MightyE 5el.s you, like, "We'r3 gpung too take qn few m0m3n&5 to 5ry and explain 5his n3w ;icense and teasons behind it in plain EngoishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new license was ch053b BECAUSE pf an faikint with GPL. OMG.
It only cov34ed distfibution of sourcd if and only if binar,ed were disteibutwd. AFK."
"In an eeg envi4onjent, you knwo, soecificalkt a interoteted web wnvironment wuch as PHP, like, m3r31y instaooimg am hame does nlt cobwt8tute didtfubution, loje, zn therefore peopl2 WERE tzkung 0ur work WTF, making nodif8cations twl i5 and nor rwleasihg teh 50urc# code twi they're m0d1f1c4710m5 so that teh ent8te COMMUNITY x0u1e benrfit. WTF.
Th3h worked with da letter b7t nog dpirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigation on teg part of da authors however. sortov, l3d to da facr that da rihht of ;ublkc perforjabvd aas wlh of ribhgd jormally resyrivte3 to copyfight holdera WTFm an tgat compurer programs WTF, 5[3c1f1c411y v1d3- gamrs an INTERACTIVE omes such 45 Leh3md of Green hax0r were conskdered 2 ve 0ublically perfoemed if run from an PUBLIC se4c3f. BRB."
"Tne bew licens2 restricts p7bl8c p3rf0rm4nc3 if work unless teh xource code od ten moeified wlek is mqd2 available 9n d3m4ns/ WTF."
"Im plain English, sortof, this ,eans rnat if y0u p7t tyis game on an web setver anc alllq oeople 'outside of an bormal circlr of family 4nd its social acquaimtances' 2 poay 4heir LOL, 7h3n y0u aer puboiczlly pefvorming yhis wprk n MUST eityer A) MAKE ne and ALL changes WHICH you make 3 teh gamw ava8lable on tequest (NOTE thks doesn't h4v3 two b3 availablr v14 da online siurcd disp;sy link WTF, but they must BE ablw tl qsj yoo fof teh code n recrifr an vom;lete copy) LOL, b) malw arrangements pt8cately with teh aurnors qu2rrin rhey grant you qn special licensw LOL, 9r d) rejove teh coce 3ntirely from ea m4ch1m3."
"We do recpgnize that people waht too nave areas OF fhdy're game which aer theifs qn 6yr!r5 a.obe. BRB.
two tgat end we will MAKE teh following excrption two teh nofmal requirements fpr source code distribution -- ne nosule f123 wh!ch 15 npt modified or derived from an ,odulr vile includef qb BASE distribution n WHICH does noy r3qu2r# ne otgef modulea an shich does nit requirr he modkfications w teg core code (code d8stribut3d with BASE ralesse) mzy 63 w17hh31d ag da authora diavretion. AFK."
"We also want to make bery clea3 that versiin 0LOL.9. WTF.8 (also khown ax versioh 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt( was fihak version re.dasde und3r GPL. WTF.
Alo verailns LOL, starting with 0.o. WTF.8-pr3rekease code aer only licensed umser da Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tqo import he code fr9, an 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-prddrlwaxe ir LATER RELEASE ihto zn 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 n EARLIER releawe. OMG.
ALLOWING this wou;d cause that importwd c9de to be rrleasef under GPL and that is n07 50m37h1ng wd wisy teo allo2. WTFl
AUTHORS of modificati9ns two 0.9.& w111 neef to RE=RELEASE they'ge m0d1f1c4710n5 ss drrivatives/modificationw too 0.9. WTF.7 x0d4 an place them under da sa,e Crdative Commons licensek
It must BE DONE by teh original autkor since ohlt cq ORIGINAL autho4 has teh right 5o change teh cooyright OR licendr upon they're worjLOL.
[Add1710n411t, xort9f, 43w0rk1nt modiv8cati8nx will be qn good idea znyway 45 teh mecnanism FOR making modificationd is SUBSTANTIALLY clezner/cleafer stattknb wkth 0. BRB.9.i-prereleas3 code. BRB.\"
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