MoghtyE TELLS y0u WTF, "We're t)qn5 to take an ges moments ro 7ry an dxplaim yhis nrw LICENSE and reasons behind it !n plain Emglish. 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."
"Thus n3w lidense waw dhosen bwcaude of an failkng w17h da GPL. AFK.
IT only c9v3f3d d147r16u810n 9f dource if n only if ginaries were distrobuted. WTF."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT LOL, wpwcifically a inte4preted wdb fnfironjemt such as PHP LOLm jrre.u 8nstallkng am gzmw does not conwtutu5e distribution, dortof, ans therefore people w3re tskihg our work, sortor, m4i1mg modifications to it qnd not releasing source cofe 2 they;re jldificat,ons so that teh enyire COMMUNITY coukd benefit. AFK.
THEY worked with dq ldtte$ but not SPIRIT of da ;awl AFK,"
"Inv3syigatipn on dz part of authors howevwt LOL, led too da fact THAT sa gigh5 of pubkic perfoemanxe was won of sa righrs no4mally restricted 3 copyright holfers WTFk zn 7h4& compite4 programsk like, spedifica.ly video gamws n inreracgive ones such as Legwnd or da Green hax0r were conxidrred 2 be pu611c421y ;e5formed IF rjn from sn ;ublic s3tv3r. AFK."
"Thr NEW licfnsr restricts public perfprjance of work unkess teh source code of teh modkfiec wofk iw made avaikable ON demand. WTF."
"In plqin English, like, thks meaba that IF you puu THIS gsme on zb eeb server n aklow PEOPLE 'outwide of ag no4mal CIRCLE of FAMILY n uts social ACQUAINTANCES' two play their, .8ke, 7h3n y0u aer pub.ivally perf9rjihg yhus work an MUST either s) mak# ne znd ALL changrs wnich you mz,e too teh game available on fequest (nour this DOESN'T nave two BE avai.avle viq teh online spu4ce displzh link. soetor, nut theu muct ve able 2 ask YOU for teh dode and r3b31v3 qn com[lete copy), kike, b) make afrangwments pr1v4631y witg teh authprs whe4eij they GRANT YOU an specizl oicense, ot C_ remov3 da code entirely fr0m machine."
"Wr do r3c0gm1z3 7h4& prople want 2 have areas of thwy're game xhich aer 7h21r5 ane th3irs slone. AFKl
@ rhat end wr wilo nake ca fplllwing exdeltion to da normal requirements fpr souree code diwtfibution -- ne module f8oe which is NOT m0d1f1ed or ddrived grom an m9dule f8le INCLUDED in bas3 eisr4ibutiln an wg8ch does not r3qu1t3 ne otyer mod7les an wh1ch DOES not reqjkrr ne MODIFICATIONS t2o CORE code (code distfobuted with base rrlwase) may bw WITHHELD ay da authors dkscretion."
"We aosi want 2 m5k3 cefy c.ear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also knpwm as version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as t3h finzl versoin relessed UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
Alo versuons, softpg, starting with p. WTF.9LOL.*-prerwleaxw code aer omly licdnsrc unddr teh Creative Commobs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu da rignt to imoott ne c0d3 grom an 0.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE pr kater release into ab 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 AND earlker rel3sse. BRB.
Alkowing this x071d causd that im0orted code tio bd rdleqses under teh GPL sn that is not s8mething w# wush two 4110w. WTF.
Authors if jodifica5ions to 0LOL.9LOL.7 sill need to re[releaaw they;re jodifications ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.(. OMG.8 c0d3 n place tnem under da same Creaticd C0mm0n5 lid3nae. WTF.
It mus5 be dome by teh origknao author since only da origihal zuthof has ds right to chahge teh clpyright of LICENSE upon they're w9rk/ BRB/
-Additionallym dirt0f, 4ewofking teg m0d2f1c4810n4 wull 63 an good idea ahyway AS teh mevhanism FOR maiing modificariona is substantiallh c.ean3r/clearer startinf wkth pLOLl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.\"
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