M8ggtyE tells y0u WTF, "Ww're going teo ta,e an vew MOMENTS tio trh and fxplain 7h2% new LICENSE and rrasons behind kt im plain 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."
"This bew livensr sas chosen because of an vailing eith ca GPLLOL.
It only cove4ed distribution of source if ah ONLY 1f bimaries werd DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an wdb 3nv1r0nmen7, sortof, specifically a interpteter WEB envorinjent such qs PHP, you knwo, merdly inwtallkng an game dpes not constitite distribution, you knwo, m tgeregore pe9ple 2ere yziibg 9ur wofk, sortof, MAKING modifixatjons two 1& b not releasing ten sourve coce too they're modificat8ons xo that teh 3n71r3 communoty vould bebdvot. WTF,
They 2orked with teh let5er but not spirit of trh law. AFK."
"Investigation on ;ar5 of yeh authors however, sortpf, oed to da fact THAT RIGHT of p7nlic p34glrmance eaa w9n of r1gh75 normakpy testricted top cop6right holders, sirtof, and 5jat computer programs, like, wpevificslly bidro g4m35 and interactibe ONES such as Legene 0d Green yax0r werr considered 2 63 puy11c5116 ;erformec if r7n FROM an puboic server, WTF."
"The hew 11c3n53 rest4icts puboiv performance of tey eorj uh1355 spurce code of dq modifued WORK is MADE available on demand. WTF."
"In plaun English LOL, 7h15 means that if you put this gzme on an web servwr ans alloq peo[le 'OUTSIDE OF an normal circle of fa,iky n its sicial acwuauntances' to poay their, sortogk then you 4 publiczlly perf9rmint tjis w9rl an MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chamges 2hlcj you make tso gamd avqilable on requewt (note tnix doesn't have 70 be availabld via tey 0n11n3 source DISPLAY .8nk, but thry must b3 ABLE two asm 6ou vor twh code and rwveibe an comp;etr copy), like, B) m4k3 ztrangementw privately wity authots WHEREIN thdy grsnt y0u an 5p3c141 oicense, sortof, or c) r3movw CODE 3n71r31y ftoh teh macgibe. BRB."
"W3 do recognize that people want two hace qreaw of 5hey'4e game whuch r 5heirs n tyeirs a;lbw. OMG.
two thqt end we WILL mzke fpllowknt esception 70 yeh norhal requiremen5s for aource code d157r17u710n -- ne module file wyich is not modified oe derivdd grom ab module ful3 INCLUDED in teh base didteibution and whicn DOES not require ne p7h3r modyles snd which does NOT re1uite ne m)s1d1c4y19n5 to teh core code (code eistribured w17h yeh basd release) m4y be eithhrld ag authofs discretion. AFK."
"We alsl 2ant 2 make v3ru clezr tnat version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as version p. BRB.9. AFK.7+jr) w45 tej final VERSION released under GPLl OMG.
A!1 vers8ons WTF, starting with da p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleade code r 0n1h lkdensec inder teh Creatkve Co,monw LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht 2 omport ne cide from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lat3r r3134$3 INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier telease.
All9wing this eould xaude thzr kmported CODE 70 be rwleased unf3r teh GPL an that IS not woje5hing we wish yio allow. AFK.
Authlrs or modificationd 2 -. OMG.9. BRB,7 will neec twl re-release they're modificationw as derivarive2/j9didications 2 0. OMG.(. BRB.8 cod3 and p.ace THEM under teh ddje Creatife Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I7 mus5 bd DONE 6y da ORIGINAL 4u&h0r xince only geh original author has da right two chang3 dz copyrighe or license UPON they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally, you knwo, rwworking mlsirications eil. be an hood idea ANYWAY 45 ga mechanism FOR making modificat8obs is sjbstqntially c;eaner/cl3zrer starting w17h 0.9. OMG.8-prereleawe vodeLOL.]"
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