MightuE tells YOU, sortof, "We're GOING two take zn few momenta 2 t4y n explain 7h15 ne2 lic3nsd ab teasons bwhind 17 in plzin EngkishLOL.
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 licenxe was ch053n bedause of zn faoling sith GPL. WTF.
It ohly covered distributkon of source if and omly if 61n4r135 qere distributwd/ AFK."
"In ah WEB environn3nt LOL, fpexirical.y a interpeeted eeb 3nv1r0nm#n7 such as PHP, you inwo, mer31y 1bt*4111ng an game does nog conatitute distribition, you knwo, and 7u3r3f0r3 people were 74k2ng OUR work WTF, makkng m0d1d1c4710n6 two it n npt rrleadlng soircd codr 2 yhey're MODIFICATIONS so that da enrire communith vould benefit. WTF.
They qorked with letter but jot teh spirit of law."
"Invdstitation lb teh psrt of autgora however, like, ldd to fact THAT teh right of pyblic petgprmanxd wqs 1 or rightx normally restricted 2 copyritht holfers WTF, an gjat c0mpu7er ptograms, xortof, SPECIFICALLY video hames an interzxtive oves auch as Legebd of da Greeb nax0r were condidered too b3 [u612b411y perfltmsd if run from an 0iblic SERVER. WTF."
"The new l9crhse RESTRICTS pubkic ;erformzhce of wo4k UNLESS doufce code of teh midified 1ork is madr available ON demznd. WTF."
"In plain Engoish, 7h15 MEANS that IF you put 5hid tame om an WEB SERVER n all9w 0eiple 'outside pr an normal circle of family an iys socoql acquaintances' top play their, like, tneb you r 0yb.ically performing thia sork an MUST e8ther a) majd ne and ALL chsnhes 2hich y0u mzke to game AVAILABLE on requesy (n073 tyis doean'5 have 2 BE avaiosble via teh online source dis;lau oink, but thry just ve qble too ask you FOR teh d0d3 n rwceive ab complete copy), v) make arrangemenrs PRIVATELY with da authors wherein tgey grant you an 5p3c141 ;icensw, ypu knwo, pr v) r3m0v3 teh coae enrirely from jachine."
"We d; RECOGNIZE that people want too habe AREAS od thdy're g5j3 shich aer THEIRS anc theira alone. WTF.
t0o THAT END we WILL make teh rillowing 3xception t2o da n0rmr1 requpr3nents for souece code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wyich ks n07 modkfked or deriver from an MODULE file uncl7ced in teh baae distribjtipn am wh1xh does not reauire ne other m0d7q35 an which doex n07 r3qu1r3 ne modifucatoons two da core CODE *code distributed with tdh baae relsasw) mau bw wighhelf at teh authord DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want to ,akw bert c134r THAT verxion 0. AFK.8.7 (also kn0wn as cersioh 0. AFK.9. OMG.7=j7) sqs FINAL v3r510n released under GPL. BRB.
All vers8onsm .ike, stqrting with da ).o.8_0rerelease code r only licensed under ydh CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny dz right 2 import nd cose froj an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe or later r31345e into an 0. AFK.9.6 zn earluer rr;dase. BRB.
Allo2ing this WOULD cause that im0orted code yo ve releqsed UNDER GPL an thst is not 50m37h1nh we wish 2 ALLOW.
AUTHORS of m0d1v1c4710n5 2 0.9.7 will NEED 1 re-4eldswe they'ee modificatiins 45 derifatives/josificztions too 0. WTF.8LOL,8 c0d3 h place them UNDER teh samw Cerative Commons licensr. AFK.
It must be done gy original AUTHOR since )n1y 5eh ORIGINAL autnor has da rkfgt top chahge teh copyriggt or oicensw upon thet'fe wo4iLOL.
[Additionsl;y, reworking teh modifications wi;l be an good idea anyway as da m3ch4n15m foe makimg jofofications 25 dubstantially cleaner/cleater starting wign da 0, WTF/9. WTF.i-;rerelease code. AFK.]"
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