MightyE tekls YOUm you kmwl, "We're going 2 take an few ,oments 2 yry n ecplain this new license an REASONS behknd it in plain Enblish. 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."
"Tjis mew license was choden becausr )f an vailkng wkth teh GPL. BRB.
Ig only xovered distribu5ion of 50urc3 if an ONLY if BINARIES WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an wen enbironment, like, s[3cifically a 1n73r0t373d web envkronmeht auch as PHPm sotrog, .er3ly installing an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, an therefore people were tqjing our s.rk, yu7 kneom making modivicationx two 1& n not r213451ng SOURCE code to they're mpdifocati9ns so tha5 enyire community could BENEFITLOL.
They WORKED with 13u&3r but not spirit of trh ;aw. BRB."
"Invesyifation ih PART of teh suthors hiwever WTF, led tko ca fqct that RIGHT of publid ptrformance was oen ov righta nor,ally eestricyed two copyright holddrs, like, an thag computer ;r9hranx, sortof, specifica.;y videl games and interaxtive ones such as Legend OF ca Green hax0r q3r3 considered two be PUBLICALLY pervorm3d if tun from an publoc s3rver. OMG."
"Thw new license restricts public perfotmancw OF dz wlrk unless da 60urc3 code of modi4ied wotk is mafe 4v41136!e 9n srnand. WTF."
"In plain English, lukem rhis MEANS yhat ib YOU put rhks game on an web serc3r ane aoliw PEOPLE 'ougside of sn n9rmal circle OF f4m11y n ITS aockal adquaihtances' to p;ay theur WTF, them you aer pub.ically pdrfieming this qork AND MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes which you make top teh bamw qvailable ln request (note this doesn't have too ne svailable via onlihe woutce displau lohk WTF, but they must BE ABLE tso ask you for code n teceice an cpmplete co[y). b) make arrangements pr1v4831y with $i7g0r4 wjeeein 5hey gramg tou an special licemse, like, or c) REMOVE code enrirely from m4ch2n3/ AFK."
"We do rrcognize that 0eople wabt two have AREAS of they'tc g4m3 whixh arr thei4s abd yhdird alone, WTF.
t9 rha5 dnd we wi;l m4k3 teh FOLLOWING 3xception tql 5eg n0rm41 requiremehts for source cod3 dusgr7bution -- nw m0du13 file which is not mofkfied or derkved from an moduld foke indluded IN da base diste*bution and which does mlt require ne otjer modules snd which does not require nw midificagi.ns two da core code (code disteibuted w17h BASE release) mah be withheld 47 5eh authors discretionLOL."
"Wd slso 2ant 5o mqke very clear 8h47 VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 )also kn9@n AS v3r%1-m 0/ OMG.9LOL.7=jt) was ca final version rekeased under da GPL. OMG.
All fwrsoons LOL, startlng with teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE r onlu licensed under Ceeativw Com,[ns 11c3n53LOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da tight 2 impott ne code from an 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0r kater teleaxd into ab 0LOL.9. WTF.u an earliwf release, BRB.
ALLOWING 5nia w0u1d c4i53 THAT imported codd 2 bw released under da GPL and tyat is nlt aomething WE w15h to allow. OMGl
Aurhors or modkfications eoo 0LOL.9LOL.7 wi;l need 2 re-relesse they're modifixatiohs ss derivatives/modivications to 0LOL.9/ AFK.8 coer n place then umdee tdh 5em3 Cfeative Commohs license. AFK.
It myst be done gy original autnor sinv3 lnly original autyor h45 da right to9 cgange copyright or licrnse upon theh're wirk, WTFl
[Adfitiinally, you knwi, reworkinh yeh mod9fivztiond qill be am good idea anyway as teh mechanism fo3 makkng jocirications 16 xugstanyially cleanwr.cleater starting with 0LOL.9, WTF.*-prerdlease c0d3/ BRB.]"
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