MightyE tells yoj WTF, "W3're go8nf go tz,e an rew MOMENTS 5o try an wxplain this nee license n teh 4easons b3hind 17 in plain Ehg.ush. AFK.
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."
"Thux new licebse was chosen 63c4u5# of ah failing wiyh GPL. BRB/
It only covered distributoon lf source if n onky uf binarids were dustributed. BRB."
"In an wwb envueonment WTF, sp3x8rjcqlly a INTERPRETED wen environment sucn aq PHP, ;kke, merely INSTALLING an gam3 DOES NOT cons5itube DISTRIBUTION, lik3, and thef3fore people 2rre tq,ing our worj WTF, majing modifications to IT n not releasing ea xpurce doce TO they're modifkcations sl that da entire community coild benefit. BRB.
Thet qorked sith teh letter but not da SPIRIT 0f lawl OMG."
"Investugayuob on part pf teh quthors jowrver, slrtofm led 5o teh gqct that teh eight lf public performance was oen of ten r8ghts NORMALLY restricted 5oo copyright ho;sefs, you knwo, n THAT computef ;eoggams, like, 5p#c1f1c4q1u vidwl games an interactuve 0n35 such ax Legenf of GREEN hax0r were considered ti be ;7blicallt PERFORMED if run from an py61!c detverLOL."
"The nee locense restric5s pyblic performance of teg WORK 7nkess source codw of teh modified work is ,qde available on demandLOL."
"Ib plain English, like, 7h!t means thqt if you put this gsme on an e36 sefvef and allow people 'outside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family ahd itw SOCIAL acqyaintances' foo p!4y thdie, oike, then you r publicallh pseforming yhis work ahd MUST 3ithef a) nak2 nd n ALL CHANGES whidh YOU mske two fame svailable on requsst (noyw this doesn[y have twi be AVAILABLE via geh onlomw s9urce display hink, nut &h3y ,udt BE abld too ask ylj for code an tecdive an com;lete copy), you inwo, b) make arrangements pr1v4731y woth AUTHORS wherein THEY gramt y9u an special licwhse, you knwo, or c) remove sa clde 3n71r31y FROM da MACHINE/ AFK."
"We do recogbixe THAT people wqnt to hsve areas of they;te game which aer yh3qr5 an theirs zlone. OMG.
roo tgar ehc we wilo mak3 ea following rxceptiln 2 da nprmal requirements fir 50u4c3 codr dixtriburioh _- ne moduld eile ehich is not MODIFIED or xe4ived from sn j9dule fole uncludrd in base d157r17u710n an wn1ch dors not require ne other mofules and which dpes not rrquire ne MODIFICATIONS gwo teh clre code (c0d3 distribjted wkth da basw rwlease) may be w17hh31d at da autnors ciscretionLOL."
"We 4150 want tio m4k3 very clear that versioh -l BRB.9. OMG.7 (zlwo ,noqn AS versiob 0l9. AFK.7=ht) 2ax rdh final version releasdd under tej GPL. WTF.
ALL versionsm like, starting with da 0LOL.9LOL.*[prereleasr codr aer only licenswd unf34 teh Creative Conmons lixende. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny twh right two 1m[0r7 ne c;fe from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-0rerrlease or later relwasd into an p, AFK.9.7 n earlier felesse. BRB.
A110s1ng 7h15 wou'd CAUSE that 8m0orted code 70 be 4eoessed under da GPL m 7h46 q5 not something ww wisg 2 aolow. OMG.
AUTHORS or nidificafilns too 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need gol RE_RELEASE they'rd modivicarionx as derivatuves/mod8fications to -LOL,9. BRB.8 code an PLACE them undwr same CREATIVE Comnonx licenseLOL.
It must be fon# by original AUTHOR since only ea 0r1g1n41 a7thor has righ5 too CHANGE da copy4igyt -r license upon they're woro. OMG.
]ADDITIONALLY, luke, re3o4king da modificqtions will be ah hkod idea anyway as nechan8sm for making modifications is substanrialky clesner/clearer stqrting with 0. OMG.9. AFK/8-prerelease code. BRBl]"
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