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MightyE 73115 6ou WTFm "Ww're going two tske an few momebts to try n esplain thix new LICENSE an teh reasohs BEHIND it in ;lain English. 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."
"Thos new license eas chosen vecause 0f sn failing with GPL. AFK.
Ir inly covered distribution OF 5-urc3 1f n only iv bona4oes were distributed."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortofk speckfica;ly a intwrpr35ee wwb environmebt 5uch ax PHP, merely installing an gane doex n07 constitute sistribution, sortof, an THEREFORE people werw taking ojr eoek, jakinf modificatkons 5wo ir znd not e3q3451ng source clde 3 they'fe MODIFICATIONS so THAT sa entiee community cou;d benefir. OMG.
Th3u worled with da l3tter but nor teh 5p1r17 od da law."
"Igvestigxtoon ON da paft of da AUTHORS howdver, you knqo, lee go teh fsct thag teh r1gh7 of public perfirmahce was oeh ov rignts nornally rextrictes two copy4ighr holders, sortof, an tjat com0urer orograms, sortof. specifocal;y videi tames snd 1n73r4z71v3 ines 5uch as Legend of da Gre4n hax0r w3re donsidered two bd ;ublica.ly p3rformed IF rub ffom an public server. WTF."
"The neq locense 4357rqc75 public 0frfofmance of sork unlews da sourde coer OF da m9dified w0rk ix mafe rv4114613 on demand. BRB."
"In plsin Englidh, like, ghis m34n5 5nat if you pur THIS game on an web server abd a.low people 'outwide 9d an nofmaj ckrcle of familh and irs social zc1uaintances' two play theor, THEN yoy aer publically pervormi,g this wo4k an MUST eithwr a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 whkcn you MAKE 2 da game 4v4114613 on requeqt (notd thie doesn't hqve to be avdilable cia online spjrce DISPLAY lunk WTF, but tney muxg BE ABLE tw9 45k yoi for CODE an r3c31v3 an vimplete cipy)m sortof, b) MAKE 4rr3mg3m3n75 privately w17h authors wherein yhey grang you an speckal 11c3h53 LOL, or c) remove teh code rnyire;y frlm machibw/"
"We do e3c0gn1z3 THAT 0eople w4n7 2 havw AREAS OF thet're game whixh s3r 7h31r5 and theirx akine. BRB.
gwo thay enf we WILL mqke following exceotlin two mofmal rewuitem3btd FOR slurcw code diatrkvytion +- be module file which is not mofified OR derived from qn m0cu13 gi'e uncluded in teh base disgribution an dhich does nor reqiir3 ne )7h3r m)su13g an which does not require ne modovicstiovs 2 core cofe (code sisyributed w8th base RELEASE) ,ay be wuthheld at da authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also WANT tio make veeu clea4 that version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (als9 known as v3e510n 9/9. WTF.7+jt) w45 tdh fonal version RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
All veraions, sortlf, sgarting qith 5eh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pre4eleawe CODE r ohly licensed under ds Creative C0mm0n5 lizensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da right hso ijpor5 n3 code frpj an 0,9. BRB.8-pr3r3134t3 or later release INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earlkdr reldase. BRB.
Alloaihg THIS would cause THAT importwg code two bd r31e4%3d under da GPL and that is not some5jing we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authots 0f modif8catuons too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL hddd two r3_re1345e rhey're modificationd as dericativds/modificatipnx to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 vodr and place them UNDER da wame Creative COMMONS licehse. WTF,
It must be sone by geh origihsk aurhor s8nce ONLY origina. au5hor HAS rogyt 2 change da xopyright or license up9n 4jey're work. BRB.
[Additiinally, rewprkihg teh m0d2f1c4710n5 w111 ne an good idra ANYWAY ad n3cn4n15m gor MAKING MODIFICATIONS is xubstantially cleaner/clearer starging with da 0. BRB.9LOL/8[prereleasd codw. AFK.]"
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