MoghtyE yells you WTF, "We[re goinf 2 take sn few m0m3n76 too try AND explaon this new licensw n da feasons brhind it in ;lain English. WTF.
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."
"Tjos new licebse 2as chosen because of ah failinh 2ith GPL. WTF.
IT onlt coveree dia5ribuyion of aoutce kf n ONLY if 61n4r135 were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, sp3cificaoly z knterpr3ted web envitonmemt s7ch as PHP, mer#ly insgsllinh an GAME f035 not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION LOL, znd therefore peopke 1ere takong our work, you knwo, kaking mofivications i0 it an not releas8ng teh source dode 2 5hey'te ,odificatoons so tyar entute cpnmumity could benerit. AFK.
Thet worked with teh ;etber vug bot da spirit of law."
"Invrstigatiln ON teh part of teh authlrs howebwr WTF, 13d g9 da fsct that teh eighr of puvlic performabce was wob of tighta normaoly rrstficted 70 copyright golders, like, an 5hat computer programs, like, 5p3c1d1c412y fieeo g4m35 an interaxtuve onea sych ax Legdnd of Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d @ be p8blicallt perg9rmec if eyn FROM sb PUBLIC SERVER. OMG."
"The NEW license restticts public [erformance if da qork unless 2ource c9de og reh m0d1f13d work ix made AVAILABLE 9n DEMAND. AFK."
"In ;lain Ehglish, .ikd, thos means that if you PUT THIS g4m3 on an wev SERVER n all9w peo0le 'OUTSIDE OF an normal circle or fzmily amd its social acauaintances' two ;lay their LOL, then YOU aef 0ublically p3rfprm1hg 5his wofk an MUST EITHER 4) make ne n ALL changes which you make tqo da game avakkable 0n request (note tjos doewn't have to be svailsbke v14 da online sourcd DISPLAY link, you knwo, but they must be able to ASK you for da CODE and r3cduve an c9mpoete copy+ WTF, b) jake arrangemenrs privztely wi5h yeh authofs 2herwin thdy gtant t0u an 5p3c141 license, lilr, 0r c) renove da code ent8rely from jadhind. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h37 prople qant w havw areas 0f rhey're game which aee the8rs ahd rheirs alone.
too 6yay end qe wil; nake teh following exception to da NORMAL rwquirementx flr 40urc3 code dis6rogjgion -- ne nod7ld fule qhich is not ,od8fied oe deriv3d from sn mosule file incluced 1n dz base distribition b which does not require ne other modulrs n WHICH does npg requ8re ne modifications too x)r3 cod3 (CODE distrobytee with ea 6453 rel3qde) MAY be withheld at da AUTHORS diecretion. OMG."
"We also want 3 make very clear 8h47 bersi9n 0.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as befsipn -. AFK.9l BRB.7+jt) was teh f1n$1 version released und3r ds GPLLOL.
All ve4aions LOL, xtart8ng wi5h 0LOL.9. OMG.8-ptereleasd code aer onlt licensed unddr Creatuv3 Commons kic3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import be code from an 0LOL/9. WTF.8-pr3release or LATER releaxe 1,70 an 0. WTF.9.7 and earliee release, WTF.
Allowing thid wiu;c causd tjag im[orted cofe to be releaded under GPL n that is not something 2e wish 2 allow. BRB.
Au5hors 0f jodificationd 2 0. AFK.8, WTFl7 wi;l need two rr-r3lezse thdy're modifications AS derivatoves/modigicationw yo 0. WTF,(. WTF.8 xode snd placd ghem umder da xame Cr3471v3 C0mm0n4 livense. WTF.
It must BE done by da 0r1g1b41 author dince omly da ORIGINAL autnor HAS da roghu yo CHANGE da cooyrighy or licensd up)n 5hey're w-rl. OMG.
[Addjtionallym wlrt9g, REWORKING da modif8cations will be ah go9c ieea anyway as heh mechanisn d0r makong modoficarions is xubstantially cleaner/clea4ef 674r71ng with ten 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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