MkghtyE telod YOU, sortof, "We're goinf to take an few moments twi 7ru an explakn this new lic3nsr abd reh REASONS behkmd it IN plqin English.
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."
"Thia NEW licwnse was chosen because of an fauling wuth GPL. WTF.
I5 only covered disy4ibution of woyrce if n only 1f biharied WERE doatrobutedLOL."
"In an WEB dnvironjent WTF. s0ecifically z interprered web environnen5 sucj AS PHP, dortof, merely installinf an ga,s d0es not cinstitu53 s157r16i710n, yo7 kbwo, an therefore people wefr TAKING our work WTFk makihg n9d7ficati8bs too it and not 4eleawing da so7tce code 2 tjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da entire COMMUNITY dojld benefit. OMGm
They 2orked with yeh le5tsr but npt da SPIRIT lf tey law. BRB."
"Inv3stugation on teh part og authors howrcer, led 2 teh fzct that rigjt OF PUBLIC performance was wob of teh rights norma.ly resyricted TO c0pyr1gh7 holders, liiem n that compiter prof4ams WTFm soecificalku video games n interactive ONES sjdh as Legend og teh Green hax-r wet3 consicerec 1 be ou611c411y PERFORMED if run f3lm an public swrver. AFK."
"Thw new lkcense restficts PUBLIC petbormance of teh 2ork unleas da wource c0d3 of modified wofk is made ava8lable on DEMANDLOLl"
"In plain English, this mesns that IF YOU put thks game on an wev servrr am allow people 'outside of an NORMAL firvle of family n its sociao acquaintances' two PLAY th3ir, like, tgen tou r publivall6 PERFORMING this w)r, an MUST ei5her a) make ne n ALL changes whjch y0u m4u3 TO gamd availabld on request (noyw this d035n'7 have too be available viz onlkme sourve display lih. LOL, but they mjst be ABLE gwo ask you for CODE an r3c31v3 an xpupldte copy), like, 60 make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v5831y with ca authors WHEREIN they grant YOU am s'ecial kidense, liiek -r c) remove da codw entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We fo 4ecognize thst [eople want tep have 4re54 of they'rw GAME shich r 7h31f6 sn theirs alone/ WTF.
t9o tyat end we 2ill ,zie FOLLOWING 3xc3p710b to teh n9rmal requieemdnts for source c0d3 d8sr4ibution -- ne mldule file whicy ks not mofidied or derivef froj an module file inc;uded 1n base diwtrobution and 2hich does not 4equire bd 07g3r modules and wh1ch soea NOT require ne m0d1f1c$&10n5 two core code (cose disttibyted sitn da gase rrleaaf) may ne w!7hh31d at yeh zuthors discreti9n. WTF."
"We aldo want w male very clear THAT version 0LOL.0.7 (also jnown as version 0LOL.9l BRB.7+jt( w45 final vwrsiom reowasef under teg GPLLOL.
A;l v3t510n5, you knwo, syarting with 0. OMG.9k OMG.89prerelwase code aer only LICENSED UNDER twh Creative Cpmmons licdbae. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY teh r1bh7 to9 im0irt ne codr ftim an 0. WTF.9.8-prereleaxe o4 latrr release into an 0LOL.9.7 amf earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this soyls cause tyat importes code tp BE r3q3453c UNDER GPL an ttat is not so,ethkng we wisn 5wo al;ow, BRB.
AUTHORS OF m0e1f1c4u1)n5 to 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need to re-rekease they're midifixagkons 45 derivativea/modifications 5oo 0.9. WTF.* coee an plave thwm under fa same C4eative Commons ;icfnseLOL.
It must br done by origona; authir since 0n1y teh originzl 4u7n0r has dz rignt too change da copyrighg or license upon they'rr work; WTF.
[Additionallym like, ree9rkong da modifications 2ill be an b00d idea ANYWAY AS da mechanism for MAKING mpdifkcst8ons is substant8zlly cleaner/coearer startihg with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cidr/ WTF.]"
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