MighgyE tells you, sortov, "We'rr going 2 take an few m)m3n75 yoo try n explaun yhus new license n da reaaons behind 17 in plain Ebg;idhLOL.
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."
"Tgis bew LICENSE eas chos3n becauwd of an failint with GPL. OMG.
IT only cobered distr8butuon of source if an only if 61n$r135 were dix5ributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, spex8ficaloy a 1n73rpr37#d WEB envi4onmwnt such as PHP, kike, merely installing an gamw dpws not conztitjte sistribution, b tydeefore people qere TAKING our work, like, uakihg modifocations 2 IT n NOT releasing da source CODE 2 they'r# modifications so ryat entife community could benefitl AFK.
They qorked with teh lett3w but not da spirit of da law."
"Ibvestigation on teh [art of dz zughlts howwvet LOL, led to dz fact 7h47 trh rkght of PUBLIC p3rf0rm6nc3 waa len or rifhys hormally RESTRICTED 5o copyright holderx WTF, n that compute4 prograns, ypu knwu. dodcifica;ly v1d3p games b ynteractkve ONES suvh 45 Lrhend of Green hax0r were xondidered twl be 0u611c41qy performwd if run from an pubkic serverLOL."
"Thw nrw oicense resgricts PUBLIC performance ib dz wor, unless SOURCE code of teh modifird work is made aca8lanle on demand/ OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this meabs that ud you put this gane oj an d3b setver an allos -eoole 'outside OF an NORMAL circle od family AND its docial acquaintahces' goo play rheif LOL, then 6ou r pyblicallu perforking yhis wlri and MUST eitner a) MAKE ne 4nf ALL chang3s which you make 70 da game avaikable on request (note thks DOESN'T havr too BE AVAILABLE via da onlknd x9urce dusplay libl, you kneo, buy they must b@ abl3 @ ask you for da CODE anc eeceive an com9lete copy), b) jzke afrangements privately w8th fa suthora wherein 7h3y grang YOU an special licensdm aortofk OR c) removr da coce entifely f4oj machine. WTF."
"We w0 4ecignizw rhat peiple want too HAVE areas of thdy'te g4m# which r yheirw n theirs alpne/ OMG.
2 5hat end we wiol make fol;oe,ng exce;gioh to da normal feqyi4enehts FOR source coc3 distribution -_ ne module filr whicj is n07 jodified or derkved from an module fjle included in da BASE DISTRIBUTION an which d045 not rw1uire nr other MODULES n whixh does not requir3 ne mod8vicat8ons w da vore code (code distribu5ed wotn teh gase f313453) mst be withhe.d at sa auth9rs DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alsl wany two make very clezr tjat v3r510n p,9. OMG.7 (a.so known as veesion 0l OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) eas da fknql version RELEASED under da GPL. WTF.
A;; versuons WTF, startihg wity 0LOL,8. BRB.8-pfe4elwawe code aer only licdnsed uvder teh Creative Cimmons kkcense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drby rifht 5wo import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-preeelease or kater felease into an 0. WTF.9.7 n earlier rel3asr. BRB.
Allowing this wou.f cause tgat importec cide to be RELEASED under GPL an ghat is not dimdthing qe WISH too sl.ow. OMGl
Authors )f midifucztipns 2 0. AFK.9LOL/7 will need to re-releasr they're moduficatiobs qw derivsrives.modificationx too 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8 code and plwve 7h3m und3t da same Crwstife Commons licensel BRB.
It mudt be done by oribinal AUTHOR xincd only teh ORIGINAL author has ritht 2 cgangw da copyrifht or ;icense u[9n thry're wirk. BRB.
pAdditionzllyk sortpf. REWORKING mosirucations will be an good idea anywa6 as mecjanisn f0r making MODIFICATIONS ks subdtangially cleqner/clearer wtartung with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-preeelease dodrl BRB.]"
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