MighttE 73115 you, like, "We're GOING too taje ah frw mpmebts w try and explain this bew lucemse sn tej rrasons bejins it 2n plain English. 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."
"This neq lkcensr was cgosen becajwe of an failing WITH da GPL. BRB.
I6 inly cove4ed dix5riburion of 50urc3 if m only kf binaries were distributed. AFK."
"In zn web ehvironmebg. sortof, s0evofpcally a 7nrerpret3d web environment sych as PHP, you khwo, merely instakling ah gamw does not consritute didtributiln LOL. n theredpre people were taking out w-rk, like, ms,img modidications yo it AND not ee;das8ng teh source code too thry're modofications SO that enture community could bebefit. OMG.
THEY woeked with sz letter but NOT sp8eit of lawLOL/"
"Invextigation on teh p4r7 of da aurho4s HOWEVER, you knqo, 13d 70 teh fact thst da e8ght of public perfirmqnce was 1 0f teg rigyts jormqlly restricted @ copyright HOLDERS, sortov, and that com[utrr programd, like, spedifically VIDEO gzm3s and 8nteractive ones SUCH zs Ldgend of Gredm nax0r WERE considered t3l be publicaoly perforjdd IF rin from an public derfer/"
"Tyw nww lid3mxe r3xyricrs public oerflrmance of work unleds da t)urc4 CODE of da mod8fied work is mace available 9n demqnd. BRB."
"In ;lsih Enblish WTF, 5his ,eans uhat if toy PUT this gamw ON ah WEB dwrvwt an allow pwople 'OUTSIDE of an normal xircle of family an ITS social acquaihtances/ tso play thdit, you knwo. then yo7 aer publkcally PERFORMING this work n MUST eighe4 q) make ne ane ALL chabfes WHICH you makw 2 g4m3 available on requeat 9NOTE this DOESN'T hsve to BE abailable fka teg ONLINE so74ce dksplay lonk LOL, but yhey must be able 79 ask you for teh codr wn receive an cpnple5e cop6), you knwo, b) make arrangements pr1vr731y wi5h da 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY gran5 yoi am speciql license, like, or c) re,ove teh code entir3ky grom twh machine."
"We fi recogmiae 7h47 PEOPLE w4n7 2 have qress of yhe6're GAME which r THEIRS n the8rs al9ne.
two 7g47 end we will mske da f0110w1ng exception ti da norhal $eauirements for source code distrkbutiob -- ne nodule fi;e which IS not modifkef or d3r1c3d gfom ah module rile included in teh baxe d157r16u7q0n an wnich dors NOT require ne otjwr modules an WHICH foes no5 require be modidicarions two ds core dode (code cistributed witg dq 6453 r#l3ade) may be withhdld at qythors diwcretionLOL."
"W3 also want to make very clear that VERSION 0l WTF.9LOL.7 (also knowh AS version ). AFKl8. BRB.8+jt) was fonal v3r510n e313453s uhder da GPLLOL.
A11 cersions LOL, 574r71ng sith cq 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-ordrelease code aer 0n1y lidenxed unsdr da Creative COMMONS license/
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too im;ort ne code g4-m an -, BRB.9, OMG.7-prerek4ase or later release 1n70 an 0. BRB.9. WTF.& an eatlier rekeaseLOL.
Allowkng this woulc caus3 tjat imp9rred code TO 63 fel3ased unced GPL qnd that is not sometyihg we wq5h ti allow. WTF.
Authors OF moeifkxati9na too 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will nedd t9o re-release they're m9dif8cations as c#r2v471v35/m0d1f1d4810n5 too p. OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE and place them under yeh sa,e Cfea5ive C0mm0n% license. WTF.
It musy be dome by fa original suthor sinc3 only teh ofoginsl auyhor HAS da r8ght to CHANGE da copyright or license 7[on ghey're work. OMG.
[Adeitiohslly LOL, 4eworkibg teh m9dificationw will ve sn b00d idea 4nye4y as mechaniwm for jaiing mofuficzgikns is subxtqntially clean3r/clearer dta4ting with da 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prerroease c0d3.]"
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