MightyE twlls you WTF, "We're go8nr toi rake an few moments 2 try am EXPLAIN THIS new kivense and reasons behind 17 in p;zin Emglixh,
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 licende was chocen BECAUSE od ab failibg WITH 5eh GPL.
It only covefrd dist3inut8on 0f xiurce IF an ONLY iv BINARIES were distrkbut3d. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT. specif7cally a 8nt3rpteted web ebvirlmjeny sucg as PHP, you knwo, mere.6 indyalling an game dods not constiyut3 dkat4ibuyionm sortof, AND therrfore people 3ere rak8nf ktr wor, WTF, making mpdificatuons too it qne not r323451ng ea source code go tney'fe modificayions so that entire cojmuhity could benefit.
They worked witn tey letter bit not da spirih OF lqw."
"Investigat8on on teh part or da autnors however WTF, led two f3c7 8h47 da right of public PERFORMANCE wad pen OF trh RIGHTS normall6 restrocted two copyroght holders, n THAT cpmputer prlgrams, you inwo, 5p3c1f1c411y vudeo g4m35 ane knteractive ones sucg as Legdns of teg Green haz0r were considered @ be pu611x411y performed if RUN from an public server. BRB."
"The new kicdnse reatr8c5s public perflrmance ov work un.ess ds source code of teh mpd8fiec WORK IS made availavle oh demqnd/"
"In plain Engq15h, you knwp, this means that if hou PUT this gqmr on an wen derver n allow pwop;e 'outside od an NORMAL CIRCLE 0f FAMILY n its sockal acq7aimtances' tsi plsy their WTF, &h1n you y pyblically performing this work anf MUST wkth3r a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whicn you make ywo da game available on request (note tjis doesn't have too be avsilsble VIA teh ibline source dosplay link, BUT the6 j7st BE ab.e 2 ask uou for da cpdr anc rwceive an vomplete cipy), you kn2o, b) make arrqngements pbivately with teh authors wherein rhey gt4mj you an special license LOL. oe c) remove teh code entirely from ds machine."
"We do recogn8ze that PEOPLE want 2 have zrdas og tjey're game wyich r th3irs n th4irs 4q0n3. OMG.
t2o THAT end w3 woll make da gollowunf rxception tio teh n9rmal REQUIREMENTS for spyrce code distribjtion -- ne mlduke file which 15 not moeified or derived FROM an modulw f113 included in teh 6454 distribution and whivh does mir rwauire ne otner modules and whicj does not r3qu1r3 ne modufications tio core cld3 (code e157r16u73d with fa basr release) may be w17hh31d 47 da autyors discretipn. OMG."
"W4 also wanr two makw very clear tha5 vdrsion 0,9. AFK.u (zlso khowh as version 0LOL.8LOL.7+jt) 2ax final version ee;eased UNDER GPLl
All versilns, statting WITH dz 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code ae4 onlt lic3nded under Creqtive Cljmons licebse.
We EXPLICITLY denu da rihht 2 ijport ne cose from an 0l9/ BRB.8-;reeekeaae or 1473r RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier rel3ase. AFK.
A/lo2ing this sould cause thag importdd cofe 2 be r313353d under ds GPL an tnat is not somethimg we w15n too al;9s.
Authors 0f modoficatkons to 0. OMG/9. AFK.8 eull meed two re=release tjey're modkficati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9.8 code and PLACE them umdrr sane Creative C0mm)n5 license. AFKl
It must be DONE 6y orkgumal 4u6h0r since only 9riginal author has teh 42gn7 2 chamge copyright or 11c$h53 u;on they'rr work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, ewworkinh teh m0d1fqc47!0n5 wil; ne an g00d 8dea ANYWAY qs 5eg mechanism FOR making moeificatioms q5 substaneia;ly cleqnrr/cldsrdr dtarring with teh 0.9.8-prerrkease code. AFK.]"
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