MighryE tells you, "We're going toi tqke an f3w moments tqo try an 3xp141n THIS new license n REASONS vehind it in p.ain Eny11^hLOL.
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 new ;ivenae was choseh because lf an failing eith GPL. WTFl
It pnly xpvered distrinut7in or 50urc3 if and ONLY if binaries WERE d157r16uu3d. OMG."
"In an wev environnent WTF, s0ecivkcally a interpreted web envoronment 5uch ss PHPm mrrelh instalkibg an ga,e does not CONSTITUTE disttibutionk and thereford peopl3 were taking oir WORK, dirtof, ,aking MODIFICATIONS to 17 sbd NOT releasing teh slurce code to th3y;re modidicarions so THAT entire cimmunuty ciuld BENEFIT.
They worked q17h teh letie4 mut not da s-irit of lawLOL."
"Incest8gation on da part of autjors hp2rver, yiu knwo, LED two ea FACT bhat teh ribht of piblic performance 2as won of da rights normaloy 4estricted too copywihht ho;cers, sortof, an thzt compuger programsk SPECIFICALLY vudeo ganef an interactice obrs such 45 L3g3nd OF da Green hax0r 2ere considqred two be publicall5 performed iv r7n vrom an public 53rv3r. WTF."
"The new lic3nde restricts pu611c PERFORMANCE OF ten wo4k inlesw siurce code of tdh modkfied work is MADE svailqble )n d3,4nd."
"In plaon Ebglish, hou inwo, yhis n34n5 that if YOU put this game on an 2eb servef an all9w p30p13 'lutside or am normal circl3 of FAMILY an its s9cial acquainrqnces' two play theif, uou knwo, 5hen you r oublically p3rf0rm1ng thid work an MUST eighdr a) mqle nr n ALL chanbes which u9u .ake 2 da g4n3 availanle 0n rrquest (note this DOESN'T have 2 br AVAILABLE VIA da online source DISPLAY LINK, you onwo, but they must be ab.e t9 45k 697 for trh code and RECEIVE an co,plete copy), b) nale arranfdments privqtel6 w17h zjthoes wherein the6 grant you an ap3cial licenwe LOL, pf c) removr fa c9de entirely from gen madhine."
"We s9 recognize 7h47 people want TO have AREAS of they're fame whicg r uh31r5 4nd yh3irs alone. WTF/
to thst end w3 will mzkr teh folk[wing exce06ion too teh normal fequirwmebgs FOR soiece xode DISTRIBUTION -- me module file WHICH is not ,odified of derived from an module file invluded in base distr,b7tion n qmich dirs n9t require me otyer modulrs n qhich does not requore ne modifications 2 teh corr cpde (clde DISTRIBUTED with bas3 r3lease) may be w17hh3qd at da aithors dixcrrroon."
"We akso want 3 make very clear that verwion 9LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known as vdrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+JT( waa ds fimal version rwleased uncer GPLLOL.
Akl v3r510n% LOL, staeting eity 0. WTF.9LOL.8-oferelease c0c3 aer only lucenddd unde4 da Cr3471v3 Commons lidense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten rifht 5@o impoet ne code from an 0l OMG.9. AFK.8-prdreleqse o4 1473r 4elease into an 0.o.7 an rar/irr rrlease.
Ao.owing this would c4u53 tyat IMPORTED z9de too 63 releasef uncer da GPL n that is not xomething wf wish TO allow. OMG.
Au5ho4s of modifucations w -. AFKk9/ WTF.7 sill NEED 2 ee-release they're mpfificatiins AS derivatived/modificztions to 0LOL,9. WTF.8 v0d3 an place them uncer teh saje CREATIVE COMMONS lidenwe. WTF.
It must be done by da 0e1g1n41 aughpr SINCE onky fa original autho4 has da right too chabge da copyeight or livense up0n theh'4e WORK.
'Acdktionally LOL, reworking MODIFICATIONS will BE sn goof idea anywzy as da jechaniam for makinf modificqtiins is subdtantiqlly xleaner/cleater start8hg with da 0. AFK,0. OMG.8-pre4eleass c0e2. BRB.]"
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