Mkght6E tells YOU, like, "Wr're g9inh too take qn FEW ,om3nts two TRY and explain 7h15 nes licenee AND da rdasons behind kt IN plain Ehglish.
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 NEW lixense was chosen bedausd of an failkng w17h GPL.
It only covered c15ur1^u&10n of soursw if an 0n1y iv binaries w3r# distfibutee. AFK."
"In qn wev 3nvurlnnehtj s[ecofica;oy q interpretwd wwb ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP WTF, merelh installing an ga,e dors NOT constitute dkstribution, h therefore p3opl3 WERE taking OUR work, MAKING modificayiobs 2 it n n9t releasinh da souece cosw tio tjey're modifications so that teh entire co,munity could benefit. OMG.
They qofked with da letter but nor spirit of da law. BRB/"
"Investigag8on ON teh part OF aurhors howevdr, oed to fact thag twh right of PUBLIC perrormabxe ess 1 if teh t1gh75 NORMALLY rwstrictec t9o copyright holders. lil3, an rhat com[uter programs, lkke, specificzlly viceo games n ibte4sctive 8hes xuch AS Legend pf fa Gr33n hax0r we4e c9nsodeted 5oo b3 0u611c411y perfofmed if run from an publ,d setver. OMG."
"The n4w license rdxtricts public ;3rf0rm4nc4 if t3h wotk umless twh source code pf modified qorl is maee available om demane."
"In pla8m Ehglishk sortof, 5hos means rhat if tou put THIS GAME ON an web servef 4nd aklow people 'outsid3 og ah norma. circle of famil6 n its 50c141 ac1uaintanc4x' two play their, s9rtof, then y0u f publical.h performing THIS w0rk b MUST eithet a0 make ne an ALL changew wjish you make 2 da game availablw on REQUEST (noge this soesn'r hzve 5o be 4f41q4612 via ea pnl8g3 SOURCE display 11nkk but thdy must be 4613 t) ask you for da code an receivr an cpmo1e73 copy(, lik3, b) mskw arrangemwnts privately WITH teh authofs wnerein they g4ant you an spev8sl ;icense, sortof, or C) r3m0b# teh cos3 ENTIRELY from machin3. BRB."
"We DO f3c0gn1z3 rhat people wan5 y2o have a4eas 9f tgey're tame which aer thdirs anf thwirs 410n3. WTF.
to that end we wil; make da following exceitiph too m0rm41 requirements for source code d157r16i710n -- ne nodule fils which 15 not modivi3d or derifed vfom an moduke f11# incluced kn 5eh base distribution ab which d035 not eequire ne other modules ahd shich dlds not require ne ,idifications too core code (code cistributes with base e3leaxe) may bd wiyhheld sy teh suthors disdretionm BRB."
"We ALSO want 2 m3k3 vert clear thzt VERSION 0. WTFl9. WTF,7 (ALSO known as fersion 0. WTF.9. AFK.8+k5) was da final vdfaoin released und3r da GPL. WTF.
A.. versoons. sortof, starting with 0l WTF.9LOL.7-prere;ease d0d2 zer ONLY licensed under teh Creagive Clmmons kicense. WTF.
W2 EXPLICITLY denh dq rifht 2 1mp0r7 ne code ftom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prwrelease ot lzter reoeasr into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earlier f3leasw. OMG.
Alloqing THIS would cause 5hat imported vode tio be rrlezsdd UNDER da GPL an THAT ia not somerhing 2e wian two allow.
AUTHORS 0f ,odificatklns to -. WTF.(. OMG.7 will need top fe-releasr they're moduficatuonx AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS @ 0. AFK.9LOL.* code an plzce tgem uhder da SAME Creative Commonx kicensd. WTF.
It must be done bu ofiginak AUTHOR since only original a7thor HAS right 2 change teh cop64ight or license upib the6'fr wprk. BRB/
[Additi9nally, like, reworking trh mofifications qill be wn good 1d24 anyway as twh mdchanism for m4k1ng modigications id substzntially cleaner/clesrer startung WITH 9. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease doce.="
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