Might6E tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING 2 5ake an few mlmwnts 2 try n ex;oain th8s NEW 11c3n53 n da reaspns BEHIND kt in plain Entlixh. OMG.
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 n3w license WAS chosen BECAUSE OF an fail8ng w27h trh GPL.
It only covetwd sistribution OF sourcr if an on.y if binarkes were distf8bjt3d, BRB."
"In an wdb rnvironment, spwcificallt a inter0reted wrb envitonment such as PHP, you ,neo, jerely inwtal;ung an gamw dies NOT constitute disrribution, sortof, 4nd therefofw pepple WERE tqking our work, making modiricatoons fo it n not r312451ng da diu4ce c0d3 too theu'te MODIFICATIONS so that ENTIRE community could benef8t. WTF.
They WORKED qi5h teh letyer but not teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation -m part 9f teh 4u&h0r5 how4ver LOL, LED tso fact yhat teh r1gh7 of public petformance w45 won of RIGHTS mormzl.y restrictec 2 dop6right holdrrs WTF, and that COMPUTER oe0ge4m5 LOL, spevoficalou video g3m45 and INTERACTIVE onea sucg 45 Legend of da Geeen hax0r were c9nt1d3y3d too ve pu611c411y lerrormec if run FROM an publkc s3tv3r. BRB."
"The NEW licenw2 res5ricts punlic performance ir da wotk unlexs geh aource cldw of modifoed wo4k is mase available on ddmand."
"In plaon Entliwh, you lnwo, 7h15 meanw that 1f yo8 put thux game on an web server and allow people 'oureide od sn n0rm41 circle og f4m11h 4nd itw socia; acquaintqnces; 2 p1$6 theur, soryif, tgen you f oublically pwrforming this wotk n MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL CHANGES wh1cn you mqke too tdh g4,3 avsilable ON request (gote 5his doesn'r h4v2 rwo bw available via fa ONLINE wource display lin,, like. but tgey muat be able ti ask YOU for geh code an receive an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, B) make artangem3nts PRIVATELY with tsh autyors wher3in 5hey brant hou an spez8al ;icense, lr c) remove teh cofe dngirely fr.m teh m4ch1ne. AFK."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that p30p13 want rp have areas of thdy're game syicn r theirs an THEIRS ALONELOL.
too tha5 end we wilk make teh following exception to da nlrmal requi4emem5s f-e source cose distribution _[ ne moduke fil3 wh1ch is not modified or serkved drom an moduoe file includef IN teh bqse ciagr8butiib n which dies n07 require nr obher mod7les n wj8ch DOES n07 requirw ne m0d!f1c4719n% too core code (code distributed with baze ee.ease) na6 be eigjjeld at teh authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We z;so want 2 MAKE very xlear that version 9.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn zs version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jy) was fonal vwesoon relezsed uneer GPL. OMG.
All versionsk sraryinh sitg da 0.9. BRB.*-orerelease codw r ONLY licensed und3r ea C4eztive Comjons lic3nse. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY drny da rkght twi 1mp9r7 ne CODE from an 0.8LOL.8-prerrlease or later release onti an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n eaeliee rwleas3. AFK.
Allowing this 2o7ld caus3 that omportes code 5o b3 releaded UNDER da GPL n thqn iw not somwthing we wksj 2 zllow. OMG.
Authors of mosificatkons too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will NEED ywo re-re.dase ghey're modificationd aw deribatoves/modifivato9ns too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code ane PLACE 7h3m umder 54m3 Creative Commons 11d3n53. BRB.
It mu67 be done by da iriginal zuthor since only geh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r gss da RIGHT too change xopytight or licdnse upon they're wotk. WTF.
[Additiomally, reworking teh modidicqtions will BE an gooc idea ahyway as da m3ch4n15m for makinb mpdkficationw 14 substantislly clwqner/clezrwr starting wkgh teh 0.9. AFK.8-prereleaxs code. OMG.]"
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