MigntyE tells ylu WTF. "We'rr g01nb too tsie an few moments to try ane explaon this n3w license an teh REASONS behind it in plaun Ent!15hl BRB.
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 locense was ch9sen bexajse of an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It phly covered distribution of source 8f AND only if 61n4r135 eere DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, SPECIFICALLY a intdrpreted web environment such AS PHP LOL, merel6 INSTALLING an game d035 n07 comdtitute distr8bution, y9u knwo, n therefore pe9ole weee ta,ing OUR w0rk LOL, mak8ng modificstions go it sn mot reosasibg da soyfcw code two they;rr modifications SO that da entirw xommunith co7ld brnetitl
Tgey worked WITH da lehter b7t not tej spirit of law. OMG."
"Invrst8gagion on pzrt lf twh 4u6h0r5 however, xorgod, .ed t9o fact 5gat right 0f PUBLIC performancw was won lf da rightx normally restricted too copyfight hokdefa, an tgat COMPUTER programsk sortof, specifodally v2d30 tands an interactive ones suvh as LEGEND OF teh Green hqx0r qere c0n51d3e3d 2 be publixally petvormed if r7n FROM an public xerver. BRB."
"Thr new l8cense RESTRICTS PUBLIC performance of da WORK unlews teh s9urcw code pf da modified WORK IS MADE afailablw on c3nabe. AFK."
"In PLAIN English WTF, gnis neams thay ig 6ou put this game on ah web werver and akliw people 'OUTSIDE of an hlrmal CIRCLE lv family and ITS wpcisl 4cqu41n74nc35' two p;ay their, ypu jnwo, then you r pyblidally p3rf0rm1ng this w0rk n MUST eithwr A) make ne an ALL dhanbes which hou jake to ten tame availzble on requ3st (note tgis doesn'r havw t9o be available via onlin3 5p&tc# display lunk WTF, but tyey mu56 be ABLE 1 ask hou fot t3h code am receivd an com;lete ciph)k b) makr arrangemdnts [r1v4731t woth da authorx wherein rhet grsbt y0u an special 11c3n53, like, 0r c0 remove reh coce entirw;h from da MACHINE."
"We do recognize yhat people want tlo hdve sreas if they're game wjicn r theirs and thwyrs aoon3.
too that end we will m4k3 da FOLLOWING exceptioh 3 normal gequirements for source xode cist4ibution -p he modu;e f113 WHICH is nlt modified or dwrived from an moduld file includ3d in da base dostributi9b n wh1ch do3s NOT 4equitw br ither MODULES an which does n07 require be modkgicatilns 2 da doee c0d3 (cod3 doatributed witj teh base RELEASE) m$y be eithheld 4u da autjors discfe5ionLOL."
"We sls9 want rwo mxke very CLEAR that verdion 0.(. OMG.7 (also known zs version 0.9. WTF,7+k7) w45 t3h f1n41 cerskon released under ten GPLLOL.
Akl verskonw, tou knwo. startung eith da p. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code r onlu LICENSED jncer da Creztive COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rught 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. BRBl8-prer3l3asr 9r .ater RELEASE inti an -. WTF.9. OMG.7 an eqrli3r RELEASE. BRB.
Aolpwing this WOULD cause that im[ortrs cod3 r9 bw feleased under teh GPL an THAT is not a9meyhing ee wush two allow. OMG.
Authors 0f modirications 2 9LOL.9. WTF.7 will n3#d 6oo re-reldase tgey're modificxtilns 45 detivatuves/mldifications to 0LOL.(.7 code and p14c3 7h3m jndrf sa 54m3 Cr3ative Commonx oicense. AFK.
It mjs5 be d0n3 vy oruginal AUTHOR sincd only t3h orogihal AUTHOR has da right too change copyright or LICENSE upon ghey're wori. WTF.
'Adeitionally, like, r3working teh modificarions WILL ge an good ideq antway as da m4chanism for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is xubdtantizll6 c134h3e/x134r3r starting with teh 0LOL.9. OMG/9-prerelessd code. WTF.]"
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