MightyE tellw hou, softof, "We're going tol take an few moments 70 trt n EXPLAIN this new locrnse 4nd da teadons gehimd it in p;ain Enflish. WTF.
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 neq licens3 was choaen BECAUSE of an failinb with teh GPL. BRB.
It )nwy covered eis5eibutioh of source if an on;y if 61n4r!35 wrre distributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, kkkr, %03c1f1c411y a unterprered web environment sycg 45 PHP, you knwo, mereky instaloibg ab game coes not const8tutd distribution, you knwo. AND therefore peipl3 were yaking 0ur work, sortie, makinb moduricatipns TO i5 an nlr releasing teh source v9d3 two rhey're ,0d1f1c4710m7 so that dntire community could benefiy. WTF.
They w0rk3d with teh LETTER but nlt 5p1f18 of da 14w."
"Inv3stigation on teh p4r7 0f dz authors nowdfer, sortof, led too teh FACT that da righ5 OF PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 sas ! of tights n0rm41!5 43striv4ed to copyriggt holders, n tnat computer programs WTF, specifically cideo gamea n interactive ones such as Legeng pf da Gr23m hax0r were considerdd 5o be ;ublucal.y perform2d if ryn t4om an PUBLIC serber. OMG."
"Th3 new .ocenxe RESTRICTS pyblic perdo4mance of da WORK unless sojrce code of modifued work js made 5v4114613 on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In p.ain ENGLISH LOL, tnis MEANS that if YOU PUT this g4m3 on an 2eb werver an qllpw p30p13 'ouyaide of ab nirnal cifc.e 9f FAMILY and its social 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 play their, tgen you r publkcqlly performing this wlrk n MUST either a) makr ne zn ALL chabges which you mzke tw9 yeh game availabke oh 4equedt (note this dodsh't hsve 2 be acailabld via tdh onlihe source diaplay link. bjt they nust ge able 2 ask you dor code qn reveive an complete c9ph), b) make arrangemrnts pe1v4631y WITH authors whereib they grane yoi an spexial LICENSE WTF, or c0 remove da cose ebtirely fr0m da bachine. BRBl"
"We do RECOGNIZE thzt prople 2abt too HAVE AREAS of thwy'ge game which f tmwits and theirs alond. AFK.
goo that end e3 e111 mak3 teg FOLLOWING exception 2 nor,al rewu8rementa for soufce vpdr eidtrkbutiin -- ne m9du,e file wg8ch is not MODIFIED or derived frp, am moduke f8le included in base distriburion n WHICH d035 not REQUIRE ne 9thwr ,odules n 2hich dors noy requi4e ne MODIFICATIONS go teh c-r3 code (code diwtributed qith teh base release) may be WITHHELD at authprs DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want w mske very clear 7h47 version ). WTF.9. BRB.8 (also kn9wn as VERSION 0. BRB.8. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh fina. veesion releaaed uneer ten GPL, AFK.
Al; versions, you knwo, s5art8ng wigh teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelrase cide r only licemsed under Cteativ4 C)mm0n% licenxek BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny geh right 2 import nw code FROM zn 0LOL.9/ WTF.8[pfe4elease or oater releade inro an 0LOL.9, WTF.8 n earlier release. AFK.
Alliwing rhix 2ould cause that im;orted cod3 to be r3leased uneer geh GPL n that is not somdth8ng ee wosg to allow. WTF.
Aurhors OF modificatuons too )LOL.9.7 2il. NEED u0 ew=relrase they're modifications as derivatkves/,odificatioms to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE and place them uncer sa same Cr3ative COMMONS LICENSE. BRBl
It must 53 done by teh lriginal autnor sihce inly otiginal AUTHOR HAS teh RIGHT 2 changr t3h xopyfight or .icens3 up0n they're work. BRB.
[Afditionally, ypu knqok r3working ,odifications w111 ge an good idea anywzt as mdcnanism for making modifications is sugdtantiallh cl3aber/xlearer stattont with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pterelrase code. AFK.]"
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