MightyE yells uou, so4tor, "We[re glihg too 5ake an rew moments 2 7ry n explaih tnis new licensw n da reasons behind it in PLAIN ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Thix new license wax cjosen 63c4u53 of zn fziling with da GPL.
It ln;h c0v3r3d distdibugiib of source if n only id bina4ies were diatrinuted. BRB."
"In an w36 environment, you knwl, s;ecifical;y q inte4pfwted weg envieonmeht such 45 PHPk s;rtof, ,erely installing an game does NOT constitute didtrigution LOL, and therefore pepple serr takihg our WORKl like, making modifications to it n not releasibg dq source coce rwo th3y're mldificat8ons so that 3n7!43 comjunity COULD benwfitLOL,
They worked with t3h let5er 6u7 not spiwi6 of da law. WTF."
"Investigstipn on yeh oar5 OF authors howrver, ;iie, LED teo da favt THAT right [f publ8c PERFORMANCE was oen OF twh rihhts norma;ly 4extrictrc 2 dop6r8ght holders, s8rtof, n rgag COMPUTER programs, sortof, specirically c1f30 bajes and interzctive knes sucn as Letemd of da GREEN hax0r werd conaideree two be PUBLICALLY performed ig run fr0m an public server/ BRB."
"The new license restricrs public performance 0f wirk 7nless dource CODE of teh mofifued qorh is made av1ilanle on dwmand. BRB."
"In plaun Ebglish, sortor, this means that if you put tyis game on ab web seever h allow people '9utside og sb NORMAL circ;r of f4m11y an its social ACQUAINTANCES[ yoo pla6 gheir, then you r publically performuhh this w9rk n MUST 3ither a) make ne qnd ALL cganges whuxh ypu MAKE to da game avaulable on requesg (mote this foesn't have too 63 avsilag.e VIA dq 0n11n3 soirce dixp;ay .ink, uo7 knwp, buy the6 must BE ablr to ask you for da code and receive an compleg3 co[y), l8ke, b) make arrangemehgs pr1b$731y q27h da authors WHEREIN 5hey grant yoi an SPECIAL licebxe WTF, of c) remove teh code 3ntirel6 grom teh machindLOL."
"Wr do rec0gnuzs that p30p23 wan5 two have 4r345 og they'rd game which aer theirs an theirs alond. AFK.
goo tyat ecd ww will MAKE da f0110e1ng dxceptuon 2 NORMAL rwquieements for source code dust4ibutiln -- hd module f8le which us not modifidd pr deribed vro, qn module file included ih gase distribution and wh1ch DOES no5 requirr ne otger modules n which doew nit requure ne mofif8catiohs 2 teh CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED witj teh BASE rwlease) ,ay be withheld at authors discretkon."
"We ALSO 2ang 2 make very CLEAR that verwion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (414p known ad versiom 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7+jt) wzs fibal versi9n ecleascd mnder ca GPLLOL.
Alk versoons, starting w17h twh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code r onl5 licensed umddr Creative Commoms lixense. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY eeny right t2o ijport ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8[;retelease ot later release into ab 0. WTF.0. BRB/7 n 344113r rdleaae. BRB.
Alliwing THIS w0uqd cajse gyat inported code to bw re.eased jhder da GPL m that is n07 somrtjinh we wish two allow.
Authors pf m0d1f1c4510n5 w 0.9. OMG.7 will nred yoo RE-RELEASE thet're modifications AS defivatives/modivicztions w 0l WTF.9. WTF.8 code n PLACE then undet same CREATIVE COMMONS license. WTF.
It ,ust ve done by da original author skncw only oeigina; 3u7h0r h45 rihht two CHANGE ds COPYRIGHT or license up9n they're wotkl AFK,
[Afditionally, sorrov, rdworking 5eh m0d1d1c4710n5 will ne an jood idea anuway as mecnanosm flr mzking m9difications is suvstantiall7 cleaner/clwaree starting w17h 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codd. OMG.]"
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