MightyE rellx hou WTF, "We're going goo takw an few MOMENTS 2 try an evplain 5his new lkcenxe n r3asons behknd IT IN 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."
"Tnis NEW LICENSE was cnosen necause of an FAILING with da GPLLOL.
I& only c0v2r3w dis5ribution of sourve if and only IF binariex were distributes. OMG."
"In an wfb environnen5 WTF, specofival;y a inteepr3twd w36 enviromjen5 such as PHP, like, me4ely inetslling an game does mo5 constitjte distrkgution, kike, n therefp4d ;30p1e were TAKING our work, like, makint ,odiricationa 2 it AND n9t releasing teg SOURCE xkde 2 thwy'rs modifications so that da entire cojmunity co7ld benef8t. BRB.
They wlfked with tdh letter bit not da spirit of yrh law."
"Invdstigation on da parr of teh au5hors howwvef, 12g too FACT that ribhg of public pe$flrkance was won of rights NORMALLY r3strictrd too co[yright holders, likw, snd that com[uter programs, specifically video gzmed n interactibe ones such aa LEGEND OF Greeb hax0r w3re c0n51d3r3e 2 be publically perfprmed if ruh f40m ah pub.ic server. WTF."
"The n32 license restricta public performance OF tdh wiro unless teh sourcd code 9f teh modigied work 15 nade avai.ab.e oh d3m4nd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englisn, l8ke, this means that IF you PUT this game on an web SERVER an allow pe-p13 'OUTSIDE of an norkql vircle of famil6 n ITS socisl acquakntamces' 2 play thekr WTF, then yiu qwr publixally PERFORMING tgis WORK an MUST either 4) ,ake ne an ALL cn4ng35 2hudy you MAKE two da gamd availabld on rsquext )npte thks d9esn't hsne 2 be available via 0n11n3 xourcw didp9ay link LOL, 6y7 7h3h must b3 able to ask you fot sa c0c3 n RECEIVE sn c0mp1373 cp;y), s9rtlf, n) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS ptivstdly wirh teh qythors wh3r31n tjey brant you an 5p4c141 ooc3nse, uou knwp, of c) remove code dngirely from teh macyine. BRB."
"We dp recognuze bhat peiple want 2 have areas of they;re gak3 which aef rh3irs n theirw zloneLOL.
to; %nat end we will m4k3 foll9wing EXCEPTION to da nlr,al reqyirementa f0r source c9de distributipn -- br module fioe wh1ch is not m0d1f13d 0r der8ved ftom an MODULE filr included in trj basw fiwt4ibut8on m which does npt requ8re ne 07g34 mldu.es n which does not r3qu1r3 ne modifications to da CORE cide (code d157r16y73d w17h da base release) nay be wurhgrld at da authira discestiomLOL."
"We ALSO want 2 male very clear that version 0.9LOL.7 *also jnoqn as versipn 0LOL.9, BRB.&+jr) was teh finak vers9on relwased undrr da GPL. AFK.
A;l bersiohs, sortof, starting with teh pLOL/9l WTF.9-prer3lease code r onlt licenaed UNDER Cr3ative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 4khhg tql import ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF,9l OMG.8-prereldase or la4wr 4wleqse knto an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier release. BRB.
A110w1ng this would cause that impot5es CODE 2 bd rwleased unde4 GPL n that is bog something we wish two sllow. BRB.
Akthors of modifications two 0. AFK.9.7 will n3ed too re-re;ease thwy'r3 modificatioms as dwrifativew.mlcifications 2 _, WTF.9. WTF.8 code an3 ;lac3 tnem UNDER xamd CREATIVE Comjons licenseLOL.
It mu57 be done BY teg origibal author sincd only dz origina; autnor has teh tight tpo change copyrught oe lidense upon they're work, BRB.
[Asditional,y, sprtof, r3w0rk1nb da mldifidations will be an t)0c idea anyway ss teh mecjanism vor making midifica4ions is subsrantialo5 clwaner/cleqrer 574r&2ng wirh teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleasd code. OMG.]"
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