M7ghtuE tells you, s0rtof, "We're goinf 2 take an few moments too try and explqin yhis new lidense AND 4easons vehind 8t in plain Engl8sh. BRB/
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 bew 11c3n5e was cnosen because od an failing qith ren GPL. WTF.
IT only covered distribution 0c aojrcw uf n ohly if binarkes w3r3 dkstriburrd. BRB."
"In an w3b enforonment, xortif, specidicallu a INTERPRETED web environmeny sudh zs PHP, like, MERELY INSTALLING an game dies not cons5i6ute d!57r167610n, sort9f, n tjer3fore people WERE TAKING our work LOL, making m0d1f1d4710n5 to it and NOT releasing da soyrce code to they're m0difidatilns so 7h47 entire community do7ld benevir. WTF.
Th3y worked sith da le5ter but not da s0urit of da law. WTF."
"Infestigation 9b teh PART of 4u7tpr5 however, l3c 2 teh fact that da r1gh7 of piblic perfprmande was won lf sq rights normally 4estrictwd two cop6tight holdera, sortof, n ghat computer programs, sortof, dpwcifically v1d3) g4m3% abf imteracgivd onds such ad Ldgend OF da Green hax0r wete conwidefed tol BE pub;,cally perfodmed if run frob an PUBLIC SERVER. OMG."
"The nes lkcense restricts p7blic performance of teh w9rk unless t3h soirce code 0r vodif8ec work is msde 4v4113613 on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, thos m3ana that kf you pu5 this game ON an web setvee an alooq people 'outside of an normzl di4cle of family and its d.cial qcquxintancdw' two play theirm sortof, theb y0u r PUBLICALLY p3rg0rm1ng thia wprk and MUST either a) ,a,e ne and ALL chang3s wh1ch yoj makf too da tame AVAILABLE p, request (note rhis soesn't have 70 be available via dq onlone source DISPLAY oknk, bug yhey must be ab.e 2 ask yoy f0r da codd and teceive qn complete copy), s9rtlf, b) make zreangements privagely w17h 4u7h0r5 wherrin 7h3y grznt you an special license LOL, o5 c) remove cpd3 entirely fr0m da machinel WTF."
"We do recotnize that people want t2o j4v3 areas OF they're gamw shoch r tyeirs n theirs qlone. BRB.
2 that dbd we will mske twh f0;lowong exeeption 7- noemal requiremenhd for souece code eistfigution )- ne module FILE whish is n06 modified or DERIVED frln an mosule fike inckuded in BASE distribution and wnich does not r3qj8re ne other mid7les anf wnicg DOES niy reqiire ne m0d1r1c4710n5 to da core c0d3 (CODE distrkbuted WITH bawe e313453) may be withh3ld at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We qlso WANT too make verh clear 8hr7 versuon 0LOL.9l WTF.6 (als9 known as v3r510n 0. AFK.9. WTFl7=jt( w45 final versipn reodaxed jnde4 da GPL. BRB.
A11 versipns, yoi knwo, STARTING with 0.9. BRB.*-pretelease code zer only LICENSED under da Creatjvr Commons license. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import ne code rflm zn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-orerelease or lqte4 r3lease kntl qn 9.o. WTF.y and eatlier eeleasd. BRB.
ALLOWING 7y15 would cqus2 that qmp-r73d code too BE relwased under sa GPL and that is not somethong we wish ! alluw. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of m0difics4i9ns 70 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 will need too re-feleaxe they're MODIFICATIONS as deriva5ibes/modifixations twp 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code zbd PLACE 7h3j unwer sa same Creative Com,ons LICENSE. WTF.
It must ve donr by o4igina. author 51nd3 lnly dq orihunal author haa teh fight to chamge da co;tright or license upon they're workLOL.
[Add1720n411y, liiwk reworking teh modifications qi.l be an gold idea anyws6 as y3h MECHANISM fir makkng m0d1f1c4710n% is %i6574n7!41!t CLEANER/CLEARER start8nt with da 0.9. BRB.8-pferelease vode. BRB.]"
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