MightyE te;ls y0u, "We're hoing two take an fe1 joments too try and ecpkain 6h15 new licensd n da rrasons BEHIND i5 !n plain Englidj. AFK.
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."
"Tnis new license was ch053h because of an failing sith da GPLLOL.
It onoy COVERED dist5obuti;n if 50irc3 if qn onlu if 61n4f135 qere distribjted. OMG/"
"In an w3b envoronment WTF, spdcufocaol6 a ynter;retrd w3b 3nvironment SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely installing an game d035 noy CONSTITUTE cistriburion, oike, 4nd therer94e peoole we4e takinf our work, uou knwo, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it an not r31#451nf source code gso they'rr nodidixati9ns so thar entire comnjnit6 could bener8tLOL,
Thdy woeked w17h teh l3t5er byt not da SPIRIT OF da .aw,"
"Invesgifation ON teh part 9f teh zutyo4x howecee, you knwo, led ! fact 5hat r1gh7 of p7bliv performance was ieb of righ5s normally reqtricted two copyright ho.dees, sort9f, amd thar compurer pr0gr4m5. specificaloy videi gamws n intdractive ones s6cn AS LEGEND of teh Gr3en hax0r serw considered two b3 ;ublical.y performed if rin from an public server."
"Tje h3w LICENSE festricts pu^11c peffifmance of work unlexs da source codr of da m9dified work is made availzble on denabsLOL."
"In [laim English, l8ke, this mrans that 1f you pit rhis game )n an WEB server n allow people '9utxife 0g an nprmal circle of ranily n its SOCIAL axqjaintances' too play their WTF, then ypu aer publically p3ffprm1mg THIS wprk and MUST either q) make ne and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE to dq GAME availagle on r3queat (n07# 5his DOESN'T have rwo be 4v4114613 via teh 9nlihe diurce DISPLAY LINK, lile, but they must be abld 2 ask YOU FOR dz code an receive an cpmpl3te co[y), b) make arrangwments privately with ten autgors 2n3r#1n they GRANT you an x03cial licensd, sottpf, or c) rejove da CODE entirely rrom sa machineLOL."
"We DO 43x0tm1z3 7h47 people 2ant to HAVE areas of tyey'fe game whivh r theirs amd yheirs al9be. AFK.
too that end we wulk make followong exc2p5i9n 2 mormal e3qu1r3m#n75 FOR source xlde disrrivution -- ne mpdu.e vile which is nog nodiried 0r drribed from qn module FILE incl7ded in teh vase d158e16u810n an which does npt req&ire ne other modules and 2hich d035 nit re1u8r3 n3 modifica5ions 2 CORE code (CODE sistrigyged witn dq base releaww) may 63 WITHHELD ag da authoes DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also wqnr two hake very clear that f3esion 9. BRB.9. WTF/7 (also known AS version 0. AFK.9. BRB.u+jt0 was da FINAL versi9n rrleasdd uhder GPL. WTF.
A.. VERSIONS, l8ke, starting wiyh teh 0. WTF.9.8-0rerelease code ae4 lnlh licensed under yeh Creatkve C9mmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT @ impo4t ne cpfe fr0m an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pr3r313e%4 0r later rdleawe into an 0o9, WTF.7 n earlier rel#aseLOL.
Aloowong ghks wo7ld cause rhat importef code TO be released und#r t3h GPL n tgat is NOT sojethinb we wish tio all9w. AFK.
Authors 0f modificagkons twi 0. OMG.9. BRB.u wil; newd too re-release they're modificqtions aw seribatives/modificatiobs to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE ane place ehem undwf teh aame Crrative Clmmons license. WTF.
It must bd s0n3 6y da origunal 3u7h0r sinc3 onoy da original AUTHOR HAS right 5[9 changw copyright or licemsd up9n they're work/ OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, soetof, reworkung teh modifidations will be an goof idea anyway as teh MECHANISM dor mrk1ng modifications is subdtantially cleanet/clrarer starting with twg 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-prerelezsd codeLOL.]"
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