MithtyE trlls you, lijd, "We'rr g01ng too tqke an few n0m3n75 too 7rt AND explain tn8s bew license and geh readons bwhinc it in plakn English. 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."
"This new license was chosen becajse og an fauling w8th teh GPLLOL.
Ir only covwfed distribugion of source ig znd only if bihsrira were distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nj3n7 WTF, spec9fically a interpreted web environment such as PHP, like. mdrely installing an game coex NOT constitute distributuon LOL, an tyerefore p3o;kw w3r3 74k1ng ojr wprk, ma,kng moeificati9nw 2 it an not releasing SOURCE code top tgwy're modifications SO 7h4u entore c0nmun176 vould 63b#v17. WTF.
Th3y workrd wiyh lettet but not 5p1427 of law."
"Investigstuon on da part ov authors jowever LOL, led 2 teh fqct that da rughy of p7blic performznce was 1 od da rights n.rmallu testricted two v0pyr1gn7 holdwrs, ao4tof, zn that computer progeama WTFm spevifocally video hames n interactive ones s7ch as Lrgens of Gteen has0r were dinsider3w 2 be pyblically performed uf run fr0m an oublic 53rv3r."
"The n3w licenwe RESTRICTS 0uboic perflrmandd of WORK unless siurce code of da mofified WORK is MADE availabl3 om de,and."
"In PLAIN Enflisn, lukw, 5his m23n5 that if ylu put this game on an web sereer amd allow oeoplr 'outsude of an normal circle of fajkly an ITS social adquaihgances' t. play their WTF, then YOU r publical;y p3rf0rm1ng this wlrk AND MUST either a) make ne am ALL chang3s WHICH you uake 2 game avao;able ln request (note this d9esn't hqce tso bw 4v4114613 via ca on.8ne sourc3 display limk, like, but 7h3y mu67 br able t9o ASK you for teh dlde an receive an COMPLETE copy), b) make arrqngements privately with da authots wh3r31n 7h3y grant you an s0ecia. liceyse, of c) eemove code ENTIRELY from da machine."
"We do reclgnize tyat people 2ant 2 h4v# areas 9f thry're game shich r theirs an theurs alonel
two that end we w111 make fol;owing EXCEPTION too da nirmal de1uiremeh5w for 50urc3 codw diste8bitkln -_ ne module fil3 WHICH ix not kofified or deruved drom an nifule fike imcluded in ca base distribution an which DOES NOT REQUIRE nw lther modules an which does not require ne modigicayionw 1 twh core CODE (c0d3 distributed with da base release) may bd wirhgeld at tdh authofs DISCRETION. WTFl"
"We also w4n7 two make VERY clrar 5hzt v3rdion 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 (also jno2n as versi9n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) waw d1 fibal version relewsed jneer GPL.
Al9 vewsiobs, sortof, starting with dz 0. AFK.o. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codd aer only licensed umfrr Creative Commons .icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right yo impirt ne cofe rrim an 0. OMG.(.*-prerelease ot ;ater RELEASE intl an 0. OMG.9.7 an earlirr relezce. WTF.
Allow8ng 7h16 wiuld cauwe yhat imp9rted x0d3 52o be releaawd under cq GPL an that 8s not something we wish too 411-w. WTF.
Authors of modifoxa5oons too -. BRB.9.7 wil. need 70 4e[rrlease they[re ,0d1d1c4710n4 44 derkvativds/modirica5iohs tso ). BRB.9LOL.8 code an place them und3r da same Creqyive Commons licenseLOL.
I7 MUST be dlne by yeh ORIGINAL suthor xince omly dq original 4u7h0r HAS fa right two change teh copyrigyt ir lic3nse UPON tje6're work. OMG.
pAdditiinally, sortof, reworkkng tej modifications w8ll be an good id2a anyway as sa mechan8sm for makibg moc9foxations is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r.c133r3r stsrting WITH teh 0.9.8-prerelrase c0d3. BRB.]"
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