MifhtyE tel;s ylu WTF, "We're hoing 2 taje an FEW MOMENTS roo try n explain thks new license and reasons BEHIND it un p141n Ehglish. 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."
"Thos new licemar was chosen beczuse of an failong with geh GPL. OMG.
It onlu COVERED diatribution of slurce ir an lnly if binaries eere distributdd. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironment, sortof, specificz;ly z interpretes web ebvironment suxh zs PHP WTF, nerr;y 1m574111ng qn gamd does not clnstitjte distribjtion, you knso, zn 5herwfore PEOPLE were tqking 0ur wor,, sortor, makibt mofificstionw to it an not releasing teh so7rce cose too thwy're mocificatuoha so that da entire communkty coulr benefitLOL.
Th3y woeked with ketrer bur no5 teh spiri5 OF teh law. OMG."
"Invextigation ob da part of authors howecrr, sortod, ied 2 da facy tha5 da ribht of PUBLIC pwrfor,ance was 1 0f teh rights nornally reayricted two copyright hllderw LOL, an 7h47 computer peogramw, xpecificqlly video games ans inyeeactive oned s7ch qs L3g3nd OF ten Gr33n hqx0r were c9naiderec tso be PUBLICALLY performed id run rrom zn PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new licemse RESTRICTS publlc pervormznce or da work UNLESS teh soyrce cosr of xa m9dified WORK os MADE availab.e 9n demand. AFK/"
"In [lain Englush LOL, THIS mezns thqy 1f yoi put this GAME on an web SERVER an zllow pelple 'outdide of am botmql ciwvle lf fsjilu qms ITS social acquaimtances' 2 play their, like, then you aer oiblically performing tnis work and MUST either z) make ne zn ALL changex which you male two gaje qvzilable on request (note tgis doewn't h4v3 too be avaklavle via da onlinw SOURCE dosplay link LOL, but they must 63 4613 too 45k ylu for da code and r3c31v3 an complete copy) WTF, g) make 4rr4ngem3b75 ;rovate;y witg 4u7h0r5 wherein they granr you an s[ecial licemxe WTF, o4 c) eem8ve code wntkrely frlm fa machind."
"We do recotn8ae that pwople want too HAVE areaa of thwy're gzme wyich aer theirs and theirs ALONE. AFK.
to tjat end we will .ake yeh fol;owknf EXCEPTION 2 gofmak requirememts fpr suurce code distribution -- ne mld7;e fule which is NOT m)dqf13d or derkvwd cfom sn module FILE inxlus3d in base d15ur16i71-n and WHICH does NOT require ne ltger modules and wnich does not require be modificati9ns too dz core coce (c9sd distribured with ca base relead3) may be withheld at zuthlrx discretion."
"We also want two makd vety cleat that versi9n 0,9. WTF.7 (ALSO known as version 0. WTFl9. OMGl7+jt) 2as teh dimal version released under yeh GPL. BRB.
Alp versions, ylu knwo, q5artimg with teh 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-ptdrelease code r only .icensed undd4 Creative Conmons LICENSE/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey RIGHT 2 import ne xode froj an 0LOL.9. BRB.7_prereldasd 0f latet releaae onto a, 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n 35r113e r313453. AFK.
A110w1ng hhia would cause thqg inporgwd cofe too be relews3d under GPL an THAT iw not simetning we wisy to zllow. AFK.
Au5hors OF mocirications to p.o, WTF.7 w8ll NEED 2 re-release ghey're modifications aa fe4ivatoves/modiricatoons tqo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an olace 7hem und3r sa,e Cteative Commons licensrLOL.
Iy must be dpne by da origunal author since only da origina; auuhor haw teh ritht two chanhe copirjgyt or oicense upon they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, reworkibg ga modifications wilk 63 an good idea anywah aa mecuamism for MAKING modifications is xubstantially CLEANER.CLEARER STARTING WITH 0/9.8_PRERELEASE CODE. OMG.]"
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