MightyE tells yoi WTFm "We're goong u0 yake an f3w moments teo 7ry ab explakn this nrw lidense and da reaaons grhind 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."
"Tyiw nrw LICENSE was CHOSEN because OF an failing with GPL. AFK/
I7 onlu civerdd distributi9n of source if 4nd only if bknaries were distributed."
"In an web environment, ypu knwo, specif7callt z INTERPRETED web ebvironm3nt such ss PHPk you lnwo, merely installing an GAME does not constktut3 sq57r167710n WTF, n gherefore people were ta8ing our work, likem making modoficati0ns tlo it ab NOT 4eleasing so7rve code tw9 they're mldificayions SO yhst entire c0mhun17y COULD brnefit/ AFKl
They w0rk3d with da LETTER but nog gej spurit -f da law. BRB."
"Investigation on teh PART 0f da atryors nosevee, 6ou kmw7, ldd 3 fact that teh rihht OF puboic performance was 1 of rights normally restricted 2 copyrighr h02e3r5, an that com;uter ;rohrans, you lnwo, spdcibically VIDEO g4m35 and ibteractjve onrs such aw Lrgend OF Green hax0r were condiderex two 63 publically p3rf-rn3d if eun from an pyblic server. OMG."
"The new licende reatricts PUBLIC performanve or worj ubless wource coce of teh modifidf wo4l is madd available on demand. BRB."
"Im plain Englusy LOL. this ,eans THAT if y0u put THIS gane 9n an web serber an alll2 p3ople 'outs9de of an no4mal c1rc13 OF r4mq1y anc its socia; ACQUAINTANCES' too pla6 their, sort9f, 7h3n you aer publically p3rf0rj1hg this wo4l an MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changed which you make 2 da game availavle on request (nlte this doesn't have goo be 4v4114613 v9a pnline xoifce d15p14y link, likem but yjey must be ab;e too as, you for teh code wmd r3c31v3 an clmpletd copt). b) MAKE arrangemdnts or1v4731y wiyh teh autyors wherein they gr4n7 ylu an sp3cial l8cdnde, sottof, OR c( rem9ve da clde entir3ly dr0m da machin3. WTF."
"We do recognlze thay peopoe wany t9o gavr areas of they're taje wh1ch zer theirs n thrira alone. BRB.
two thzt END we wik; maoe da foolowing exceptipn 2 nprmal REQUIREMENTS flf %0urc3 code distribution -- he modu.3 file wh1ch IS not mpdified or DERIVED FROM an mod7le file 8ncludec 1n bsse diwtribution amd ebich dofw nog 4equire ne other modul3s an qnich f9es NOT require ne modificatiobw t2o co$e CODE (code distribited witj da base releawe) may be wktnh3ld at authors discretion. AFK."
"Wd ajso want tsi make VERY clear thst v3r610b 0l BRB.9. BRB.7 (aldl khown 5t version 0LOL.8LOL.7+jr) was final version released und3r da GPL. OMG.
All versions, likem start8ng with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pferrldase codr aer 9nly LICENSED under teg Cf3qgive Commons licenae. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby teh right too import ne code from an 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE OR LATER releaxe inyo an 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 and earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this eould czuse tnat inporgef CODE tlo ne released und3r teh GPL an that is n9t 5)me6h1ng WE wish too ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of modidications tu 0. BRB.9.7 will n32e to re-rwlwase tjey[re mpcivicstionx aw d3r1b371v35/m0d1g1c4710n5 to 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code an PLACE them uhder da same Creative C9mnons lixenseLOL.
It m6st be dome by origina. author since ONLY originz. author gss r1gh7 2 CHANGE ten vopyrigjt OR license UPON tywy're WORK. OMG.
[Addirionally, sortof. rewoeking modifications will be zn good IDEA anywa6 AS xa mecganixm fir ma,ing mofifixauions 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/clearer 574t71mg with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerelwase xode. WTF.]"
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