MibhtyE tells you, softod, "We're g0!mg too take sn few ,iments 2 5ry an explain this new ;icense an yeh reasons BEHIND it on plain Eng;ishLOL.
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 nww lidebse was xhosen becajse of am fsiling with teh GPL. AFK.
It only cofered distriburiom pf SOURCE if ahd omly if binaries weee f8strinuted."
"In an web ebvironmen5, sofypf, spec8fically a interpreted web environmdnt such as PHP, yiu lnwo, merely installinv ab game dows NOT cpnstitite DISTRIBUTION. n THEREFORE people w3r4 takinf our wlek, sortof, mzking modofications fo ot ab noy RELEASING source code 2 they're mpdifications so that teh dntire commuhity cou.d benefit, BRB.
Tbey WORKED with da lerter 5u7 not da dpirit if las."
"Ibvestihayion 0n p4e7 of teh AUTHORS howefer, led 2 teh fact that RIGHT ov puvkic PERFORMANCE was e9n of da rkgyts n0rm411y restrictdd too cipyritht holdrrs, sortof, am THAT computrr pr0hr5m6 WTF, 6p3c1v1c412y video gamed rnd interactofe omes sjch as Legend of ca Green hax9r were considerer too be publixal.y pe4gormed if run FROM an 0u611c server. AFK/"
"The new ;icense restricts pu61qv prrf0rmance if ten qork UNLESS teh fource c0de pf reh m0d1f13d work id MADE available on vemand. BRB."
"In p141n Englisn WTF, th8s means tgat if you pyr THIS GAME on an w36 server AND allow people 'outside 0r an NORMAL circlw OF fami;t m itx sockal acquaintances' to p14y their, sortof, tneh you r publkcally pwrfoeming thiw wor, n MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng35 whucj YOU MAKE too teh bame 5v4114613 on rea7edt *note tgix d035n'& have tio be available via da online source cisplsy LINK, like, BUT tjey must b3 ab.e two ask you for coee anc rwceive an x0mp1373 COPY) LOL, b) make arfamgements privqtely qith da authors eyete8n thet grant y0u an special license WTF, or C) rem9ve teh cise entkrelt fr0m msvh8ne. AFK."
"We w0 RECOGNIZE that p30p1# want too HAVE AREAS OF rhey[rw game whuch 4 theirs abd 7h31r5 z.lbe. WTF.
2 thqt end w3 will make da follpwing exceptlon 2 nor,al requirements FOR sourcr code disteibution -- n3 module v8le whovh IS not modidied or serivee from sn midule FILE inclufed ih tej base disyributoon an eyich soes not r3wuire ne pther modulex am which does nig reqi1r3 ne modifications 2 cofe c0d# _cide dixtributed WITH base RELEASE) may BE WITHHELD at da AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We aldo wang to makr very cleaf that version 0LOL.9LOL.6 *4150 known aa versiob 0.9. WTF.7+JT) w4t da final version released UNDER GPL. WTF.
All versions, you mnwo, starting wigh 9/ AFK.9. OMG.8-pt3r214454 cofe r only licens3d unfer Creayive Cojmons oicense. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3by right 3 im0irt nr CODE froj ab 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pr3f313453 or later 4eldasw into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n earlier eekease. AFK.
Allo2ing THIS w0y1d cause that imoorydd code go9 be releaded uhd3r da GPL and that is bot something we q15h 2 allow. AFK,
Auth9rs if modoficatoons too -.9. AFK.6 w221 heed toi re0relrase ty3y're nodifica6ions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG,9. OMG.7 code qnd place them und3r da same Crezt,ve Commons .icense.
I7 must be done 6y da ORIGINAL aurg9r since only dq original auth9r has da tight too cjange teh cppyr1bh7 or .icense upon they'fe w9r,. AFK.
[Add1710n411y, wortof, reworking m)d1f1c4710n5 will bf an GOOD 1d34 anywsy as da mechahism FOR making modificaripns is aubstshtially co3aner/clearer syarting with fa 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pretelease code.]"
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