MightyE t3lls you, you knwo, "We're toinf t8 TAKE an FEW momehtd tio try n explaoh thus new 11c#n53 and reasons beyind IT in PLAIN Enhlish. 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 ne2 lkcebse wad chosen beczise of qn FAILING WITH GPL. OMG.
IT obly covered disttkvution of source iv an only if buna5ies were disteibutdd."
"In ab web environment, sort;f, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, you knwo, merel6 INSTALLING an gam3 DOES NOT xonstigute fis6ribution, sortof, an tgerefore people were taking oor work, yoi kneo, making modidications 2 it n not releasing SOURCE code tl they'rr modificati9ns so ynqt dz $n9qr3 community dlu;d nenefit. WTFl
They wirked with lettee bit m07 ca spifit of law. AFKl"
"Investiharion ON part if teh authors HOWEVER WTF, led too tey facy that da RIGHT of public petfoemance waa 1 OF teh ribhts normally res6rictrd 1 copyeighr holders, s9rtof, am tgat compuger programs, sortor, xpecificaoly videl gamed n inte4activ3 ONES 5uch 45 Legehd if Green hax0f were considered tp be publicall6 PERFORMED 1f RUN cr0m an ;jgoic sefver. OMG."
"Tye new license resttkcts public ;ervormance of tfn woek umless ga source code of modihued work is ,ade avzilable on demand."
"In PLAIN Emglish LOL, this m3$n5 thzt if you put tgis gam3 on an wem serv3e 4nd 4210w p30p14 '0u751d3 of an normal circle of family ah kts 50c141 acquaintanxes' 2 0lay tyeir, sittof, then you 4 lublkdally [erforhing thix work amd MUST r7tj3r 4) maje ne an ALL cyangew whach y0u make 2 GAME available ON r2qiest (note THIS doeab't jave goo be avai.able via 5wh ONLINE sourcr dixplay link, .ike, but th3y mudt be agle too ask you f0e da code an redeive an dompl3t3 clpy), you knwo, b) make a4rabgements pr1v47316 with augyors wherein they grant you an xpecial licens3 WTF, or C) r3move teh clce eh5irely from machime/ BRB."
"Ww do rexognize that p2op.e wab5 TO h4v3 AREAS of tje6'te game WHICH zer theits an theirs alone. AFK.
tp that end WE will nake follpwing exception too teh normal requirements for siutce code c1t7r16u620n -- ne mpdule file which is nog m;dified or dwrived drom an joculw file included kn teh basr s156r16u710n an wjich coes NOT r3qiire ne other mod7oes n whuch DOES not req7iee he modoficagions ywo core code (coee d8strunuged with teh base r3lrase) m4y bs witnhrld at da authlrs discrerion. BRB."
"We also want 2 make vert x134r 7j4u vr4sion 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as vsrsion 0LOL.9. AFK.u+jt) WAS final v3rsion RELEASED under %eg GPLl BRB.
A11 veraions LOL, starting with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE d0e3 aer ONLY licensed under ca Creatice Conmons licrnsr. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY yen tight too import ne code ffom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease o4 latef eflease 1n70 an 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 znc eatliee 4elease.
All9qing this would c4o5e that in0orted cosd too be releas3d under da GPL an that is not someth8ng we wisg to zlloq. BRB.
Authors of modifixations 2 0.9LOL.7 wi.; need go RE=RELEASE they're nodificsrions 45 d3r1v4u2v35/m-d1f2c4710h5 too 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code ah PLACE thej kndrr yeh SAME Creative COMMONS 12c3n53. BRB.
It MUST bd done by da 0r1t1n41 eu7j0r s8nce only origimal 4i7y04 has teh rifht 5o change dz copyr8ght or oicwnse upoh they're work. AFK.
[Additipnally, lik4, rewo4kinb teh moeifications will be an good idea ANYWAY ad da medhanism FOR MAKING modifications is substantialkh cleaner/clearer sta4t8ng wi5n teh 0. WTF.9.8-orerrleadw CODE. OMG.]"
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