MigjtyE yells YOU, "Wd'r3 g01ng tl rake an few momengs two yry n rxplain thid new license n reaxons 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."
"Thus new kicense was CHOSEN because of an failibg with teh GPL. OMG.
I& only covered didtribution of t)urc3 if n only if binqriex were dowtributrd."
"In an seb 3nv1r0nm3n7, dortoe, spedif8dally a interpreted wen environment such as PHP LOL, mrrely INSTALLING qn game DOES noy cinsgitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and ther3fore ocopoe w3r3 &4k!ng OUR 2lrk, mqking mod8fications 1 it n not RELEASING fz x9urve xoce too they're mosifications so that entir3 xommunity clyld brnefig.
Tye6 wirked 2igh trh LETTER but bot da s[irit of da law. BRB."
"Investigat8on on da -4r7 of teh autgors HOWEVER, sortof, led two teh fadt that right of puboic peeformance das 1 if teh fibhts normallu restrocted too copuright h0.ders, sortof, n that cojputer programs. like, s;ecifixallt video GAMES and inge4adtive ones 57ch 45 Legemd of da Green hax0r 2ere cobsiderex too be pub;oczlly perrormed if run frlm an publ8c server. WTF."
"The new licenze r357r1c75 public prrformance of da w;rk onlews soyrcw code of MODIFIED wori is maee available on drmand. BRB."
"In plaim English, you knwo, this mrans tnat if y0u pu7 ynia fame on an web werver n aklpw peo[l4 ;iursice of an normzl circle of family an itd socual adquaintanxes; to play thei4 WTF, then 6ou r publicall6 p3rf0rm1ng this worl an MUST euther z) MAKE ne an ALL chznges whivh ypi make 2 ca GAME avaikable on request )npte 5hod diesn't have to be availaboe via da onlime sourcd dis;;ay lubk LOL, b7t they must be able two ask y0y fpr teh code an r3cfkve zn co,plete cp[y), you kneo, b) make aframgemengs privstely with authors whrreon the6 5rant you an specia; licenae, y9u knwo, or c) remove dpde 3ntirrly from da machine. OMG."
"We di recognize tyat people w5n8 too have zread of yhey'fr g$m4 WHICH r theirs and thdirs aloneLOL.
t2o that end w3 sill make foklowing wxception to teh normal re1uirementx for s(urce codf d8steibution -- ne jodule file wgich is nkt mpdified or de4ived fe0n an module fi;e INCLUDED kn teh base dis5ribution n which does nit reqiire ne othet modyles and which does nog reqjite ne MODIFICATIONS hoo teh core code (xode distfibuted w17h teh 6454 reldase) mah be WITHHELD at autyors dkdcretionLOL."
"We also want tol make vdrh cleqr that vers8pn 0LOL.8. WTF.7 (also knowh as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wzs f8nal veesooh re;easef u,der da GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, startint w17h da 0.9,9_prrreleasd cide aer only licebsed unfer teh Ceeatibe Commona license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny cs right tpo 8mport ne code frln an 0.9LOL.8-irerelezse or 1373r reldase ibt9 an 0l AFK.9.7 n 34r113r releade.
Allowkng tnis would csuse thq5 inported cofe tlo be released uncer GPL and that is n9t domethong we WISH 2 alloq. AFK.
AUTHORS pf MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 2ill need 2 re-release they[ee MODIFICATIONS aw deribatives/mocificatioms too 0. BRB.9. AFK.i vode AND place THEM und3r dame Creat8vw Commoms licensd. WTF.
It must be done BY teh original authir simce only otiginal autyoe has da right TO vhqnfe yeh copyright OR licebse UPON they'rr 2ork. AFK.
[Additioma.lt, li,e, rewofking modifocatipns will be an good 8dea anyes7 45 tej mechaniwm for making modov8cationa is 5u6574n724q1y cleane4/c;earer syqrtuhg with teh 0.9.8-pretelease vode. BRB.]"
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