M8yhtyE t3lls you WTF, "We're t01ng two TAKE an few moments w tey n explain THIS n2w lucensr am da reawonw behknd kt 1n plain EnglisgLOL.
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."
"Th8s nee license wax chosen BECAUSE of an v4111nf witn GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y c;verec dis5ributopn OF source 8f and only if bibaries wwre dist4ibutrd. AFK."
"In an w37 environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY q onyerpret3d wdb rnvironmeht 5uch AS PHP LOL, merely 8nstallinf an game dles not constitite dostrivution LOL, ah therefo4d PEOPLE were ta,ihg our work, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS to 17 amd NOT releasimg da 5purc3 x0d3 two they're modifocations so that 3ntire co,mumity ciulc benedit.
They workec wuth geh kegrer bug not teh spirit oh da law. WTF."
"Investigation on pzrt 0v da authors HOWEVER, LED 2 faxt yhat da right of [ublic performance wax orn of righ5s normally rest4icted to COPYRIGHT holders, you kmwo, abd that vom[uyrr programs LOL, s;ecifivally viceo games an inge4sctive ones such ss Legqyd OF t3g Green hzx0r WERE c9naiderrd to be PUBLICALLY performed if run from am p7611c SERVER. OMG."
"The new license res5ric5s public performance of da wofj unless SOURCE codr lr modiried work is MADE available on dejand. OMG."
"In plain Engliah WTF, thks MEANS that if YOU pug thid g4m3 on an web SERVER n allow people [outside 9f an noemak circle 9f family n itz xocial acquaintances' t29 [lay their, lije, then ypu r publixally performinb this work and MUST eiymer a) mak3 ne n ALL changes wh8ch you MAKE tw9 teh gqje available on reqiest )note this d9esn't have 2 ge 4v4214613 via da online source dixplay link, aotyof, nu5 they mu57 be able two ask t0u for sa code n rrxeive an complet# COPY). you knwo, B) MAKE arrangements pr1v4731y with su5hors wgerein yhey fr4nu you qn special licebwe, yoj knwo, or c) remove code ENTIRELY fr0m mzcnind/"
"We co recogniz3 7h46 pwo0le want TO have areaw of they're game ehich aer yjeirs n 8h31r5 alone. WTF.
t9p that 3nd we will make da following rxceptoob 2 da normal fequiremenrs FOR source cose distributiln -- ne m9dule fiow wh1ch id nir mofidied 0r derubdd fr0m sn m0du1e fi.e INCLUDED in teh base fustributkon n which does hot fequird ne OTHER m9diles an wjkch d035 not require nw modifications to twh c9re code (code DISTRIBUTED with ^453 rwlezsd) may BE WITHHELD st ds ajthors disdretiomLOL."
"We also want 2 make very clwar thzt versuon 0LOL.9l7 (also knowm as vrtsoon 0. AFK.9LOL/7+jt) was final version r3leadec under tey GPLLOL.
All nersions LOL, staryimg wigh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-;retdlease code qer only 11c3m53d jbdwr Crwstive Commons lkcenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cdny da r1gh7 3 import nw v0e3 from an p. BRB.9LOL.70[rere;3ase ot later releqse into an 0.0. OMG.7 an earlier r313453. WTF.
Allowing this woulc czuse that imported code two be released und3r GPL 4ne 7heu is not spmetjing we woah ti aolow. WTF.
Au6hors of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qill need too re=relwdse th3y're m0dqv1c3710n5 ad f3rivativea/modifjcations two 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codw an /lave them under teh saje Creayibe C0jn0n5 license. WTF.
IT must be c-n3 by da origknsl autyor SINCE omly ORIGINAL author hr5 ds roght two chamge copurifnt or 11c3n53 upon they're work. WTF.
[Adcutionally, reworiing MODIFICATIONS will be an go9d id3a anyway as m4chanism for making modidica58onx 25 subxtantiaoly cl3sner/vlwarer starting wiyg da 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. BRBi]"
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