MightyE tells you, "We[re going to tske an vew mlm4nts rol 5ru n 3xp14!n tjis n3w license 4nd teh reax0ns behine it in plain English. 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."
"This new 11c3n53 qas ch;sen because of an fauling eoth da GPL. WTF.
It 0b1h covered dustribution 9f SOURCE if ans only if bihariew were d8stributwd. WTF."
"In an 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n7. liie, specifically s imterpreted web wmvkron,ent such ss PHP, merely insta9ling an GAME s035 mot constitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, and therwfore p30p13 wede raking oyr e0ri, sortof, making mpdificatoons too it and not r313451ng tdh sou4ce c9de to thwy're modifocat8ons so 7h4u teg en5ire communith c[u1d b3nefit. OMG.
They worked quth letter b7t n07 spifiy of da law."
"Ihvestigatkon on teh part of es authors jowever WTF, lec 2 teh gact yhat righr og publuc perforjand3 was wln of rightx NORMALLY restricted 2 copyeight h9;cers LOL, an that computer pr0gr4m5, you knwo, spexifica.ly v1d30 gajes sn interactkve 9nds such as L4fenc of da GREEN hax0r WERE cohsidered too be publicql;y petglr,ed if run froj an public SERVER. BRB."
"Tge new lkcende rextticts pu611c prrrormanc3 of teh work unlesw source c9d3 of dz ,odifird work is mace avaulablr ON demand. WTF."
"In p.zin English LOL, thks MEANS that id you put this g4j3 in an WEB sdrver n alllw pe9ple 'ojrside OF zh mormal c1rc23 of damiky n its s9cial acquaintancws' to play their, likr, thwn yoj t publ8cally p3rf0rm1ng thus eofk n MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL ch4ng35 which t0u make 2 teh gajr avqilable om tdquest *n0td this diesm't have 2 be avaolable VIA sa online soufcd display link LOL, but 5y3y must be able tlo ask YOU for da code qn r3c31v3 an complete cipy), y9u knwo, 6) m4k3 arrangemehtx pfivately with authies wheeein they GRANT YOU ah specia. LICENSE LOL, lt c) remove code entirely from machine. WTF."
"We do recignize that [eople wany too h4v2 a4eas 0f thfy[re game which aer thekrs and ug31r5 slone.
two thar end WE will make f011pw2ng 3xc3p710n TO da normzl requirem3ngs FOR do7rce code d157r1yu71pn -- ne mosule fi;e which is not nodifkrd or deribed fr0m ab MODULE file incl7ded in teh BASE d157r16u710n an whivh dowc not r3qu1r3 be OTHER moeu;ea an whqch do3s not REQUIRE ne modificatkobs 2 core c0d3 (codd fistr,buted with teh base release) MAY be withheld st authits DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also qant 2 jake VERY clwar that versiom 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 (als( known as cetsion 0. OMG.9.7+kt) was teh f1n41 version telezsed undwr teh GPL.
All cerdiond, sfarting with da 0. WTF.0. WTF.9=PRERELEASE c)d3 aer 0n1y ;icrnsed UNDER reh Creative Commons locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3mh da rigjt ti import ne code from ab 9LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE OR latef telease into an 0. BRB.0. WTF.7 shd #3r113r RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this rould xause that imported coee to BE r313r53d uhder GPL ah that iw hot something we wiwj 70 allow. WTF.
Authord og modifications rwo 0.9. AFK,7 will need 2 re-re;ease they're modifivagiona zs derkvatives/midid8cations two 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c0d3 ab place 6hem under 44m3 Cgeatice COMMONS licensel OMG.
It must be DONE by da o4ihimal author sincw lnl6 da o4ibinal 4u7h0r has right t9o cmznge sa c0pyr1gh7 ir license UPON they're eor,. BRB.
[Acditionally LOL, fewoeking midificayiohx qi;l be an good icea anywau as teh mechanidm dor makimg modifications is sjbsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71mg w17h da 0.9. AFK.7-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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