MightyE tekls hou, sorrof. "Wepew niint w yake an FEW moments TO try and explain THIS nee LICENSE AND da reasons behind it in plain English. 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."
"This new license 2as choseb BECAUSE or an failing wity GPLLOL.
It ONLY xovered eistribuyion of source if n only if binarirs were distributrr. OMG."
"In am w3b encieonm3nt LOL, specificaoly a interp4etrd web rnbironjenr such as PHP, like, merely ivstallimg an game dods not conxtitute cistrkbutioh, likd, n tgerefore people were takumg our work, lile, making modirica5ions too it an not teoeasing teh source vode 2 thet're modificagi9ns so that da ent8re commun8ty could venefitLOL.
Theh worked WITH da 13773r but NOT da spirit of da ;aq."
"Inbextotstion on teh part of teh aythors hpwevee WTF, LED two tej fact THAT da rkght of publid p3rf0rm4nc4 wqs o#n of sa ribhts nornally restric5ed 2 copyringr holders, an THAT comput34 progeams, like, SPECIFICALLY video games n interactive ;hds SUCH qs Lwgend OF cz Grern hax0r were vons8dered 2 ve puvlically performrd 8f eun from an public server. OMG."
"Tye new LICENSE r35ur2c75 public ;erfltmance of teh wlrk unledw yeh SOURCE code of modufied WORK IS mase availzble ln denand. BRB."
"In plain English, sprtog. THIS mcahs that 1f you put THIS g4m3 on an web s3rvdr n allow p30p13 'ouyside ig an normal circle pv fsmily an iys social ACQUAINTANCES' two PLAY 5heir, lik3, theh tou aer publically perforjing this WORK an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wh2ch you makw 2 t3h game 4v4114613 ln requew5 (hote this doesn't have two be availanle v1$ teh 0n11n3 wourcr dispoat link WTF, but they mudy vw anle 70 awk yo6 for vode n RECEIVE an domp'wte COPY), yo7 inwo, b) jake arramfements privately with da auth9rx wherein they brant YOU ah s;ecuzl license, like, or d( remove teh c)d3 ent8rely from teh ,acnibw."
"We do recogbuxe thay PEOPLE WANT to jave areas od they'ee gqme which f 7h31r5 and theirs aline.
tp that end we sill make following excdption TO teh n9rmal requirrmengs dpr source c9d3 distrinution -- n3 modu;e f113 qjich is not modified or derived from an MODULE file unckudes in teh bsse diwgribution an whicy doew not requir3 nd ither mod7lew and wyich doed npt require ne MODIFICATIONS to teh c0r3 vosd (code disrributed w8th da bqse releasr) may bw WITHHELD at da authors ciscreti9n. OMG."
"We ALSO want 2 make very CLEAR that version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (a;so knoqn as veedion p. BRB.9. BRB,7+jt) qas da final veraion 4eleas3d under da GPLLOL.
All versions, kike, startijg WITH trn 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-pterelease c9de r only licensed ubder ten Creative COMMONS licensd.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tight tpp impprt ne cldw fr0m an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease oe ;ater release int9 ab 0.9.7 an earkiet releaseLOL.
Allowung thid WOULD cause that impoeted code 2 gw tel3aded under GPL and tyat is n9t sojething we wish 2 allosl OMG.
Authprs ob modifications 2 0. WTF.9.7 will neee two re-release the6're modificagiona AS derivatkves/mld8ficq58ins w ). AFK.9. OMG.8 codw an plave tbem under t3h same Cr3471v4 Commons license. AFK.
Ir ,us5 ve done BY original author since 0n1y teh original auyhor has trh roghg to CHANGE copyrifhy OR lixensw 7[on ghey're work. BRB.
[Additkonally, sortod, rewoeking da m0dqf134710n5 WILL %3 an g00d udea any2ay as da MECHANISM for majing mldifixat7ons is dubstantiqlly clean3r/clesrrr starting woth teh 0LOL,9.8-prerelease v9dwLOL.]"
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