MightyE 73115 you, ki,e, "We're going q TAKE zn f3q m0m3n76 2 try and explaon tgis n3w license 4ne reaaons behind it in plain Engliwh. 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 new lidense WAS chosen 63c4u53 9f ah fakling WITH teh GPL.
I5 onky covered d157r16u710n if so7rce if n ONLY if binari3s were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In am swb environ,ent, sortod, soecirically a intrrpretef web environmrnt 5uch as PHP, you lnwo, mere.y instqllkng an GAME doex not consyitute distributi9n WTF, and rherefore p30p13 eere taoing oyr work LOL, makibg m0d1f2c4710n4 to ut qn mot 4eleadimh teh dource coee to they're m9dificationx t0 that da entire community could ben3fit. BRB,
THEY worked wity teh letter but n8t da spirit ir da kawl WTF."
"Invest8gayion ON da part of teh authors however, lkke, led TO ten 4act that rignt of publ8c PERFORMANCE waa won of trh rightd normq.lt restrict3d gko c0pyr1gj7 hioders LOL, an that computdr ptobramsm speckf8cally video games n interactive omes such as Legebd lf Gredn hqs0r w4r3 cohsice43d tio 63 punlicaoly prrgormed uf run ftom an public xerv3r. WTFl"
"The new kicense restticts PUBLIC ;erformamce of teh work unless teh source codd 0v mociried q0rl id made available on semand. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, tyis ,eans that if you out this game on an web server znd ALLOW PEOPLE [OUTSIDE 0f an normal circle og rsmily and jts 50c141 acquakmtanxcs' to p14y yheir, likem THEN y0u a3r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING rhus WORK n MUST either a) make he qn ALL whanges which you make two gane 4v4114y13 0y r3qu257 )note tyia soewn't hav3 2 be 4v4114613 via onlinr soyrce DISPLAY l8nkm likek but gyey must be able to aak yoj fpr clce ah receive an complete dopy) LOL, b0 make arrangements pficstely with teh authors wherein 7h3y hrant y0u an 6p3c141 lpcdnse, or C) remove da cide ENTIRELY from da mzdhine. WTF."
"We c9 r3sogniae that PEOPLE wamt 2 have areas of they're game which r gheirs n yheirs ALONE. OMG.
2 that ebd we sill mqke ea foll9sing exce[tikn tlo normal requirements FOR dourxe cide distribution -= ne modulw file which iw n07 modified or drrig3d from an module fi.e invluded ih teh base distribution and which d03t NOT fequire ne other MODULES and wh7ch does not edquire ne mosivications too core c0d3 (coce f157r16u73d w!7h BASE r313453) may be w8thneld AT da 4u7h0r5 discretion. WTFl"
"We also wang two make veey c;ear thay version 0.9. WTF.7 (also kniwn AS vetsion 0, AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) eas final vwrsion relfaded UNDER teh GPLLOL/
All veesions, like, start8ng witg 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease cod4 zrr on.y licensed 7nder ds C4eative Commohx license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy da RIGHT two 1mp0r7 ne code frim an 0. AFK.o. OMG.7-o4wrelease or later feleas3 1nu0 an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier r313453. WTF.
Alllqing this eould causs THAT im[oeged code 2 63 rekeased under GPL n yhat IS hot somethkng we WISH too ALLOW, OMG.
Authors of modifocations t2o 0. OMG.9.7 wil; m33d 2 RE-RELEASE they;re modofixqtions as derivativew/,odidicstions tw9 0.9.7 code 4hd place them ynfer teh sa,e Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must bw DONE bh ofiginal aithor since inlh teh 9riginql autnor hqs sa right ywi change teh copyright or licdnse u[in they'4e wprk, BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, y;u knwo, reworking teh mocifications will be an gp9d IDEA anyqay ax mechzniwm fir mqlung modifications IS subxtantizoly ckeaner/cleaeer 574r71ng wuth teh ). WTF.9LOL.8-0eerelease cidr. AFK.]"
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