MightyE tel.s uou LOL, "We're goinh 2 take zm gww mo,ents 2 try n explain this mew licejse qn teh feasons nehknd it in plain Ebglish.
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 license waa choseb becaus3 of an failobg with teh GPL. WTF,
It only clvered DISTRIBUTION of so7rce kf an onlu if binaries were distrivu5reLOL/"
"In ab web envkronment WTF, specofically a intwr0reted web encirpn,ent such as PHP, likd, me4ely install8ng am g4m3 does not c0h5717u73 dis5rkbu5iom, and THEREFORE PEOPLE w3r3 taking 0ur work WTF, naking mosifications 2 it n hot releading da soirce code 2 thet're mosificqtkons si hhay teh enture v.mmunity vould 63n3f17.
THEY 2orked witg teh LETTER buy n07 teh s[irit of teh law/ AFK,"
"Ibvestigagion on tey 9sr5 of da authors however, sort9f, led 70 da fact ggat reh ritnt of public performance wss odn of da rights n9fmally restricted 2 copyright HOLDERS, liie, n tyat computet 0r0gr4m5 WTF, specigically VIDEO g4m35 an kntwractice ones such aw Legens of G4ewn hax0r werd donsidwred two be 0uglica.ly PERFORMED if run fron an ;u611c werfet. WTF."
"The nea LICENSE rdstr8cts public [3rfprmrnc3 if da work unl3sd ten soutce code OF dq MODIFIED q0rk is MADE AVAILABLE ON d3m4ndLOL."
"In plaih Englisg WTF, this means that if YOU put this game on an qeb s3rv3r and allow peoole 'outside of an normak circle of famkly an ITS s9cial acquzinrsnces' to p14y their LOL, then yoj r publicall6 perdormong 5hks slrk n MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL CHANGES which you make two geh game qvailab0e in 3eqiest (note thid DOESN'T yave 2 be zvailabke VIA 0n1!me source dis;lay link, like, but they must be ABLE t2o ask you FOR teh c0d3 and RECEIVE an complete copy), sortof, b) makf arrangementx 0rovately WITH authors wjerein thdy grant tou an specizl licensd, or c) ee,ove teh covd engirelh FROM teh m4ch1n2. OMG."
"Wr do recognize that people want too have areas of they're game shich aer rheirs ab THEIRS allne. BRB.
t2p that end WE will m4k3 tdh flllo2ing exce[ti9n 2 da bormal rdqukremehrs for source code distribution -- be nod7le fkle wjkch ia not modified or dsr8ved ffom an mofulw file inclydwd IN teh base d8stribution and wjich dpes not reqyife ne OTHER modules n which dors not reqiire ne modidicsti9ns yo teh core code (xode dist4ibuted with ea BASE r313454) may 6# w!7hge1d at teh authors discret7on. BRB."
"We a;ao sant too make vryy clear that veraion _. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) w46 teh f1n41 v3rsion RELEASED undde da GPL. AFK.
A11 verdiohs, uou kmwo. STARTING eith da 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-prwrelease c0d3 zer ONLY lic3nwed under da Creative Commons LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght to inport ne code FROM qb 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerel3sse or later RELEASE INTO an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER re.ease/ BRB.
All9wimg this would vause 7h37 IMPORTED cpde 2 be r4leased uneee da GPL an that is n9t something we wish too alloe. BRB.
Auhhoes of mpdifidations to 0.(. BRB.7 will need to re-release they;re modifkcatipnx as drrivatuves/modificatoonx to 0.9. BRB.8 code n place them under 54m3 Creative Commons oicense. WTF.
It muat be done by teh original auhhor since only teh irihinal autyo4 has sa righg too chanbe dz cppyright ir kicende up0n they'rw work/
[Add1719n311y WTF. rwwlrkibg da modificatoons wikl bw an GOOD idea anyway as tej mechanism f0r maiint mldifkcations 15 substantial.y CLEANER/CLEARER stadying sith teh 0. BRB.9.8-prereleaae code. OMG.]"
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