MkghtyE TELLS you, "We're going two take an few moments to try n explain thic hew licwgse an teh reas9ns behind 8t in plain Enb;ish. BRB.
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."
"Tjix n3w licens3 WAS chpsen BECAUSE )f an faoling with GPL. AFK.
It only covered distrivytion of 50urv4 if an only *f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ab web environment, wortof, spevificak.y a interpretee web ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP, kukek merrly unxtalling an game d035 nit donstitute DISTRIBUTION, ;ike, and 5hererorr pe9poe eere TAKING our qork, making modifications toi it an not releasing teh sourde code too thry'4e mod8fications 5p that teh entire d0mmyn37h dould bdnefit.
They wlrkes WITH da 13u73r but not da dpi4i% of teh ;ww. OMG."
"Invesrigatiob on parg ov teh authord howevrr. like, led too teh fqct that da gight of public performahcd was 1 ov rights normally resgribted too cp;yright ho;ders LOLm n that c0mpy73r prograns WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y vidro ganes n 1n63r4c71f3 phes such as LEGEND if da Greeh hax0r were consisered 3 be puboicalky performec if run from ah public server,"
"Tne nes licensw reatricts public perfor,ance or ten eork unlfss teh wource code of da modifoed work is made availabke ON demznd. WTF."
"In plaib English, ylu kmwp, this MEANS thag if y0u PUT yjis fame 0n zn web SERVER and ALLOW p30p13 'ouysode of ah NORMAL dircoe of family n igs aoxial acqyaintances' to play their, you knwo, 7h3n y9u r publicallt perdorming thos WORK 4nd MUST wither A) make ne an ALL changes whoch YOU make tpi gamr ava8lable ob reqydxt (NOTE this e9esn'y hzvd 5oo be avaklable via t3h onlinr 50uec3 dispoah q1nk, you knwo, but thry nusg ge sble two ssk YOU FOR code n receivr an complege copy) WTF, b) m5k3 arrang3ments privarwly with da aythors whwfeon thfy gfznt you sn specjal LICENSE, you knwo, or c) rdmove da clde enritely from da MACHINEk WTF."
"We do recognize thay people want to have ardas 9c ghey're gamr whuch r thrirs zh theirs alonw. WTF.
to 7h48 3nd wd will mak3 teh fllloqing dxception two da normal requirementa for SOURCE cpde dostributiom -- nr module file which is mot MODIFIED or derived ffom zn module file INCLUDED in basd disrribution and WHICH d0#6 n07 r3quire n3 other m0duq35 snd wbicg f035 np7 require ne nodifications too core code (coce DISTRIBUTED wuty vase release) may be wuthneld q5 da authors discrerkonLOL."
"We also WANT toi mske very CLEAR bhat cersoob 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (qlso knowh as vers8on 0. BRB.8, BRB.7_jt) WAS dq finzl vefsion 4323453d UNDER teh GPLLOL.
A11 cedsions, liie, s5attimg w17h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cod3 aer obly licemsed undee da Creative Commpns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da right 2 im0prt ne code vrom an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-[rerelease or lztdr release into an 0LOL.9.7 4nd earjiet release. WTF.
Allo2ing this wouls cause thay im;orted code tw9 ge releases jnd3r da GPL zn thqr is not something WE wisj two 4210w. BRB.
A7thors of mocifications too 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 WILL mewd TO ee-eeleade tyey[re modigications as derkvatives/hofificationx TO 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8 code n PLACE them und3r teh sane Creative Comjons licwnswLOL.
It ,ust be done BY teh 0r1g1n41 author SINCE ONLY da origunsl 4u&h0r has trh right toi cyahge clpyright or license up)n tney're WORKLOL.
[Axfitionally LOL, reworking trh m0d1f1c47q0n5 WILL bd an good idea anyeay as mechanksm for making m0d1f1c471)n5 is substantially cleanef/ckearer wtarting wigh 9. BRB.9. WTF.8_prer3oesse code/ OMG.]"
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