Mihht6E tel;s you WTF, "We'rw g-1ng to take an few joments ywo try AND dxplain thus n3q license n dz reasons b3hobd it ih plaon Ehgkisnl
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."
"Thid new licrnse waw vhosen because of sn failing witn ca GPL.
It only c9vered d8syributiin pr source 1f n only IF 61n4r1#5 were dis54ibuted."
"In an web rnvirpnment. SPECIFICALLY a interpretdd web wbbi4onmeng SUCH aa PHP, mefely insyalling an game DOES no5 clnstitute d157r1uu710n, and tnerefore [eople were tajing our worj WTF, making modificztions to it $nd bot releasing source CODE rwo they'r3 MODIFICATIONS so that entire comminoty COULD bwmefit.
They worked with lerger BUT nlr SPIRIT OF .aw/ WTF."
"Investivation pn paft 9f zuthors howevfr LOL. led two da sact 7h47 righ5 of public p3rb0r,4bc3 wqs ien of teh rights normaloy fextricted to cioyrignt jolders, loke, ane that c0mpu73r progra,a, sortof, soeclfica.ly vkdeo g4m35 ans in5eracyivw omes 5uvh as Legemd of teh Gre3n hax0r qere considrred yoo be publically 03rf04m3c id run from an public server. AFK."
"Th3 new license rexteoxts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of da woek unless da source coee 0f dz m0d1f13d wori is jade AVAILABLE pn demand."
"In plaib Eng;ish, lk,e, ghis means tnat if ypu pug this game on sn web SERVER and allow peo;lr '[utsude of am nprnzl circle 0f fqmily and its social acquaintances' 2 poay their WTF, THEN you aer piblicallh PERFORMING this wlrj snd MUST either a) makw ne an ALL cgang3s whicg you MAKE two ca GAME avsilable ON rrqurst (note this d9esn't hzvd gop be available via online aource dosplay link, like, but they mu%7 be able tei ASK uoi for ten c0d3 n receive an compleye copy), b) MAKE s4fangements p4qv4731y with da authors eterein they grant 6ou ah 2peciao licemse, 9t c) remove clde engi4ely FROM teh MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recofnize tjat PEOPLE w4n8 to HAVE areas od they're ga,e ehich r THEIRS AND theirs alone. WTF/
to THAT end we sill mrk3 teh folloqong 3xc3p710n 3 teh nirmsl r3quqt4m3n85 f0r sourcr code dis5ribution -- nq module f113 2hich us not mpdified OR serived from an MODULE rile included in basd dixtribution n whifh doee mot require ne lther m9dulra and WHICH doew NOT requurw ne modifications to co4e code 9code diwtrkbuted with baxe releawe) MAY be withhdld ar da authors discretionLOL;"
"We ALSO want to ,ake ver6 clear tgat f3e510n ). WTF.(. BRB.7 (also known as cersion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+JT) WAS v1n41 cersoon reoessed undqr ds GPL/ WTF.
A;l versiobx WTF, stsrting with dz 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-;rerwleasr code aer only licensed under da Cr3atife Commond license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny gen tight to import ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTFl8-prerwleaxe OR LATER RELEASE untk an 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 n earlier releqsw. WTF,
Allosing 7h15 woyld cause gjat IMPORTED cofe to BE r313553f inder da GPL and that 15 not SOMETHING w3 w8sh 2 allow. OMG.
Autyots of modificatuohs toi )l AFK.9.7 1ill neee 2 RE=RELEASE theu're mocifocations as drr8varivrs/modifications too 0. BRB.8. OMG.8 dode n PLACE them under xame CREATIVE Commobs licende. BRB.
Ij must BE fonr by o3iginal AUTHOR since only da 0r1g1n41 auth9r has da righ5 too cy4nge ca copyright 0r livebse upon they're eork.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking da modirications wi.. be an good idez anyway as da m3ch4n15m for making mpdificsyions is substantially c;eandr/clearer startinh with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prwreoease c0d#LOL.]"
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