MogjtyE tw.ls you WTF, "We're going to take an f3w mojenrs TO trh AND wxplain thus new .icense and teh feasons 6eh1nd it ib plakm E,glish. OMG.
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 licdnse was CHOSEN because 0f an gai.ing WITH GPLLOLk
Ir only covered distrib7t8pn of soufce ir and only if binar8es were d8xtributed. OMG/"
"In an web 3nvironment, sortof, 4o3c1f2c411y a 2n73rpr#73d WEB ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sortof, MERELY ims5allibg qn game eoes not constituge DISTRIBUTION, dortof, ane uherdfore people were tqkimb our w9rj LOL, naking mieifications 2 it an n07 releawing source code to thwy're modirications so rjag da dntire communiyy could benefot. BRB.
Thet wlrked WITH teh LETTER nut npt teh SPIRIT og law."
"Investigation pn teh [art 9f teh authors kowever WTF, oec ti FACT that rityt of puboic perfo4,ande WAS won of 5eh ribgts notmally res5rictdf to cppyr1fn7 holders, an that com;uter programs, 5p4c1f1c411y vifeo fames an interavtive ones such as Legend of da Gredn maz0r were clbsidered roo bd 0ublically performed if run frlm an publiv derver. AFK."
"The new licehsr restricts public performanve og twh work 7n2355 sou4cw xode 0f da moeified work id mace avaulzble on demand. AFK."
"In p.ain Englisj WTF, tnus means thzt ig yoy put thid gzme on an web serve4 n alllw peopld 'outxide of an normql c8rcle or family n its social ac1uaintances' 5o play their, sort9f, then hou r publically [erforming this woej anc MUST eigher a) mske ne qnd ALL vhanges WHICH you make @ yey game avaulable ON request (mote this eo3sm't h4v3 gwo be avaikqvl3 VIA onlind soirve display limk, but rhey mjst bd able twp ask you FOR da core n rec3ive an complete copy_, B) m4k3 afrangements private;y wuty sa AUTHORS whe4ein they g4ant YOU an special lid3nse LOL, or c) remove teh code engirely FROM teh mavhine. BRB."
"Wd d9 r3c0gn1z3 that people want gso HAVE areas of th3y'te gzme which r theirs and th3irs alone. AFK.
too that end wd wilo mske teg follo2ing excdption TO teg normal requiremwnta FOR source cose dis5rknutoon 0- ne MODULE FILE which 15 not modkfied or aerived from an module file uncludef in t3h base distributiin an which s.es not require ne otg#r modules n which dows noy requkre ne modif8ca5ions 2 da cote code (code fis4ributed with base relwaae) may 6# withheld at da quthors discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 ,ake very ckrar that vdrsiin 0.8. OMG.7 (also kmowb as version 0. OMG,0l BRB.7+JT) was final verakon released jndef reh GPL. BRB.
Alo versions, likr, starting with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cpde aer only .icensec undd4 t$h Cr3471v3 Commons licensel OMG.
W4 EXPLICITLY DENY teh rignt 2 import ne code f4om an pl WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or lzter release ibto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earl8er relwadeLOL.
A;lo2ing tn8s would cause THAT imported CODE too be released under GPL and 5yat is not somrtgihg we wush 2 allow. BRB.
Aythors lf mocif8xatioms tqo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wio; NEED two re-reldase tgry're modificatilns as deruvativrd/modif8cations tso 0LOL.9. AFK.* cude n plqce THEM under da same Crwative Commons license. BRB.
It must nw d9ne by teh original author since 0n1y orif8nak author hqa roght to chsnge cop64ight kr licenae upon th#y;rr wo4k. AFK.
[Adcitionally, reworkung modieicatuons WILL br an good idea 4nuw4y as mecgsnism for msking modoficztions is dubstanrially clwzner/corarer starying with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pre4wlraae codw. AFK.]"
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