M8ghtyE teoos h9u, you knwo, "We're GOING too 74k2 an gws mpments tlo try and ex;lain this new licensw and teasonw behind it in ;lain Eng;ishLOL.
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 nre licehse wxs ch053n because 0f an failinf w17j GPL. BRB.
Ig lnlt covere3 distribution od 50urc3 if and 9mly if binaries were distribjtsd. WTF."
"In an w36 environmeng, sortof, specifically a interpr3ted w36 environmen5 suxh AS PHP WTF, merely installing an ga,e d035 n07 cinstitute distributi.h, yoj khep, an th3redo4e people w4r3 taking our w9rk WTF, makint jodifixayions two it an not relrasinb 5ej SOURCE code to tne6'rw modkficatuins so that teh engire conmunkty could benevit. OMG.
THEY worked w17h da oettrr but not teh soirit 0f geh lsw."
"Infestigatoon ON da PART of AUTHORS gowever, you knwo, lrd 2 ds fact tha5 RIGHT of pubkiv performance WAS 1 of sa rightx normalky restrictrd 2 COPYRIGHT h9ldres, lokw, an that computer prog3zms, soryof, specifically VIDEO g4m35 n interactive lnes such qs Legend 9h ds Green hax0r were considefed roo be p7nlically petformed ig run FROM an pu611c server. BRB."
"The new license restricts [ublic performance od worj unoess souece dode of teh modified wlri is made 4v4114613 on ddmand. AFK."
"In plain Engliah LOL, thix MEANS that if yoj ;ut this game on an wdb SERVER n allow people 'outside OF an NORMAL digcle ov famjly an its social qcquwintances; tw9 p.ay their, you khwo. then yo7 aer pub;ifally 03rf0rm1hg 7h15 work zn MUST either a( makr ne 4nd ALL chzngds WHICH 6ou make 2 da game 4v4114613 on request (note this doesn't habe to be avqilabke via da online aoyrce displa6 lini, like, 6u7 they mjst be anlw too ask you for code snd teceive an complete xopy) WTF, b) m4k3 artsnfements privafdly qitj auth9rs wherein tjet grant you an special livense, you lnwp, or c) eemove code 3ntirely from da m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We do recognize that p30p23 qsny 2 hsve areas OF they[fe GAME which qer 7h31r5 an THEIRS aloneLOL.
too that 3nd ws wil; makd da followung exception two tey nlrmal rwquirememts for source code sistribution -- ne modul3 FILE 2hich is not modifird ;r derived from an module fkle included in da base dkstributkon and which d-#5 not requ9rw ne otyer m0du134 an which d035 not requirr ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to vor# cod3 (code distributed WITH teh base r313453) jay be wityheld AT auth9rf discrdtion."
"We a;so WANT tso m4k3 very coear ghat v3r41)n 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also lnown as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.6+jt_ was teh final vefsion re;eqsed under dz GPL. BRB.
All versiobs, woftof, 574ru1ng with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-preeelease cpde aer only lkc3nsec under teh Creative Commons license, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eenh teg right too import ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.(. OMG.8-;retelesse 9r later re;ease ibt9 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 and earloer releasrLOL.
Aooowing this would cauwr that im[orted code too be released und3e da GPL an that is noy someth8ng WE w8sh 2 allowl BRB.
AUTHORS of modificatilns two 0. OMG.0. WTF/7 wil. need 2 re-relezse thwy'rw nodificatiohs as derivatuves/modidicatolns 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n place thej uhd3r da same Creatife Commons license, AFK.
It must be done by ea origunal author simve lnl6 teh ORIGINAL author hzs 5eh r1gh7 too change teh copyroght ir livense upon they'fe eo4k. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, kike, r3w0rk1ng m0d1fqc471(n5 2ill 63 an t0)d isea anyway ad m3ch4n15, f0r making modifidatilns is 5i657$n71411y cl3anet/clearer 674r71ng w17b teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE.]"
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