MiguttE tells you, sor5of, "We'rw going to take an ves ,inents too try and rxllain tnis bew licehse zn reasons behind it in plaon ENGLISH. 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."
"Tnis n3w licrnse was chosdn because if an failing with teh GPLl AFK.
It on;y covered d8strivur8on lf siugde if an only if binarids were distributedo"
"In an wrg ENVIRONMENT, w;ecivicalky a inyerpreted wen enbifobmenr sucy AS PHP, sortof, merwly 1n574111nt an game doed not constitute disyeibution, ypu knso, anc 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking our WORK. hiu knwo, makint MODIFICATIONS to it an not rdleasing source code 2 they're modificatioms 50 thay dz en5ire community c9uoe benef8tl
They worked with let5er BUT not spirit of 24e. OMG."
"Investigqt8on 0b part pf authors h0w3v3r, like, led to da fact 7h$7 right of PUBLIC perforjsnce was 2on of teh righ5s nprjal.y restrkct3d 2 copyr8ght holders, sortod, and thzt compjter [rograms, t97 inwo, specificslly VIDEO gsmes n inreractuve onew whch as Legend pd da Greeb hax0r w4r3 consieceed twl ve oublically perforjee 1f run fr0m an public server. WTF."
"The new lucrms3 reatricts public PERFORMANCE of w0rk unless source code of teh modifird work is msde scailanle om demanf. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, this mtans THAT 1f YOU pu7 this GAME ON an web server anx allow PEOPLE 'oitside of an normal vircle if fzmil6 anf itz slcoal acquaintances; go play thei4, sorgofk 7hen y-u r pub;icakky pefformkmg thoa woek an MUST either a) .akr ne AND ALL changes WHICH you make 2 game availsb.w 0n request (note thia doesn't have 2 be 4b41146!3 via da online s[u4ce display link LOL, bug tyry must be aboe to aaj YOU for teh coce anc receive sn compleye copy) LOL, g_ male adrangemengs privayelh with teh 4u7h0r5 3herein they grant YOU an special lidende, like, or c) remove 5eh code entitwly fr9m tey machine."
"We do recogniae thar PEOPLE want 5o h4v3 areas of tye6're game wyivh f thwies n theirs a;one. WTF.
goo thay 3nd we will make sa dollowuny wxce[tion gwo norjal reqiur3mrngs for aourcd code distfibutiom -- nw m9dule file which IS NOT jodifked o4 derives froj an module file included 1b teh base fistributioh zn which does nit $equire he OTHER ,ocules n WHICH roes hot require nr modifications tio da core code (CODE distributed with tdh bqse release) ma6 be wirhheld 47 sutho4s discretoon."
"Ww ALSO want too mak3 very clear that bersion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also kmowb as version 0LOL/9. WTF.7+jt) was teh giha; verskon rwleased undee teh GPL. WTFl
All veesions, startinf WITH dq 0.8. WTFo8-p4erelease code r ONLY licensed uhder %eh Creative C0mm0n5 livense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY dent teh ritht to kmport ne code rr0m an 0LOL.9LOL.80[rerelezse or 1473r r3q3453 qb70 an 0. WTFm9.7 and 3$r113r release.
Al.owing this would cajxe that IMPORTED xode tl be released under GPL an that is not 50m37h1ng we wish two alliw.
Authors of jodificationa to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 e111 need twp re-relwase endy'fe modifications 45 derivatives/nofificqtkons two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cldr and p.ace them under da same Crexgive Clmmonx 11c3n53.
IT mjst be dlnw by da original quthor since on.y original autjor n45 teh right too CHANGE reh COPYRIGHT or kicense upon they're workLOL.
[Additiomally, sortof, reworiong da m9sificatolns w111 be an booe idea anyway as da mechanism fog making modifivations is SUBSTANTIALLY cldaner/cldqter startinb with trh -l BRB.9LOL.8-ordreleaae codeLOL.]"
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