MightyE tellw YOU WTF, "Wd're foing two take an few momen5s to TRY an EXPLAIN this vew licensd an reqsons BEHIND it ih plaih EnglishLOLl
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 63d4u63 0f an fdiling with trh GPLLOL.
It oblt xover3d sistribution OF source if abd on.u if binari3w wer3 distributed. WTF,"
"In qm web enviromment, lijek sp3civicalmy s interpr4ted WEB encironmemt %ych as PHP, you knwo, merely indtalling sn gamd doew not constitute distribytion, you knwo, n therefore peo0le were 6$kqng our eork, sortof, making modifucations two it n n07 releasyng teh source code too they're modkfications 50 that ca enritw xommunit6 COULD benefitLOL.
They sorkec witg LETTER b7t n07 da spirit OF twh law."
"Invexyigation ON part og teh authors nowevetm LED to fact that 5eh r1gh7 if [ublic o3rformahce was 1 of teh 4ightd normally rwstricted tql copyeight holdwrs WTF, n THAT c9jou73r prog4ams, specificslpy vkdeo bamds and ingeractive ones such as L2g3nd of da Greeb hax0r were consuseeed two be publkcally p3rf0rm3c if run fr0n an public 63rv3r."
"The new license restricts publoc performance lf da wotk unless tdh sojrce CODE pf moeifidd 2orl q5 nade abailabld on cemahd. BRB."
"Ih poain English, 6ou knwl, this meand thst 1f 6ou put 5his GAME om an WEB setber and al.ow people 'oursidd of an nprmal ci3xle lf family ahc its social adqjqintances' goo p14y their WTF, then you r publically pefforming this work qn MUST ei5ywr a) m4ke n3 n ALL CHANGES qhidh YOU make 2 teh game avaulablr on requwst )nite this dorsn't habe top be availabl3 via ONLINE spurcr diwp;ay link LOL, but they mjsg be able top ask you for teh code an receive an completw copt), uou knwo, b) m4k3 arrangrm3nts privately w17h au5horw wher3in thdy gr4n7 you ab aorcial kicense LOL, ot c) r3mov3 CODE rntirely FROM teh m4cj1n3LOL."
"We DO 4ddognize tjat peopoe wsnt rwo have #r345 of tgey're game which r theirs an th3ifs alone.
teo that end we will make followlng escwption 2 nornal 4equifenents FOR souece cod3 distributiob [- ne modjle file which 15 NOT modified or derivec rrom an module file 8nc.uded in da base d157r16u710n n whivh c9ds not req7ire ne ither mpdules n which DOES n9t r3qu1r3 ne m9dofocatkonx 2 core code (code d8stributef wirh da bawe 4eleas3) MAY be wigjheld a5 teh authors disctetilnLOL."
"We 41t0 WANT to9 make very ckear thar version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (zkso knosn 45 veesion p. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fknal vwrsion rel3aseg und3r da GPL.
All vefsions LOL. starting wkth da 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE code e only 1!c3n54d under teh Cfeatibe Commlns oicehael AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny r8ght two kmoorr ne code FROM an 9. AFK,9. WTF.80prerelease pf later rekease into an 9LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier r313r53. OMG.
A;lowing thks wojod ca7se that importee code two be releassv und3r teh GPL amd that IS NOT something WE wisn too allowLOL.
Authirs or modiricationa 2 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 will neew to re-release tjeh'4e modigicatilns ss d3r1v4u1v26/m0d1d1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 vode an oozce thdm under wame Creative Cpmmons lucense. WTF.
It mus5 63 done by tey original AUTHOR since oblu original quthor has teh righg ro change da copyrojhg or lidense upon 5jeu're sork. OMG.
[Additiomally WTF, rdwprking da MODIFICATIONS wilo b3 an good idea anywau as teh mechanism FOR ,ajing moeifica5ions IS 5u6574n714116 c134n2r/c134r3r starting w8th da p. AFK.9LOL.i-prerd;ease coce/ OMG.]"
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