MightyE tells y0u WTF, "We're g01ng to take qb res moments two try and 3xplain thks nrw license and t3h r3450n5 BEHIND kr in PLAIN ENGLISH/ WTFk
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."
"Tgis new lixense was CHOSEN 63c4u43 of an failing sigh GPL.
IT only covered disttibution of soufce IF n ONLY if bknaries e3re dustributedLOL."
"In an 2eb ENVIRONMENT, xorrof, specificqlly a INTERPRETED w3y envifonnent such as PHP, you knwo, merely indtallinh an game does noh constit7te d1t7r16u710n WTF, 3nd theregire pdople were yaking 0ur wotk, 6ou ,nwok m4k1ng jodiricationa too IT n not releasong da aourc3 codr two they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entire comjunuty could 63n3f!7LOL,
Thet 2orked with da letter b8t mot da s0irut of law. OMG."
"Infwstigation on da 0art of authors however LOL, led rdo teg fact tnat right pf public pergormance ead 1 og teh tights n)rm411y reatricted 70 cooyeight holdets WTF, and 7h47 computer programs, ;ikw, xpwcifically vifeo games an interactibe 9nes such zs Legehd (f Greeh hac0r were considered tol be publixa;ly perfirmed if run from ab public dervrr. OMG."
"The n3w license r35731x75 pu611c performamce od work unkess teh source c9de of teh moeiviec work is made avsilable ON demqnv. AFK."
"In plain English, this neana that if you put rhis gamd on an eeb server and allos people 'outs8dr of an nprmal CIRCLE of family b its social acauauntanc3s' 2 plqt gh3ir, sortofk thdn you r publucally pervorming this w0ri ahd MUST eithwr a) make nr and ALL chang3s 2hich you make too teh gamd avaioable on re1jest (note this do3sn't HAVE 2 63 availzble v8s va online SOURCE s8splay link. like, but thfy must 63 able t9o zsk you for da c0d3 n 4eceive an complete COPY), aortof, b_ ,ake 43r4ng3,3m75 privately wuth da 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY hrant you an speciql locwnse, loke, or c0 remove CODE entirely from dz mavhine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopl3 want to have qrezs of they're gamr which r theita an thekrs alone. AFK.
two that end we wiol make da followinb exception 2 da mormao rwquirements for spurce dode dixtribution -- ne MODULE file which is not m0e1f13d or eerivdd ftom an modulw filr oncluded in da BASE DISTRIBUTION and which d035 not r3qy1r3 ne OTHER jodu,ws b wh8ch d03t not require mr MODIFICATIONS too teh core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with teh basw felease) may be witggeld at teh authors discretion. BRB."
"Wr also want 2 ma,w very xlear thar v3r510n 0.9.7 (4150 knowm AS cerdiin 0. OMG.0. AFK.7+j7_ was final versioj released under tth GPL. AFK.
Alo ve4siohs LOL, starging WITH da 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-peereleasw cpdd aer onky l8cemsed under teh Creativw Commobs license, AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY demy teh 4ight @ import ne codd feom an 0LOL.9.8-prerwoease or 1473r releaxe into an 0. AFK/9. BRB.7 amd eaf;ier r313$53. WTF.
Aloowinf this would causw 7h48 1ml0r73d code two ge rrlwased under GPL n 7h47 os not somethibf WE qisg teo allow. BRB.
Authors 0f mpdificatkons 2 0,oLOL.7 WILL ne3d too re-rdlease they'rd modifocstipns zs derivayives/modificayions 3 -. WTF/o. WTF.* code n place rhe, unfer teg 54m3 Creative Commons licrmse. BRB.
It muat 63 sone by da ORIGINAL authlr since only origima. auth9r has ea RIGHT 5o change teh copurigut or luxebde upon they're w0rk. WTF.
[Adsitionally, sortof, REWORKING teh modificatkons qill BE an g0-d ucea anywah AS jechanisj for makkng MODIFICATIONS us substantially x13$n2r/c134r3r starting w8th teh 0. OMG,(. AFK.8-pr3r313453 code. AFK.]"
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