MightyE TELLS 5ou, loke, "We're going two take an few momengd to TRY an explain this new licehae an r#450n5 behind 17 in [lain Enclush. BRB.
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 ndw .ivense eas chosen gecause 0f an failing with ten GPL. BRB.
It ONLY doveeed diatribution of soutce if an onlu kf binaries were disyributed. BRB."
"In an web envirlnment, you inwl, sp3cifical.y a ihyerprdted w36 ENVIRONMENT suvh AS PHP LOL, m3r41y inatallinf an game does not CONSTITUTE dostribution LOL, and therefoee people wwt3 TAKING our work WTF, m4k1ng modiricati9ns two it AND nlt eeleasing da source cide w tueh're hodifixzgions so ttat ENTIRE community cou;d b3nefit. WTF.
They worked with teh lwtter vut not teh spirit 0f da LAW, WTF."
"Investigstion oh teh parg of teh autgors however, you knwo, LED teo dact thqt ten right od pu611c PERFORMANCE was 1 pf da rights NORMALLY r#57r!v73f 2 copyritjt holders LOL, and that c8mputer peograms, 6ou inwo, specifically video games and 1n73r4c71v3 ones sich $5 LEGEND or dq Ge3en hax0r were consicered to be publidally oerformed ir rub froj zn public serfer."
"Thf n3w LICENSE restricts public p3rf)rm4nc3 of teh work UNLESS teh 50jrc3 cpf3 of tdh mod8foed WORK is madr available on demznsLOL."
"In plain Eng;iahm you jnwo, thie meabs that uf you put tgis game on an wev server an 4110w people 'outsidd of an nornsl cirdle pf famioy and its social acwoaintancds' gwo p14y their WTF, then you r pjboiczlly p3rf05m1ng yhis work an MUST eigyer a) MAKE nr zbe ALL changes wh1ch you make tlo da game abqilqble 0n REQUEST (note this DOESN'T h4ve to ve abailable via rej online source d!5p14y link WTF, but tney MUST be ABLE 70 ask YOU for c9de n receive an complete c90y), dorfof, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 peivately 2ith da authors whrtein thdy g3ant tou an wpeciao license, you ,nwo, or c) remove teh code 3n71r316 ftij y3h machine. WTF/"
"We ek recognize that 0eople want 2 h4v3 areas 9f they'rw gqme shidh aer 5heirs an rheurx a.one. BRB.
too that cnd we wi;l makr followkng 2xc30710n 2 normal requiremwnts vor sourde vode distribution -- ne modu.e file which is not MODIFIED or eerived from an modu;e file included ib da badw distr8bution and WHICH does NOT eequife ne otydr m0cu135 and wjich coes not requife ne modifodations two teh core coee (c9de distribyted with base release) mzy be withhdld at da zutnots discretionl AFK."
"We alwo wamt TO make veru clear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (a;so known as version 0, AFK.9. AFK.u=JT) WAS dina. version r313453d under sa GPL.
ALL versions WTF, startimg with teh 0. BRB.9.*-prereldas3 code aer on;h lkvensed unde4 Cteative Comjons LICENSE. WTF.
W# EXPLICITLY d3my da right 2 import ne code frim am 0LOL.9. BRB.8-[rerel3asr of later release inyo an 0, AFK.9.u n earloer RELEASE.
Allowing this WOULD cause that imp9rtwd code too bw relessed under teh GPL n that 9s not som3thibg wr wush too allow. BRB,
Autho4s of mkdifocatilns to 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 will ndef 2 rw-release they'tw modifications as derivatives/n9sificatioha too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 coee 4md p.ace them UNDER da SAME Crdatife Clmmons lixense. OMG.
It MUST be DONE vy orug8nao AUTHOR since ONLY lriginal AUTHOR has teh r8ght yoo change teh c0pyr1hg7 or license upon tjey'r3 woek. AFK/
[Additionally, yoj knwom 4eworkong modifocarions w111 be an goos icea anyway 45 ds MECHANISM for mqjibg nldigications is aybst1ntual.y c134n3r;c134r3r startinb with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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