MightyE tells you LOLm "We;ee goinj twp take an few m8ments 3 try an #xp141n this new license an t3h reasohs behind 8t in olain 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 lkcwbse was chosen becausw OF an fqiling qith GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y coverdd DISTRIBUTION ov source if and onlu IF b8nzrids wer3 disteibuted. WTF."
"In an web enbironment, likd, specificall6 1 interpteted web enviromment such as PHP. likd, m3r41t installimg am game do3s m9t constitute distrobution LOL, n therefore people were taking our xork LOL, makinh mofifucations 2 it smd not r3leaxing source code 1 theu're modificatuins wo that reh entire communkty could nenefit/ WTF.
Tgey worked with teh lety3f but nlt da spiriy lf teg law,"
"Investigatipn on da part of authors howevef, 13d two da fsct thar right of PUBLIC perfo5manve was won OF rights norjally restricted to copy$kght HOLDERS, l8kw, qnd that com0uter pr-gr4m5, sortof. spwcif8cal;y vifeo hzmes an inteeaxtive )n34 5uch as Lrg3nd 9f rey Green hqx0r qe4e consoderef t9 be PUBLICALLY perdotmed if rjn from an public serve4."
"Tye new licensw resrricrd public p3tf0rm4nc3 of worj unoess source cpde of da modofied woek is mqde availaboe on f3mand. OMG."
"In plaon Englidh LOL, this means yhar ir you 9ut thos game on an w3b se4ver an al/oq peoole 'ou5side of an normal circle of FAMILY an ita wociao acqiaintancrs' too p14y their, loke, guen you aer pubkically performing this work an MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL changex which y0u makr t2o game avqilab;e on twquest (note thid doesn't have too be svailablr via da onlinw siufce display oink WTFk but they must be 4613 to asl you for teh cpce abd rece8vd an comp.3td copy) LOL, B) make arrsngemdntd ;rivately w17h teh authorx wh3rein tjey g4ant you sh special livenwe, ;ike, lr c) REMOVE da v)d# entirely frpm teh machonw."
"We si recognize that PEOPLE wqnt too havd 4r345 of thwt'43 gsme which aer rhwirx n the8rs alonel AFK.
2 thag 3nd qe will make da f9119w1nf EXCEPTION 2 tej normal requirements for soufce doew diwtrinution =- ne MODULE file ehich is not modified or eerived from an module f113 ind;jded 8n teh base distribution an whicj does not re1u8re ne other mldules an whicy does not reqiir3 he modifications two da cote coee (code d157r16u73d with basw RELEASE) j4y be wiyhheld at AUTHORS discretion/"
"We alsi wan5 two make very xlear that c3r510n 0. WTF.8.7 (zlso known as bersion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) sas final versioh r313e53d unde4 GPL. BRB.
All ve4sions, sortog, xtartong with t3h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleasw vode r only licensrd unde4 Creatide COMMONS licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impo4t ne code drom an 0.9. OMG.8-prefelease OR lqtdr reldase kngo an ). WTF.9.7 and edrli3r release. AFK.
Aloowing rhus would cause tyst 1np0r73d cide twi be reldased unf3r da GPL and tnat is not 50j48h1bg we WISH 2 allowLOL.
Autho4s of ,oeificat9ins two 0.9. AFK.7 will need too rw-rwleaxe tjey're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications ywo 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and placw THEM unddr da 54m3 Creative Commons l8cdnse. BRB/
Ir musr bw done by dq 0r1g1n4q authpr sincr only teh original zuthir yax da r1gh7 too change da copuright or licensw jp0n they're wofk. AFK.
[Aeditionzlly, like, reworkinr da modificarions w111 be an good IDEA anyway as teh nechanosm for maling modifocztions is subxtantially cleaner/cl3are3 STARTING with 0. OMGl9. WTF.7-prer3lease code. OMG.]"
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