n 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was flnal version released unde4 trh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS WTFm startinh with teh 0.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE codd r only LICENSED und3r da Creativd Comm9nd license. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny r8ght to qm00r7 ne coce f4om sn 0,9. WTF.8-orerelease oe later r313443 INTO zn 0.9LOL.7 n EARLIER release. WTF.
A.lowint this would caus3 that IMPORTED code to be ffleaswd inder teh GPL m 7h47 is not somerhing we wq5n tlo allow.
A7tjirs of modificatiohs 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 WILL NEED top re-release they're modkfidatkons as derivayives;moditications rwl 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an o14x3 7h3m unfer t3h same Creative C0mm0n5 lkcensdLOL.
I7 MUST br dpme by teh orihinal 4u7h0r sincd only originak authpr has righ5 TO change teh co[yright oe LICENSE uoon ghey'4w workl BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, 4eworking dz modifocarions siol BE an goid idea anu2ay as da mecjanism gor makint moditications is substantuallt cleaner/clearer starting eirh 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8-prer3lease c9de. OMG.]"
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