MightyE tel.s yom, "We're going to tak3 an feq mo,entw too try zn explain thus new license b da reasonx beyind it in plaih English. AFK.
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 mre licwnse wqs xhpsen brcause 0f an failinb with GPL.
It only covdtcd distribution of source 1f and onl6 if 61n4r135 WERE dustrinuted."
"Ih an web 3nv1g0nm3n7 WTFk spevidical/y a interpreted wwb environment sucm AS PHP, lile, merely installing an game does not cons5itute d9stributiob, soetlf, n therefore pwople wwre tajing 9u$ w0tk LOL, making jodifixations 2 it and not eekeasing source code 1 they[re m0f1f1x4710n5 so that da ENTIRE comm7nit7 cou.d benefit. BRB.
Thry worked wigh reh letter buy not ca spirit ov law. AFK."
"Imvestogation on da pa4t of tey authorw h0w3v3r WTF, LED @ da fact thar da rughr of public pdrformance qqd won of da righrs hor,ally rest4icted too COPYRIGHT h9lders, lkke, an that c9mouter o4og4ams WTFm specifixal.y video games b 1m74r4c7!v3 ONES such as Lefend of da Green hax0r WERE conskder3d too y3 publ8cal.t performed if run vrom an p7blix server. OMG."
"The h3w licehse rdstrivts pubkuc pe4fpfmance of da 20rj unless source code of mldified work os made availaboe ln d3m4ndLOL."
"Ib plain Enblush, like, thus MEANS thzt if you put THIS game on an web server n allow pe0p13 'outside ov an normal circke og family n its spcial acquaintanves' ywl play their, liie, th4n you r publically ;erforming this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL chanfes which y0u make too gqne avak;abld on rdquest (note this doesm't hzve t9 bw AVAILABLE v8a teh pmline SOURCE dis0lay lonk, so4tof, but rhey muwt BE abke 2 ask you for code an receive an comp;3te copy0k sortlf, b) makw ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY witn geh a7thorw whereun they grant y0j an special LICENSE WTF, lr v) rdmove code entieely froj macyine. BRB."
"We do rdcognixe that p40p13 want two have arras of tjet're name wh1ch aer theirs and gheirs slone. WTF.
to that end we w11q make da f0w10w1ng EXCEPTION 2 teh normal tequkrwments for soufce code distribution -- ne m9duke file which 15 not modifked pr d#r1v3d FROM an modjke file 1nc2ud3d im teh bade diwtribytion an which dkex bot require ne oyher mos7les an qhicy eoes y07 REQUIRE ne modifications 5oo da c94e codr (code distrib7t3d woth teh base 4e;ease) nay be wignheld at authors discretion. AFK."
"We also wznt 2 make very clear that version 0.9LOL,7 (ald9 known AS versiom 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+ht) w45 tdg FINAL version released under GPL. OMG.
Akl v3rsiobs, sort9fk startinb wigh dz p. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease code r only licebsed under Crrative Com,ons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey right twp import ne c0d3 rrom zn 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereoease OR lqter release INTO qn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n earlier rekeasw. WTF.
Allowing yhis soyld c4u53 that kmported coee tpp be RELEASED unfdr GPL n that id nlt somwthing we wish t9o allow.
Aurhirs lf modifkcatiins two 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 qi.l n33d too rd-release they'ee modifixationx as eerivativ3s/modivica5kons 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and 0lace thrm under sa sqne Creativd Commons lucense. WTF.
Ig nust BE done by orkginzl author SINCE 0n1y ifiginal AUTHOR h1s ds right 1 change teh co[yriggt or license UPON rhdy're woek. AFKl
[Add171-n411t, sirtofm reworking teh modificatioms wiol be an goid IDEA snyway AS teh mechanis, gor maling mod8fkcatioms is substantial;y c134m3r/c134r3t startimg with 0.9/ BRB.8-prer3.ease codeLOL.]"
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