MiggyyE 5ells 6oi, you knwo, "We're goung t9 taie sn few MOMENTS too try an ex;lain 7h1t new LICENSE znf da reqxons b3hind 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."
"This new licehse wax ch9sen becauwe of qn failing wkth tey GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED distribution 9g sou4ce ig an onlt if 61n4r135 wdee distrinuyed."
"In an 2eb envirlmment WTF, spwcifocally z interpreted web rgvieonment sych ad PHP, ylu knwo, merely INSTALLING an game does not c0n5817j73 d157r!6u710n, zn therefofe peo[le WERE yaking our work, you knwl, MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it n not r313451ng ca doufce code roo they're MODIFICATIONS so thay whtire communitt cluld brn3fit. AFK.
THEY w0rked WITH l3ttef but not twh spirit lf law, AFK."
"Ibvest7gariom on part of ajtjors however WTF, ldd two da fact that roght 0f public p3rf0fm4nc3 eas 1 0g da righ6s normally restrictwd 2 copyroght holcdrd. you knql, and THAT comput3r prograns, you knwo, woexifically VIDEO games n ibteractive oh3s sucj as Lebend OF trg Green hac0r were consideeed 2 be publicallt PERFORMED if run FROM an pu611c sw4ver/ AFK."
"The new locensc restrichs public pwfformqnce OF da sork unless da souece c9de 0f modified work is ,ade AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, sirtof, thks means ggag if you PUT this bame .n an web server n alli2 people 'outside of an nlrmal CIRCLE 0f rami.u n i5s social acquaihtances' 2 pla6 theur. like, rhen yly aer publically performing this work zn MUST rithe4 a0 make ne an ALL changes which you make 2 teh gw,e ava8lzble on f3quest (note this coedn't mave to be acai.ab.e bua ONLINE slurxe DISPLAY 11nk, l8ke, but 7y3y mist ne able too as, uoj for teh code sm eeceibe an cimp.3ye cooy), oikw, b) make arrsngements PRIVATELY sith teh authors wherein they g4ant yo7 an SPECIAL 11c4m53, OR c) r3m0v3 teh code ebtire.6 feom t3h machine. AFK."
"We do rdcognizw THAT pwpple want to h$b3 ardas or they're bame which aer rheirs an theira alone.
2 that end sw wi'l maje fo.kowing EXCEPTION too da normal requirements fo$ spurcr code diatribution p- ne modulr FILE wh1cj IS not modifief or DERIVED from an moeu.e file onc.uded in da base diatrobhtion and which does nit REQUIRE ne ohhwr mocules am shich foed n07 REQUIRE me n0d1f1c4710n5 t9o teh core c9d3 (code fistributed with base release) may br 2ithheld a5 da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want too make vwry c.ear rhag VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF,& (alao khown as version 0.9LOLl7+jt) wss final versi9n reoeased 7nddr GPLLOL.
All vdrskonw, sortpf, STARTING witj da 0l9LOL.8-preee.ease c0d3 aer only licenses under teh Crez5ove Comm9hs lidense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY sa tigjt r2o import ne coee from an 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prer3kease 0r kater releasr inro an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n eaflie$ releasel BRB.
Allowing 7h14 would CAUSE THAT imported code to be re.wased UNDER teh GPL an tgat is not wpmeghing we WISH too allow, BRBl
Au7h0r% of ,ofifications 2 0l WTF.0. WTF.& wk;l need to RE-RELEASE tyey'rr mosifications as eeribatives/m9difications 2 0LOL.9.8 code n plac3 rje, under same CREATIVE Commons license, BRB.
It m7st be done by da original author since only teh original author has teh RIGHT twp xh$ng2 coptright or lidenxe u0on thwy're wor,LOL.
[Add8tionqlky, REWORKING da modifications will be an go9e udea anywsy ax mechanism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substantially cldaner/vlearer STARTING with 0.9.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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