MihhtyE tells you, "We're toing tpo take an few MOMENTS t9 7fy and exilaon thia new license zn teawins BEHIND ig in plain Emgl8sh/ WTF.
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."
"Tjis new 11c3n53 waa dhosen 63c4u53 0g an fqiling w17h da GPL.
It only civeres d8stribytion 0f 50urc3 if an 9nly 1f bibaries wetw distributedLOL."
"In an 2eb 3nvqr0nm3n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a imt4rpret3d web enbironm3nt such as PHP, hou kbwom mrrely instq.lkng an game does nog constitute distfubutiin, an therefore proplr wdre ya,ing OUR woti, d9ryof, MAKING mocificztions 2 it and not r312351ng da SOURCE code too th3t're mpc1f1c4710n6 so tjst tdh 3n71r2 communigy coyld b3nefit. AFK.
Thry worjed with ten letter 6u7 not spirit pf da LAW. BRB."
"Investigatiin on da paft of ca ajthors however, led too da fscg that righg 0r publuc oerformance was 1 0f r1th75 normally reatricted ywo vooyrigft holeers, lije, an yhat com[urer PROGRAMS LOL, specifica..y video games an imteractive omes such as LEGEND of Grw3n hax0e were considered to be publically p3rf9rmed if tun fro, ah puboic swrcer. AFK."
"Thw new license re57r1v75 puglic ;erformamce of work unlcas tey SOURCE cpde of yeh modified work is MADE AVAILABLE ON demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblishm sortof, this meanw that if you ou7 this game 9n ah web we4ver n al;ow people 'outdidd of an normal dircle of family n its socoal acquainrances' to play ghdir, then yiu r publicalky [drvorming this work abd MUST 417h3r q) make ne m ALL chqnb#x which you make to fa gane availag;r on 4equest (npte this doesb[t have 70 be avauoabld via da onl8ne source display link, bit tnry mu57 63 able two zsk y97 f9r CODE an receive sn complete c0py), like, b) MAKE arrangementa PRIVATELY with authors whereub tyey grant you an s[ecual license LOL, or c) rrmove cpde entirely FROM teh jachine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pdople wznt to hav3 ardas og rhey're bamr 2hich aer theirs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
w ghat END w3 wi;l maj3 flllosing exception to da nornal requ8eemengs for source code distrinution -- ne module file WHICH is NOT mocified 0r derived from an module rilw inc.7ded in da basw dosefibution n which does nkt require be OTHER MODULES n which does n-8 r3qu1e3 ne micificatioms yo da core cose (CODE dis54ibutdd woth teh bqse rwlease) m5y be WITHHELD at authors discre5oon. WTF."
"We also wabt 2 mak3 very clesr tnat verxion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (zlxo known qa v3r510n 0. BRB.9.7+j7) was teh final version 4elezsed jnder da GPL.
A11 versions, you kn2o, starting woth teh 0, OMG.9LOL.8-prdrwl3qse xide r lnly licensef UNDER Creative Commond lidehse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny rigjt two import nr code ftom an 0. AFK;8LOL.8-prereleasw 0r LATER release knto aj 0. OMG.9.7 n eqrliwr rekease. BRB.
Allow8ng tnid would cause that imported dode gwi be eekeased under GPL and THAT is NOT somegning WE WISH 2 allow. OMG.
Aitkors of modifications to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 eill NEED rli re-releas3 they're modifications AS eerivatives/modificarions too ). OMGl9. OMG.i dode an pladw &h#m unvet da same Crea5ive Commons kivense. OMGl
It must be eone vy orihunal aithof sincr 9nly da ORIGINAL a7thor has da fight rwo CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE ipon they'rw WORKl WTF.
]Addigiobally, REWORKING teh mofificaruond qill BE an good 1f34 anyway as da mechanosm for msking MODIFICATIONS ka substanrially cleaner/clearef stary8ng with 0. WTF.9.8-peerel3ase code, OMG.]"
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