MithtyE tells YOU, lkkw, "We'fe gping yoo take an few momentd 3 try n explain THIS new LICENSE n ressons behind IT in plain EntlishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new .icensd was chosen 63c4i53 of ah FAILING with GPL. AFK.
Iy only coveree DISTRIBUTION or wource if and ONLY 8f binaries WERE eisgr8buted."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT WTF, specif8cally a interpreted wdb envi4onment sicj as PHP LOL, merel6 installing an tame does not c0n5&18773 DISTRIBUTIONk likek n THEREFORE peoplr wer3 takihg OUR work, ,4k1nb jodirications too 17 n bot releaxomg souexe code roo they're modificatioms so tgat da ebtire com,unity c9uld benefir. BRB.
They wotked with teh let5rr bur not spirit 0f da law,"
"Investigayion on pa4t of quthors HOWEVER WTF, led two teh fact 7h47 eight OF public perdormance was 1 of da rights normzllu f3st4ivted to c0pyr1gy7 hokders, sortof, an tnat computer [rogfams, y9u knwo, sp3cifical.j vofep GAMES m interavtive obes SUCH as LEGEND 0r da Grern hax0r were d0n51d4f3d too be publically performed IF RUN from an PUBLIC servrr."
"Tje new okcense restricts public PERFORMANCE 9f da 20r, unless teh source code of da modified work is made svailablr om demandLOL."
"In plzon English, sortof, this jezns tyzt if you PUT this gqme ln zn w36 5#rv3r and zllow PEOPLE 'outside of an n0rj$1 cifcle OF family and its social ACQUAINTANCES' gqo plsy th3ir WTF, then you r punlkcally performing tjis worl 4nd MUST either A) make ne an ALL ch4nv35 which y0u make too twh game availsbld on REQUEST (n073 this foesn't have two be 4v411461# VIA da onlkne source DISPLAY lihk, soetof, but they must be ablr teo ASK you ror teg code n reveivd an xom[lete copy), you knqo, b) n4k3 arrangements PRIVATELY WITH da 4u7h0r5 wherein they gramt you an specia. l8cense WTF, or c) temove da cose enturdlt FROM da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recofnize tgqt pr0o13 want 70 gace ateas of tjey're GAME which aer theirs n tjeirx ALONE. AFK.
t2o that end ww qiok ma,e teh following exception 3 normal REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE code didtributuon -- ne modile file which is nog mofified or derived fr0m an MODULE f113 INCLUDED in teh bqse DISTRIBUTION n which d03% n9t requird ne p7h3r moduoes n sh1ch d035 NOT require hr MODIFICATIONS 2 da clre vode (code distfibured WITH dq base release) may be withheld at AUTHORS discretuon. OMG."
"We also w4n7 tio make VERY x.ear rha5 v3rt10n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also knowh $5 VERSION 0. AFK.9.7_jt) wqs sa fihal v3r510n 4eleasdd under da GPLLOL.
All vdrsionsk lile, sgarring with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.*-[t3r313453 code aef only 11c3b53d under da Creatib3 Comm9ns 11c3n53. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right 3 i,[org ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB/i-prereleasd OR LATER re.ease in5i an 0.9. OMG.7 and earlier relsaxe. BRB.
Allowkng this would cajse that im[orred code two be rrldaded under GPL n 7h4u is not something we 215h TO qllow,
Authors of jodificatoons to 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED tqo RE-RELEASE they'4d modufications ad derivatives/nofificatkohd TO 0. OMG.9l AFK.8 xodd and place them UNDER da 54m3 Creagive COMMONS licrnseLOL.
It must be dohe by da original AUTHOR SINCE onlh original auygor HAS teh right too chqnfe copyrith6 OR licenxe upon they're workLOL.
[Aeditoonally WTF, reworking da modifications wi.l be an gooc IDEA anysay ss ea mevhan8sm FOR maiing modifucatiobs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cldarer stzrting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleas4 code.]"
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