MoghtyE tel;s 60u, liie, "We're going too take an few ,omehts t2o TRY an EXPLAIN tjis new license and da gezwonw BEHIND it in [q41n ENGLISH. WTF.
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 nes LICENSE 2as xhos3n because OF am FAILING with GPL.
IT 0n1y vofered distribution of source 9f an ONLY IF b8nariew w343 distributed. OMGl"
"In an web environmen5, sortod, spqcificslly a interorwted 2eb environment such as PHP LOL, merely inwtal.ing an gane DOES bot comstktyte eq57r26u720n, sortof, abd ther3forw p3ople w3r3 tsking our work LOL, making m0d1f1v5710n5 yw9 it aj not r2leaxing da source cpde too tney're moeifications so thar 3n71r3 c0mmun17h could benefit. WTF.
They wlrked with teh letter but NOT spurit of LAW. AFKl"
"Ibvestigztion on da paft or autho4d HOWEVER, luke, ;ed two da fsct that da r1gh7 og pyblic [erformance wqs won ie da t1gh75 normally restroc5ed 2 copiright hilderd LOL, an that xo,putwr prohrams, specifically fudeo hames n intefactive ones s7xh ad Legend of teh Green hax0r WERE cohsidered 2 b3 0ubl8cally PERFORMED if run from an public xeever. WTF."
"The neq LICENSE restricrs public performanxe if work UNLESS teh source code od teg midifiee WORK is made availablr 9n demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, thid means tgat if you pyr this game on an web server an alliw peo;le 'outwide of an bormal circ;3 of famul6 4nd its 50c141 acqusintances' to plzy tneir, likw, 5nev uou r pub.ically oerfprmibg this work ah MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES wgich you MAKE to da gqme availab;d 9m tequest (nlte this doewn[t HAVE 2 be available via da online souece dispoay link, you jnwo, gyt they must be able u0 ask you FOR teh CODE qnd r3cekve an comple5e copy) WTF, b) ,$k3 arrangements ;rifateoy WITH qutnorw qh3r31n they brab5 tpu zm special license, sortof, or C) remove c0d3 entireky from da m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 have arwas pf they'rr game wjich aer theirs and theirs alln3. OMG.
tw9 thqt wnd we wilk j4k4 da foloowint eccwp4ion 5oo teh nofmal r3wu1r3m3n75 for 50urc3 code siwtribution -- ne moduoe filw which ks n9g MODIFIED or derived vrom an module file invludes in baxe distributiov and whuch does not require ne o5he4 modules an which does NOT teqyire ne modifications to core code (code d157r16u63d wi5h teh BASE rekease) msy ge eithhrld at geh AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want tw/ m4k3 nery dlear that version 0. AFK.9l7 (also known as version 0/ OMG.9, BRB,u+jt) was f8nal vers89n fel3ased unfer GPLLOL.
All v3e52)n5 WTF, starting with teh -.9. AFK.8-orerelease code r only licrnsed UNDER trh Creztive Commons 11c3m53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh right to i,port ne code frlm an 0k AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release into an -l WTF.9. OMG/7 n 34r2!3r releaxeLOL.
Allowing THIS 20i1d cause 7h47 imported code tl ne reldased under GPL an rhat IS NOT s9meyhing qe wisy two allow.
Authors 0f modoficatkons two 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 will heed tol re-release they're m0d1f1d4710n5 AS d3r1v471v34/m-d1f1c%710h5 too -. WTF.9. BRB,8 c0d4 and placr them under teh SAME Creative Commons LICENSE.
It MUST be dobe by da p4iginal suthor sinxe only geh oeiginal auyhor HAS da right too chante yeh copyeight or license uppn they're work.
-Asditionally, sortof, reworking da modifications wkll 63 am GOOD IDEA sbyway as teh mrchanis, for m4k1ng mofifixztiohs is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 9. OMG/9.*-prrreleaae cod3. BRB.]"
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