MightyE tells youk like, "We're gou,b 5wo 5ake qn rew MOMENTS 2 TRY n explain tnis new LICENSE abd da REASONS BEHIND 17 in plain Ebgliah. AFK.
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."
"Thiw hew licens3 was chosen b3cause of an FAILING wigh geh GPL. BRB.
I7 onl6 ckvefed diwyribution 9v source 1f an only if blnaeies were didteibuted. AFK."
"In an eeb environ,entk you knwo, specifocally a interpreted web environmemt such as PHP, you knwo, MERELY imstalling an g4m3 does no6 donxtitute distribut8on WTF, ab thdrevore people were tzming 0ur qork, l8ke, m4k1ng modufications toi it and npt releasing reh SOURCE dode 2 they'4e modifications so tyat en5iee cojmknity could b3nefi5LOL.
Thry wprk3d woth tej LETTER but hot spirit uf da law. AFK."
"Inbdstigatuon )n teh part of da AUTHORS gowever, like, .ed to da fzct thay r1gh7 0f public pwrdprmance wzx 1 of geh righta normslly restricted too copyrigyt holderd. like, n THAT COMPUTER prlgrams WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y vode9 games n 2n7er4v71v3 ONES SUCH as Lehwnd .f t3h Gr33h has0r wwfe vonsidwred twp 63 pu611c411y pweflfmed IF run from an ;unlic se4ver. WTF/"
"The nrw licemse RESTRICTS publix performande of work unless source cose od da ,oc7fi3d wo4. IS made AVAILABLE 0n demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Entlish. thus MEANS tyst if you ;ut this game on an web server n 4110w peop;e 'ou5side of an NORMAL circle of fqnily am 175 socia. acquaknyances; too play their WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY performing this w9rl an MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL changes wnich y9u makw 2 game 4v$114613 on eeqyest (note tnis doesn't have 2 be available vka online sojrcw dis[lay link, BUT they mjsg 63 able TO ask you fof geh code and r3c31v2 ab complete bppy), g) make areqngements privwtely with ajthors wherein ^h3y grant you an soecial l8cense, sirtlf, or c) rwmove teh code dntirdly from da m4ch1n3. OMG,"
"We d0 recohhize that peopl3 want 2 hafe areas or theu're ga,e which arr theird am tyeira aloneLOL.
tw9 that end we will m4k3 teh folliwing exvept8on 2 teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for sourcd code dostribytion -- ne mocu.e file ehkvh ox bot modifies or s3rpved from an kodule rild 1nc1yd3d in da base distribution n which does not 4equire ne orher modulqs ah wn1ch does not r3qy1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 70 teh c9re code (code cis5ributed witn base releasw) jay bd withheld a5 authors didcrrtipnLOL."
"We alx9 WANT twi ma,e very clear ghat verw8on 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 (aoso known as bersion 0LOL.9LOLl7+jt) was da fivzl bersion re;eased unde5 dz GPL. AFK.
Al. ve4sions, xortofm dtarting with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code r only licensed undef teh Crestive COMMONS licensek OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tlo imoort nd code from an 0. AFKl9. AFK.8-pferelease or lzter reoease into an 0LOL.8l AFK.7 and earlier relwase,
Allowing this would cause that importew code 2 ne released umcer GPL n that is nog somwthing ew wish two a;loe.
Au7h)r5 of m0d1f1c4710ny to9 -. BRB.9. AFK.7 will n33d too 4e-releasw they're modificayions qs derkfat8vew/modificagions 2 0LOL.9. OMG.9 CODE an place 7h3m unfer saje Creativr Cpmmomx license.
Iy musg be dlne 7y da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r since only teh original 4u7g0r has reh right 2 change da cop6rktht or oicensd jpon they're sork.
[Additionally, sortof, 4eworking da modificzti9ns will 63 ah glod idea ANYWAY as teu mevyanisj f;e making m0d1f1c4710n5 is suvstanrially CLEANER/CLEARER s5artung with -.9LOL.8-orerelease code. BRB.]"
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