MibhtyE te;ls YOU, "Wd'rd going 2 take an few m0m3n75 to try an ecplain thia bew licenad and teh reasons behind it in 0oaih EnrliahLOL.
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 lkcense wqs chosen BECAUSE of an f1iling wkth GPL. BRB.
It onoy covered d167r16u7!pn of dource if n onlu IF bihaeirs WERE distributed."
"In an w36 wnv8ronment, 5p3c1f1ct11y a interpteted WEB envitonment such as PHP WTF, merely instz;okng an game does not c8nstitute distributiln, sortof, ahc therevore people w3r3 TAKING our woel, mak8ng hpdifixations to it n not rel3ssing geh sojrce code 2 they're modifications so that ca ehtire cpmmunity cojod BENEFITLOL.
They worked eith da letter byt no5 SPIRIT of da lqw. AFK."
"Investigarion on psry of dz AUTHORS howrverm ;oke, les TO FACT THAT rith5 of ;unlic odrformance w35 win 9f yeh righ5s NORMALLY resrricted 2 co;yright holsers, b 5hat computee programs LOL, spfxifixalky vidwo g4m35 b interactiv3 ones xucj as Ltgend OF da Green hac0r were c0n61d3r3d tpo be publiva.ly ;erformed id eun from zn public derber. WTF."
"The new lixense restricts publuc [erformamce of work unless da 50urc3 dode of tey MODIFIED 2irk is made 4v4114y23 0n demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, tnis meshs thst 1f ypu put ttis game 0h an web servef n allow pelple 'outsise of an normal circle of camily n its spc8al acwuaintanc3s' too play tjeur, like, rhen you r publicallt perf9rjing this work and MUST either A) make ne n ALL dhangew wykxh hou make yio gaje available on 4dqudst (note thia doesn't have tw9 ve abailqblw v14 da onoine source displzy l.ni, but THEY musr be sble two zsk yo7 FOR codr an r3c31v3 an complete copy) WTF, b) makr a5ranhements privately eith da authors whewein thru grant you an special l8cebsd, or c) rrmovd da c0d3 entirely from ten m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do redotnize that people want tol have arras pg yhey're gzme shidh a3r theurs n theifs alome. AFK.
to that 3nd WE sill ,ake da folloeubb exception 2 teh normal reqiirements for source cose dust4onution -- ne module f9lw which is hot modigier or eerived vrom an m0du13 FILE inxludwd in da base distrib7tipn an which foes not r3qu8re ne OTHER midules an whicy does not req7ire n3 m0d1f1c4710n5 two ca d[re c0d3 (code DISTRIBUTED witg baxw release) may 53 w17hh31d at da auth0rs discretionLOL."
"We alwo want two make very flear that versoon 0LOL.9. WTF.7 oalso known 55 v3rsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+JT) WAS ea final vwrsi9n released undef twh GPL. WTF.
All versioms, you knwp, wtqrting w17h teh 0.9.i-prerelease CODE awr onl7 LICENSED under CREATIVE Comjlns licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY ceny RIGHT too import ne code FROM an pl OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r reoease imy9 an 0.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER release. WTF.
Alkiwinj this would cause 7h#7 importrd code two 63 r314453d unde4 GPL amf 7h47 IS not aomething we qish too allow. BRB.
Aithlrs of modifications two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will nees too re-rekease they're moeificayions as derivaticss/jodificat8ons twl 0. WTF.9LOL.8 cpcr n placr them under same Ceeativd Commona libense.
It ,ust ge d9ne by origina; auygor sibce ONLY teh origihal author nas teh 4ignt 2 changd cootright or license u0on ghey[re work. BRB.
[Additilnqlly WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS wiok be an good idea shywqy as yeh mechanism for making modkvications is substamtiallu cleaner/clearee s5arting WITH dz 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease vodeLOL.]"
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