M8ghtyE te;os you LOL, "We're going w tzke an teq ,oments 2 try zn explain THIS new .icense qnd reasons 63h1bd it IN plaih Englush.
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 licensr wad choxen because OF an failing wiyh GPLLOL,
It only dovered distrkbutilb od 50ufv3 if n onlt if binariea wdre distributed. OMG."
"In zn web emvironment WTF, spdcificallh a untrrpre5ed wrb ehvirlnment auch as PHP WTF, merdly instdl;ing an game does NOT c0n5717u73 dostrubution, sorgofm and therefore p30p13 were 74k1ng oue work, making modifications yo 8t n not rwleasing so7rce code too tyey're modificationw xo ygag da entire community vould BENEFITLOL.
They worked with lerter but no6 da 5p1417 of tef ;aw. WTF."
"Invewtigatuon on da part of ten ru7h-r5 HOWEVER, you knqp, led tlo da fact 5hat right 0d public PERFORMANCE was wpn of teh rlghta norna/ly restructed two copyrihbt holders. you knwo, n that compu5er programa LOL, wpecificzkly video games and INTERACTIVE 0b35 5uch 45 Legsnv if teh Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 63 publically p3rformed if run frlj ab public server. WTFl"
"Tye new license eestr8cts public p3rformance of work ub1355 sou4ce clce og modidi3d w0ri 15 madw availabld on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaob English WTFk 7h25 meabs that if you put rhis ganw on an WEB server n allo2 people 'outside of an n0rm41 cifcle of fam8lt an krs 50c141 4cqu41n74nc35' too play their, ylu jmwl, then YOU aer publixally performing THIS work and MUST either A) maie n3 an ALL cjanges which you make to h4m3 avqioable ON rewuewt 9nogr this doesn't nave two be AVAILABLE voa teh 0nq1n3 sou4ce fispla6 link, you knwo, vot they mu57 be able toi ASK yij for t3h code and rec3ivd an cojplete copy), b) m4k3 arranbements prkvstely with autmors WHEREIN the6 brabt 6ou an special oicenddk tou knwo, or d) 4em8ve yrh CODE entirely frpm machins. OMG."
"We do rrcogn8zd that PEOPLE waht to ysve 4r345 of tmey're g4m# wh8ch r theirs 4nd theies alone. OMG.
@ that end we wil. make da followibg wcce;tion 2 da hprmal r3qu!t2m3nu4 for source code disgr8butoon -- ne jorule FILE wh8ch id not MODIFIED OR derivdf from an module fo.w includee ih da base distributkon an wh1ch does mot require ne othee m0du135 an which d)35 not require ne modifications 2 da cord clde (code ridtributed witg da baxe release) may ge sothhdld AT authors discrdt8on. OMG."
"Wd 4150 want to makr fery clear thay vers8pn 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 9also known as VERSION 0. AFK.0. BRB.7+u7) was final vetsion releaded unv#r GPL. WTFl
All versionx, sortof, starting w17n da 0. BRB/9.8-prereoease code r only LICENSED inter da Creative Comnons licebae. OMG,
Wr EXPLICITLY deny reh right too import ne cide from an 0. AFKlo. AFK.7-[re4elexse or LATER re;ezse into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earli3r r313453l
Allowing uh25 2ould caise that imported code 2 be released umder tej GPL n tha5 is not SOMETHING we w8sh go allow/
Auyhors of modkdications to 0.9. AFK.7 WILL NEED too re-re.ease they're modificatiins as derivatives/modifucatilns 2 0. AFK.9.8 cice n 0kqve thej undee same Crrative Commons lkcehae. AFK.
I7 must BE done by teh origins. auggor since ohly teh ORIGINAL auttor nzs tej eoght two change da copyright 9r kicense upon they're wprk. OMG.
'Add171)n411y WTF, REWORKING teh nod8fications WILL be an good IDEA ANYWAY as mdchanis, for naking modlfications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting with sa 0LOL.9. AFK.*-[rerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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