MightyE tells yoy WTF, "We'rr going too take an dew MOMENTS two tfy and explain this new lodend3 n sa reasons behind it in poa8h EnglishLOL/
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 'icense was chosen brcause ov an failint eith GPLLOL.
It ONLY doverwd fistribution og source if n only ur binafies wer3 fidtributed. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, soecifixql.6 a interpreted wwb envirinment such as PHP, lk,e, merely insta;lkng an game does nit constitute d157r16u719h, y9u knwo, an therwfore p3o0le werr taking our work, sortof, makong MODIFICATIONS 2 it AND not releading ds 50u4c# cpde to they'rr m)d1f!c4710n5 so that da 3nu1r3 communirt could nenefit/ OMG.
They eorked wkth LETTER buy not da spitit of .aw. WTF."
"Investugation ON da PART lf AUTHORS howwver, you knwo, lee to da FACT that 5eh rithr of publ8c perfprmancw wr5 oeb of ds roghts n9rm411y restricted 2 copyright holeers LOL, n that comourer protrams, specufica.lu video games rne 1n73r$c71ve ones such ax Legenf of teh Green yax0r w3r3 xonsiddred tqo 53 publiczllh petg[rmed id run from an pubkic sdrver. WTF."
"Th3 n3w license testricts publ,c p3rf0rm4nc3 or work inless teh spyrxe cod2 ld 5eh MODIFIED work is MADE qva8.able in s2mans. BRB."
"In plain Engoish, s94t8f, 7h15 MEANS that 1f you put this game ln an wen SERVER and allow people 'iutside o4 an normal vircoe of family and ITS sociak 5cwu41n74nc35' 2 play thwif WTF, then you a3r ;uboicakoy perf9eming 7h15 work qnd MUST eifher a) jake n3 an ALL changes qh1ch you ,ake to da game available pn reqyest (note this doesn't havw to ne AVAILABLE v14 da ONLINE 507rc3 diso;a6 limk, yo7 knwo, bur tyey must be able two ask you dor code and receive an comple5r COPY), like, b) ma8e arranbements 0rivatrly with da authors wherekn they grant you an sp3cial kycehs3k or c) remove teh code 3n81r32y FROM da machineLOLl"
"We dp eecovnizr tyat 0eople wan5 too have zreas of they're tame which aer theirs snd theirs alone. OMG.
2 7h47 end we will make sa d9llowibg exceptipm 59o nofma. REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code distribugoom -- hr mogyl3 fi.e whicj is not modified 0r deticed from an nodule file inclueee in da base distribjti9n n which dods nlt r3qu1r# ne othee modulws amd wh1ch does nit req7ire n2 mpd1f1x471;n5 to teh c9re code (code DISTRIBUTED with da base release) msy be WITHHELD at authors discrwtion. BRB."
"We akso w4n7 too make vwfy c124r tha5 berwion 0. BRB.0l OMG.7 (1lso ,nown as version 0LOL.9, WTF.6+jt) was da final version telwased under da GPLLOL.
ALL versuons, startinh witu 0LOL.9. BRB.80PRERELEASE cod3 adr only licensed undee da Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny tiggr TO ijport nr code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE 0r later releawd into an 9. WTFl9. OMG.7 an earlier release. WTF/
Alloqing rhis wo7ld cause that im[orted c0d3 to be 4el2ased under da GPL n rhat is not 50m37h1ng we 2ish to aolow. AFKl
Authors OF modifixa5ions 2 0.9. AFK.7 will nfed 2 re[rroeawe th3y]re modufications as deribatives/modificatkond 2 0l-/ WTFl8 cpde n place them UNDER same Creatuve Commons licenss, OMG.
IT must be sond by fa original author aonce 0n1y ds 0t1g1n31 autyoe hax t8ght 2 cyanfe copyfight or license u[0n tney're work. BRB/
[Additionally LOL. reworkibg teh MODIFICATIONS will nd zn good idea qn6wqy as teh nwvhanism fo4 making MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cl3srer starting woth da 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-prerelease coee.]"
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