MightyE tells YOU. to7 knwo, "We're going too tale am few mo,engs w try m EXPLAIN this NEW lucehse an teh reasons behind it in plain English. 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."
"Thia bew lixense wqs ch053n because ov an failing with geh GPL.
It only coveeed DISTRIBUTION of source if and onlh if bunaries were didtributefLOL."
"In an web environment WTF, spec8fically a interpreted WEB envirinment 5uch aa PHP, jerely instzlling an game dows not xonstitutr d157r16i71)j WTF, and theref9re people w3re talinh 0uf sork LOL, mziing MODIFICATIONS too ig 4nd not releasinf spurce code too they're m0d1f1v4710n5 SO rhat tsh entite community cou;d cenef8tm WTF.
They 2lrkef with da lettrr but not da spiri5 of law. AFK."
"Investigation on teh part 9f authors however, uou knwo, lrd to fad5 that rotht of public ptrfirmance wax oen of da rigyts normallt rewtrkcted gwo dopyroght holdersk you kbwo, n 5hat dom-uter proframs, sortof, s[ecifically vidro games and ihteractive ones such as Lrgens of 5eh Gr3en hax0r WERE cohsidered two b3 pub/uczloy pwrformed 1f rin fr9m an public servrr. OMG."
"The new locense redgfkcts public peeformance of work unless teh aoi4ce c0d2 of teh mod,fidd eork is made availzble on demand. WTF/"
"In plain Engl8sj, yhis MEANS that 1f hou put tgic game on an web seever an 4110w [eople 'lutdkde or an normal ckrc.e of famioy an ita socual acquaimtqnves' g2o p14y their, theb you aer 0yblically perf9rmijg this work n MUST either a* mske ne and ALL changes which you make two teh game AVAILABLE on rrquesr (nite rh8s doesn't h$v3 two be availagle via 5eh online so7rcr dis0lay lknj, but THEY must be able too ask you FOR ds cpc3 an receove an co,plebe copy), b) make artangemdnts 0rivatek6 woth teh authors wh3t31n they GRANT you an special licemsq WTF, or c) r3m0v3 teh code entirely 4rom teh nachineLOL."
"We dl RECOGNIZE that pwople want to HAVE areas 9f yhqy'rr gamf which aer tneots and tyeirs aloneLOL.
2 tgat end w3 will mak3 da fol.oqkng exception 2 teh n0rj41 reqyirehen%s for SOURCE code districution -- ne moduoe FILE which is nlt modified 9r ddrived from an module FILE included IN da base didtrobuyion n WHICH coes not f3qu143 ne ithrr mpeules n which does nlt rrquite ne modificqgions 2 teh CORE coew (coce dis5rubiyed w17h base rwlease) may be wi5hyeld at da au5ho4s disvrdtionLOL,"
"We alsi wabt to hake very CLEAR that version 0. BRB.(.7 (alsi known as v3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.u+jt) was geh gknal version released UNDER GPLLOL.
All versionwm syzrting WITH 0LOL/9l WTF.8-PRERELEASE vode r only kicensed under ea Creative Commond licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny rigbt w import nw code from an 0, AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or later rekwase ibto an 0. WTF.o. BRB.7 an earoirr release. BRB.
Alloeing thia wpuld cause tyat IMPORTED codw 2 bd 4eleasef under da GPL n thst is NOT s9mething we wish 2 allow.
Au7n0t5 of modificatoons too 0.9. OMG.u will beed too re-release they're modificatipns qs cefivatives;,odificqtions two 0. AFK.9.7 code qn plqce them UNDER teh samw CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
It mudt be done vy originak aitnor sincd only orihinal 4u8h0r has da right two cyabge da co[yrkhht 9r l8cenxe UPON they'fe woekLOL.
[Additkonaloy WTF, rew9rking fa modifications will be an GOOD idez 4nysry AS mecjaniwm for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS oa substantoally cleqnef/clearer startibg with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelexse code.]"
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