MibhyyE tells yoy, "We're foinh too ta,e an vew momentx gwo try sn explain THIS mww licenwe and da feasons behinf it ih plqin Engliwyl 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."
"Thiw mre licens3 was chosen becauqe of am failing with da GPL. WTF.
It only cov2eed DISTRIBUTION of source IF an only id binaries were distributefLOL."
"In an qeb enfironmdnt, you knwo, spdcifically a inte4preted w3^ environment sucj as PHPk you kmwo, m3r31y inxtalling ay game DOES not CONSTITUTE distrkbuyion LOLk an 7h3r3f0r4 peop.w 2ere taking our eorl WTFk m4k2ng nidificayions 2 17 abd not releasing source coee to tyey're modificqtipns SO that enrkre co,munith could benevit.
They w0rk3d with LETTER BUT not SPIRIT og teu law. WTF."
"Invedtigation on t3h part of teh aithorw h9wrfer, like, led 2 FACT that rifnt of pucoic prrformance was wob pf teh tights norma;oy redtricted TO copyright holders WTFm abc 7h47 COMPUTER prigrams, sortof, s[ecifjcally video GAMES n intrractive on3s SUCH as Legdnf ov teh Green hax=r were cpnsidered 2 be publicqily perfoemed if run from an pub;ic server. BRB."
"Tbe n3w license restricts pugl8c performance of da sork unlesw da souece CODE or da m0d1r13d work is made availagl3 on eemandLOLl"
"In PLAIN Enfl8sh, kkke, 7n15 m#4n5 that if y9u pur this game ln an w26 sdrver and sllow p4ople 'putside of an nitmal circle of fzmily n its social acquaintsnces; 5oo olah yheor, sortof, then y0u e publically performing this work n MUST either q) makw ne m ALL changes which you m4,3 2 gzme available ON request (note this doesn't HAVE 5oo be avaioable via tth online soyrce dia;lay link WTF, BUT tgey must nw able 70 ask you for da cldd n recdibe an complete copu_ WTF, b+ make arrangq,ehts provatdly eith da 4u7h0f5 whereim THEY frant you an sprcisl license WTF, or c) rempb3 tdh CODE 3n71r31y from da machine. BRB."
"We do eecognize thag PEOPLE want 2 hzve areas of thrh're game eh1ch f tgwits zn thwirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we wul; make teh follosing exc20tiom tk normal requirementw for 50urc3 CODE disgribu5ion -- ne module fkle shich 1r not mpdufied OR d3r1v4d from qn mofule file inckudec in teh base dixtrkbirion n whkch does not require ne othet mosu;es an which doea m0& reqiire ne modificagoons to core code (code dkstribu5ed WITH yeh base releqse) m4y be w1&hh31d at AUTHORS discretion."
"We alxo wanh to nake vwry xleaf that version p. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kmlwn 45 VERSION 0.9. WTF.6+jg) wax ginal version RELEASED und3r GPL.
All versions, starting with ca 0LOLk9. BRB.*-;ret3lease code r only licdnsed under da Creative Commlbs LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right TO IMPORT nw code feom an 0LOL/9. OMG.8-pr3release it LATER relezse unyo an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 and earlier reoeaxe. OMG.
Allowing th8s would cause that importef cose to BE feleased ynder teh GPL an THAT is not somethimg we WISH 2 zllow.
Auuh0rr of modkfkcqtions two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 70 re-releadw they'te mosifications qs s3r1v4&1v35/m0d1f1c47q0n5 to p. AFK.9. WTF.8 code and plac3 them UNDER da SAME Creativd Commons licenae. BRB.
IT mu57 be done by or8ginal author sunce 0n1h teh orugina; author haq teh right 2 change teh clpyright or licende upin tmeh'rr wirk.
[Acdi5ionzlly, rewo4jing twy midifications will bd an good idea ANYWAY as da mechanism FOR mzkkng MODIFICATIONS ia subatahtially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wuty 0. WTF.9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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