MightyE TELLS jou, ypu ,nwo, "We'4e goibg too take ab fr2 MOMENTS too try n EXPLAIN thkd nee licens3 an reasons behind it 8n plain Engkishl 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 mww .icense was choseb becsuse -f an failkng with da GPL. AFK.
I7 only covered distrkvution of xourcr kf AND ONLY 1f bknaries were dist4iburedLOL/"
"Ib ab web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3c1f1c4q1y a ibtff0rrted web environment such as PHP WTF, me4ely insyalling an gsme does not constutjtw disyr8burion. you knwo, n theredore people weee takong lu4 worim makihg mofif8catiohs roo 17 n nlh releasing teh source CODE 2 th4y're modifications so that teh engire communigy could benefit. AFK/
Thwy WORKED WITH letyer but NOT da spirit OF teh law. AFK."
"Investigation ob da part of AUTHORS HOWEVER, .ed 2 teh fact 5hat da r1ghu 0f PUBLIC pefformance wzs 1 OF geh righ5s normally r357r1c73d gwo x90yfight jolderx, ;ike, n 5hat comp7ter programs, sortof, sp3d8fically video games n INTERACTIVE obrs auch ax Legend of sa Green hax9r q3re consideted 5wo BE pumlically p3rf0rm3d if run from an p7bliv server."
"The new lic3nse r3s5fic5s public performanc3 OF da aork jnless da sou4ce code 9r bodidiee work is made svailable on denand. OMG."
"In plaib Enfkish, soytof, tjis ,33n5 tha5 if y0u put 7h15 game ON ah wen server n alllw people 'outsid3 og an normal circle OF FAMILY an its spcizl acquaintances' 5oo plat their WTF, THEN you aer pub;ically perforninh this work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes qhich you m4k3 gii ten game available 0n eeqyrst (npte THIS d035n'7 uavw to be avaulable via ea online xource DISPLAY link, liie, BUT they must be able 2 axk y97 f0t da code an recdive an COMPLETE cop60, like, b) k4k3 arrzngements privateky with da suthorw WHEREIN they grant ^9u am speckzl licensw, you knwo, OR c) remove ds ckde 3n71r31t rrom machine. OMG."
"We do rdcognize that peoplw wang to havr afdss 0f thwy're game WHICH aer yheirs n yhekrs alone. OMG.
two that 3nd we will maje tej g9llowinf exception to da nprma. requirements for aoirce c0d3 d15&r1^u810n -_ ne moduoe f113 WHICH is mot moeuford lr derived felm an MODULE fole included IN base fostrinution n whivy does nlt eequi4e ne other j0di!4t an WHICH does nlt require me modifkcat8ons too ea core clde (code disyributed WITH ca base release) may be withhe;d a5 teh zjthprs discewtion. BRB."
"We also qant too mak3 very clear tha5 v3t510n 0.9LOL.7 (alsp knpwn ad VERSION 0. OMG.9.7+ht) was f1n41 v3r510b released under da GPL.
All versiona WTF, starting with teh 0. OMG.9l OMG.7-prerelease CODE aer pnly lic3nded under reh Creative Commons lic3bsw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right too import ne code drom an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.*-pe3rwkease 0r LATER release 8nto an 0.(.7 an 3arlidr releaae. AFK.
Allowing thid WOULD cause that imporgdd code 2 be relwasrd under teh GPL an tha% is bor som3thing WE wksh two 4110w.
AUTHORS of mos8fications TO p. WTF.9. BRB.7 wilp need 2 re-release they're mpd1f1c4710n5 as f3r1v472v35;m0dqf1c471-n5 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an p;ace them und3t teh same Ceeatice Commkns license, WTF.
It muqt be dobe bu da original autjlr sibce omly teh original authir mas 4ight to ch4ng3 da copyrigh5 or oicense upon tyey're sork. WTF.
[Adf1810m41qy WTF, reworklng da m9didicationa will be an glod idea abyway aw mecganism for majinh modificatioma is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clezr3r starting w17h 0. BRBo0LOL.8-prdfelease CODE. BRB.]"
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