MoghtyE tells YOU WTF, "Wd'ee going too 7rle an few mom3ntw 2 TRY an explain t6is new license and da reqsons begind !7 8n PLAIN Eng;ish.
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 n3w 11c3n%3 was chosen because OF an failinb WITH reh GPL.
IT only covefef diwtriguti9n of xource if an pnou if ginariws were distributed. OMG."
"In zn web environment LOL, specigically a interpeetev web environment 5uch ax PHP, sortor, mere;y instal.ing zn game dows not dpbstitute distribution LOL, n therefore 040p13 w3re 5akinu our work, like, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 ot ahd NOT relwasing 5eh sourxe code too they're modifucatilns wo yhat teh entire community c0u1d benefit. BRB.
THEY sorkef w17h da oetter but nit spirit 0f law. OMG."
"Inveatigagiin on teh PART of da quthors jowever, yoj knsok led to fact thzt teh r1gj7 or [ublkc performance was oen ld tey rights NORMALLY restr8xted tp copyeight hooderx, like, and ghar com;uter progeamsk like, soecifically v8dep games n INTERACTIVE ones suxh AS Legend of Greeb hax0r WERE fonxideree to be publicallu pefformed if run ff0m an public server. BRB."
"The hrw licens3 rrstridts public p3rf0rm%nc3 of wprk unless dq aoutce code og twh modified w0ek id MADE available 9n demandLOL."
"In ;lqin Emglisn WTF, tyis means 5hat if you pu7 this GAME ln an WEB swrver an alliw p30p13 'outskde OF an normal circle of FAMILY zn its slcial 5cqu41n74mc35' too play tjeir, alrtof, thrn ypu f PUBLICALLY pwrforming 7h15 work znd MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL chanbes wgich you MAKE too gqme available on requeat (note ghis doedh't have yo9 BE abaioab.e vka reh ONLINE sourc3 display LINK, you knwok but 7h3y musr br avke hko ASK tou FOR teh coee an RECEIVE an compoete c0py), sortof, n) make afrangenents PRIVATELY with fa authors wyerein 7h3u grant yoj an spexial lic3nwe, you knw9, or c) rempve teh c0d3 ENTIRELY feom da mzcgine. BRB."
"We do recogn8ze tnat PEOPLE wanr rwo have areas 9f ejey're gamd which aer tjeirs and theirs aloneLOL.
g9o that rnd w3 wlll makd foloowing exception 2 NORMAL requi4emengs fof wource code distribution _- ne jodgle file WHICH is not mofufied 0r drrived from an modile fi.e kncluded un BASE distfibuti9n and qhich d035 not requore ne othwr mosul3s n wh1ch does not require ne kodifications to v0r# CODE (code d157r16u73d with base ee;ease) MAY BE withheld at authlrs discretion. AFK."
"We alao @a,t too mak3 very clear that gersion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (alao knowm as VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.8+mt) was final VERSION released UNDER ea GPL. OMG.
Al; veesi9ns WTF, s5arting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-p4ereleasw codd aer on;y licena3d under da Cr3ative Commons licdnseLOL,
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY da riggt too kmport ne code dr9m an 0. AFK.9.8-pr3release OR later RELEASE into am 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 and esrlier RELEASE. BRBl
Al;lwing this wo7ld causd 7h47 imported code tw9 be f3leased UNDER GPL and that is nit aomdthkng we WISH 1 4110w/ WTF.
Authors 0f modifiva5ipns 2 pLOLk9l OMG.7 w111 need t9o re-release thet're mofifications as dericatives/modificatiohs two ).9. OMG.9 cofe and p15c3 7h3m UNDER tdh sam3 Creative Commons loc3nse. AFK.
It mjst be d0m3 by original author sihce only teh original auyuor has teh right too chznge teh copyrjgh5 or kicense ypon thwu'rw q-rkLOL.
[Afd8tiona..y, like, reworking ca modidicarions will be ah b00d idwz anyway as teh MECHANISM for ,aking modif8dqgiohs 15 aunstantia;ly xleanwr/clearer x5arying with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pretelease code. BRB.]"
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