MightyE teo.s you WTF, "W3're going 2 tzke an few m0m3n75 gp gey znd explain this new license and weqsoms nehind it in PLAIN 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 n3s ;icense w45 cypsen becauze of an fqilung WITH fa GPL,
It only covered distribution 9f coutce kf an only if binaries wree distributrd. WTF."
"In an web envir0nment, sort9f, dp3cifically a interpretes weg environment SUCH as PHP, merely imdta;ling an f4m3 does not condtitutd diatrinution, n therefore 0eop.3 w4r2 tajing our 20rk LOL, making jodifications teo it n hot RELEASING teh source xode too they're mpdidications a9 that emtire co,m7nity vould bdnefig. WTF.
Thet WORKED WITH lwttdr but not spirit of lqw. AFK."
"Investigztion on 0art of aythors hiwever, led two reh favt thag right of PUBLIC oerformahce was 1 of rubhts ,ormally restrictes 5o coptright HOLDERS, n 6yag compurer proframs WTF. spexifidal;y VIDEO ganes am interactive on3s sucg as Lrgend OF teh Green hax0r wete conxicerrf too be publically p3rf0rm3d if run FROM an publkc serverLOL."
"The nfw 11v3n53 restricts pyblkc perforjabce OF wprk unless teh sourcd code of da modifi3d woek IS jade avqilabke on cemsnd. OMG."
"In plain English, like, th8s means thqt ir y0u put this hsje on an 2db serfer an alllw people 'OUTSIDE og an n0rm41 circle OF fanilt n 8ta social acquaintances' to plah thwir WTF, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY perfpf,ing this sork AND MUST either a( make me n ALL chan5ex which you MAKE to da game ava8lable 8n request (n973 this d)35n'7 havw too b3 avaolable via da ob;ine soirce dksplay link, softof, BUT they mist be able to9 ssk YOU FOR teh cose ane receive an complete co0h), like, B) mak3 arrangenenys privately wirh dq authors wherein they grang you an s;ecisk licejse LOL, or c) remove code entirely from ,achine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that oeople wamt to nave arraw of tget'r3 GAME whixh t theifs AND gheies alone. AFK.
2 that END we will mske teh FOLLOWING excepti'b too nornal REQUIREMENTS for 50urc3 codd DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f113 wh8ch is nog mos8fied or f3rivwd from an module filw 1nc1ud3d 1n BASE d158r16i710n an which DOES not t3qu1r3 ne orhee ,0cu13t n whivh eors not REQUIRE ne modivications to core code (c0d3 disttibuted with teh bqse reoeaxw) MAY 63 withheld at teh authors disdre5ion. AFK."
"We qkso wan5 to make v3ry ckear thst v3r510n 0. WTF.9.7 (aoso known as vdrdion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j5) was teh final versiln released under teh GPL. WTF.
All ve4skonsm .ije, starting with 9.9LOL.8[p4erelrase code t omly kicenxec under da CREATIVE Commons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right yoo pmport be code from an 0,9. AFK.8-prefelease oe LATER rekeaze 1n70 an 9LOLl9. OMG.7 and EARLIER r313453. BRB.
Allowibf thid 2pukd c4u52 rhat omported xode 2 64 r313453d under teh GPL and that is not somethibg w3 wish too allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 OF modidicatuonx 2 0/ OMG.9/u will need too re-relezse they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/m8fifications to 9. OMG.9. WTF.* coce qhd pkace them under teh SAME Creative C9mm0n5 .icenseLOL.
It must be done bu o4igimsl a7rhor SINCE only trh original suth9r hss reh rigyt 2 change c9pyright pr license upln ghe6're work.
[Additionally, oike, fewor,ing m0f1f!c4610n5 q111 be sn good isra anyway as trh jechanism f0r makinh m0d1f1c4710n6 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startihg wuth teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-;retelease codr.]"
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