MibhtyE tells y0u LOL, "We'r3 giing tpo TAKE am few npments ywo try n explain thix mew LICENSE and da reasona behind kt in plain Englisn; 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."
"Tgis mew licrhse w55 cjosen becaise of an failing WITH teh GPL. WTFk
It pmly c9vered disttibution of s9urce 1f anc only 1f bimariew werd distrivutedl WTF."
"In an web envirpnnent, you knwo, apevifucallt s interpreted web environment duch as PHP WTF, merely installung an game does n06 cinstityte distribj5i9n, 4nd theregore ;eop.e weee taking 9ur wor, WTF, uakibg modifications too ir ame hpt RELEASING teh source CODE two thdy're modif8catoons SO that 3nyorr cpmmun17y co7;c BENEFIT.
They worked wuth da lerter nut NOT teh aporit 0f isw."
"Investiga5ion on teh part of da zuthors howwverm sortof, led two fact that teh right of pub.ic perfo4nance w45 1 of RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED too c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS WTF, and thay compuger progrsmx, 6ou knwo, specirically vidro games an knteracrivd ones such $5 Legend of Ggeen hqx0r weee consodered w b3 pubkicallt p3rf04m3s if run from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new license redtricts [ublic performahce of dz work unless spurcr c0de of modifked w9tl ia mace AVAILABLE om de,abd. WTF."
"In plain Englosh, th8s means 6h47 if you PUT this gqme on an WEB serve4 n 411)w people '0u751d4 0f ab nlrmal CIRCLE of family and its social acquaihtances' 2 p;ay thwir, luke, then yo7 r [uboucally 0drforming THIS wlrj h MUST eother a) MAKE ne n ALL chahges wgicj you make too 5eh g4m3 available on eequest (notd this fowxn[t h4v3 to 63 avzilable via online source display 11nk LOL, but 6h3y musy be abld too asi yo7 f0r tey dode and RECEIVE an com[lwte copy), n) make arrahgements provqtely with aurhors wh3r31n they GRANT you am sp3cial licenae LOL, i4 c) remove vode entireli FROM da ,achune. AFK."
"We do rexognize tgat peopld want to jave AREAS of thdy'er game which r tueirs and theirs aloneLOL.
two that end WE wiol make teh fpllowing 3xception 2 hotma; requirements for SOURCE coer distributipm -- ne mod7;e filr whidh is NOT m0d1f13d oe de4ived from zn module fil3 invluded IN dq bade distrivu5iin n which fods npt re1uife ne other modules an which does nig 4equire ne mocifications 2 teh core code (c0c3 dist4ibuted with teh BASE release) mzy bd witgheos r7 da authors discretion. WTF/"
"W3 slao want 2 make very clear that versiom 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 *aldo knowb as ve4siin 0.i, BRB.7+j7) was teh f8nal veesion releaswd under GPL. AFKl
ALL v3r51-n6 LOL, starting with 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-preeelease clde r in;y 11c3n53d umder Cr3471b3 Commpns LICENSE, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht to ojpory ne code grom qn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE of LATER RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. WTFl6 an EARLIER release. OMG.
Alolwing THIS would causd that IMPORTED codd 2 be relrased und3r GPL an tyat is n07 sometjing we wish two al;lw.
Authors of modifications to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wi;k nerd two re[release rhwy'ee modidications aw d3r1v471v35/m0d!v1c4710n5 2 [. AFK.9. BRB.8 clse an plzcw them unser ds same Creatuve Clmmons oicense. WTF.
It mus5 be done BY da iriginal author since onl6 da originao autho5 has tey right teo change v9p6ribht or license upln thdy're workLOL.
[Addktiohaply, sortof, re2orking teh modif8cqgions will ^3 an good isea anyway as da mechamism cot makimg m9dif8cations is wubwtantially cleaner/clwardr starting witj teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pferelease code. BRB.]"
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