MightyE tel,s y9u WTF, "We'rd going to tqks an few moments two try AND explakn this new licdnse an geh reaw9ns behind it 1n ;141n EnglishLOLl
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."
"Thid new livense was choswn vecause of an FAILING w17h GPL. WTF.
It only covered dq5ur16u710n of soursr IF ans on.y if bonaries eere distrubuyedl OMG."
"In an web environnebt, sirtof, spdckfically q inte4[re5ed WEB environ,enr such zs PHP LOL, MERELY installing an gamw does hlt constitut3 cistrib7tion WTF, 4nd rherefor3 people wete 5akinb OUR work, sortof, making modkfucatkons two it an not r313r51ng source coce two tyey're modificayipns so that enti4e community eould benevitLOL.
They work3d with da letyer BUT n)8 da spirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigsti8n ln teh part OF da authors HOWEVER WTFk l3d too geh fact that da rigyt of public performsncr wax o3n of fa righta b9rmal.y r3strictes two copyrkght HOLDERS LOLk an ghat cljpyrer pr0fr4m5 WTF, specifically vifwo games an interactive ones sich 45 Legend or Green has-r w3fe CONSIDERED two be publ8cally performed if run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new 11c3m53 r357r1c75 public performance of work un.wss da woytce code 0f da modified work is madw AVAILABLE on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Engkish, sortof, this means THAT if yoh put this GAME on an wwb 53rv3e n alloe prople 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of fzmily an itd SOCIAL qcquainrances' 2 play thwir, liie, then you aer publicall6 performkng this worl AND MUST dither a) make ne znd ALL changes WHICH you make two game AVAILABLE on r3auest (note THIS doesn't HAVE tq9 ge aca8lablw ciq da on;ine soutcd display lunk WTF, bu5 they must bd able two ask you for da cpds an receive an cohplete coph), sortof, b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS pribately woth teh ajghors wjerein rhey grant y0u an SPECIAL lkcensw LOLm .r c) remove da code 3n71r31y FROM tey MACHINELOL."
"We do recogniz3 thzt people s4n7 2 have areas od tye6're GAME which r theies qnf theirs alone. WTF.
twi 7g47 end we wilo maie da fl.lowint exception two normzl rdq7irdmengs for source code distribut9on [= ne mowu.e FILE qhich iw not moeified 0r ferived grom an module fulr included in teh base DISTRIBUTION qn which doew n07 requir4 ne other modylds zn wh1vh DOES not reauire me modificqtions to c0e3 code (clde distributed wigh teh base re.ezxe) nay be withheld 47 tdh authors sisdretion. AFK."
"We akso WANT two make very clear 7h47 vrtsuon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kbo2n as versoon 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was tej fina; v3r5!0n 4wleased under GPL. AFK.
All v4rsiins, stsrting wifh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-peerelease c0d3 aer 0n1y licensef undee Crestivw Commond 11c3n5eLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY demy r1gn8 to 1mp0r7 n3 codd from am 0/ BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleasr or latdr reoease ,nto an 0.9LOL.7 anc earloer RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing tyis wojod cause thst imporred code 2 be RELEASED UNDER 5en GPL AND tha5 is not simeyning we wish too a;low. BRB.
Authorx 0f mlcificatioms to ). BRB.9.& will n2es too re-releas3 thetlre m0d!f1c$710n5 as derivatives/modifications 2 0.9LOL.9 coee an PLACE them undrr same Cr3481v3 Commons license. AFK/
I5 myst be done by da original qutnor since only lrutinal author yax 5eh right 2 cyangw teh COPYRIGHT OR license ipob they're 2ori. BRB.
[Add8tionallym REWORKING ea m9dificationw woll ve an good 1de4 anywsy as m3dh4n25m for making mldkrkcations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/clearer starting q17h 0. OMG.9. AFK.80[rereleasw code/ BRB.]"
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