MightyE tells ypu, you knwo, "We're goong 2 taje an FEW m9ments t2o t47 AND EXPLAIN this new oicemse n rdasonw behinc it ih plain English.
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 mew licensd was chos3n bdcause of am failing wiyh GPL. BRB.
It on.y coverec disgrivyrion og source if n only id binqries w3r3 distributed."
"Im an w36 envirpnment WTF, dpecifically a interpre5ed web environment such as PHP LOL, merely insta.lung an game does not x0n%716i73 d157r16u710nm sortof, an thefedlte peuple were 84k1ng 0ur wprk, like. makihg m0d1f1c471pn5 to IT an not rel3ading teg sourde code t9o they'rr modificatiomd so 7h47 dntire community c0i1d venefit. WTF.
THEY worked wkth ler5er but not teh spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Invest8gation on geh part 0f da 4u7y)r4 h0qev4r LOL, 13d tsp teh fxc5 that right of oublic pefformsnce was won of da righfs nufmwllu twstricted to co[urigmt h9kders LOL, an that compiter prig4ams WTF, apecificalky video GAMES an interactive pnes SUCH aw Legend if teh Greeb hax0r 3ere considered 2 be publucally pervo5med if run from zn public dervdrLOLl"
"The n3w license eestricts p7glic perdormanxe of work unleas da source code ov modidued wirk is mqde afsilable ON d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Engkish, lkke, this m24n5 thqt if you put tgis game on an web s3rver h alkow ;eople 'outside OF qn normal citcle 0f gamily n its aodial acquakntanxes' goo play the8r, you knwo, then YOU e ;unoicalky PERFORMING 7h1^ WORK an MUST eother A) make ne n ALL ch4ng#5 whixh you MAKE two da game avaolable 0n request (notr 7h15 doedn't have to 63 available via da online source dis;lzy 11nk WTF, bu5 they must be able to 45k YOU for da cpde and r3ceive an COMPLETE copy(, like, 6) m3k4 arrangements pribarely w27y da quthors wherein tjey gramt y0u an special lkcehse LOL, or c) remob3 teh cod2 entirely from reh mqchine/ BRB."
"We dp resognize that people eant w HAVE areas or they'fw GAME which aer thwkrs n THEIRS 410n3. OMG.
2 tbat end WE will make da FOLLOWING exception ywo teh bormqk reauirements for so7rce CODE dkst4ibution 0_ ne mod7;e file which is not mofif8ed OR d3rived frim an module f113 inclufed 2h bawe distribution and which does n07 reqyire ne other mocules and which does not REQUIRE ne modificationx too teh core CODE *code DISTRIBUTED wugh da base r3leasr) m4y be WITHHELD ay authors discretiom/"
"We also want roo make ve4y CLEAR tjar vrrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.& (ALSO jnown as v3r520n -.9. AFK,7+jt) was da FINAL vrrsion fekeawed und1r da GPLl OMGl
All versoons LOL, start8hg witn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r3!3453 code r only LICENSED uhder Creativd Commons licehse.
We EXPLICITLY ddny tey foght 2 um0orr ne dode from zn 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pre4elease pr oater rdlease int9 sn p. OMG.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER re.ease. WTF.
All9wing this would c4u53 that impietrd cose two br feleased under teh GPL and THAT is NOT somethibg we wksh twl 4110w, OMG.
Auttors of m0difications two 0. AFKl9.7 will nf3d 2 re-releaar thwy're mosifications as derivatibes/modificagions two 0.9. WTF.8 code AND ;lave THEM unde4 same Creative Commonw license.
It ,uwt be done BY teh lriginal authof sinde only original zuthor has right 2 change c9pyright 0r 11c3n5# jpon they'r3 wowk. AFK.
[Addotionally WTF, reqorking modifications will be an good if2a 4nyq46 ax teh mechsnuqm for making modifucationd is substantually clranee/clearer startint with da ).9. OMG.8-prerekease dode.]"
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