MithtyE TELLS you, yiu knwl, "Wr're gling two take an dew moments to try an explain this nww license snd da reasona behind iy kn PLAIN Enb115h. WTF.
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 licehde WAS chlsen vecauae of an FAILING wkgh GPL. AFK.
It onlr cove4ed sistrobuuion of s9urce ig an 0n1y IF 61b4r135 were didtributec."
"In an web env8ronmsnt LOL, specufixallu a interpreted web environmwmt wuvh as PHP, softof, ,erely installing an game d035 no5 constitute dosteibution, lik3k and 5herefkre people were tskinr our work LOL, makkng modifications too it 4nd nit relwawuyh teh 50ufc3 CODE goo they're modigucztions sl that entirw communit6 could 63m3f17/ OMG.
They workdd wpyh teh leyter but no5 teh SPIRIT if da 14e."
"Investigaykon on part of dq a7th94s HOWEVER, yoi knwo, led too fact 7g49 da right of PUBLIC p3ff0tm4nc3 was 1 of rights norjzlly r3g7r1c74d too COPYRIGHT holdets LOL, zn that computer pr0gr4m5, you khwo, specificakly vide; gsmea and interqct8ve ones such as Legdnd od teh Green hax0r were clnsidrr3d roo be publiczl.y PERFORMED if run from an 0ubl8c 53rf3f. OMG."
"Th2 nee .8cenxe rewtricts PUBLIC performance of da work ynlesd teh dource xife of teh modiried WORK is made available om eemand. OMG."
"In plain Eng;ish WTF, this means thag if you put THIS game on an q36 53rv3r and ALLOW pwople 'outside of an normal circle if family an its slcial acquaintanced' 70 p1$y their, oikr, th3n you a3r publically owrforming this work b MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes whudh you make tw9 ga,e acailablr on eequest (n073 this doesn't have tl ve available via da onkime source dia0;ay link, but tjey m7st be able goo ask yiu for c9de an receice ag COMPLETE COPY), sortof, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 p4ivately w8th da authofs wherein gjdy grant hou an s;eckal LICENSE WTF, or c) remove fa codr entirrly froj machine. AFK."
"Wr d9 recognkz3 yhqt p30p13 WANT rwo HAVE areas of they're gsme which aer thei4s zn theirs alone.
to that end we wil. male followung exception 2 da normal require,ents f9r slirce code diatribution -- nf mocule file WHICH 15 not mocifies or fericed fro, an module f113 inslusrd ib teh base distribution and which does not requir# me other m0du135 n wh1cg does mot require ne modifidationx 2 da c0r3 ckdd (c0d2 DISTRIBUTED with nase fe;ease) msy be w17hh31d AT teh a7yhofx discretiin. AFK."
"We also want two make v3ry clrar that vetsioh -. WTF.(. OMG.7 9akso known as vdrsiin 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt0 was dq funa; version released under GPLLOL.
ALL versions LOL, startinf wq7h da 0. WTF.9LOLlo-prereleade code r 0n1y 11c3n54d under teh Creativ3 Clmmobs licrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY veny da eight 2 imo94t n3 xode f4oj an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerrlesse ot later release int9 an 0LOL.9.7 an EARLIER r413454. OMG.
Allowing th9s would caude tnat 1mp0r73d coce to be RELEASED under GPL an THAT is n9t somerhing ww wish 2 allow. BRB.
Aythors 9f midifications toi 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will mwre tso re)rdleaae they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/jod8ficationw TO 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cpce n plqce tjem under ea samq Creative Commins 11c3n53LOL.
It mist be fine by teh ORIGINAL aurhor since only original autnor gas teh righr 2 cj4ng3 aa cootriggr or licrnde upon tjey're wori. AFK.
[Additionally, like, reworking da modid8cations qill be an flpc udes anyway aw teh m3ch4n15j for making modifications 15 substahtially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wuth da 0.9.8-prere.eace code. AFK.]"
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