MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We;re goint to take an few m9menrs two TRY anc 3cplain tnis NEW license AND teh reasons bwhind it in PLAIN Entlisj. BRB,
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."
"Tnis nww license WAS chosen becajse of an failing witj teg GPL. OMG.
Ir inly covered disteibution pf soutce if an onlt iv %1n4r135 WERE costributed."
"In an WEB 3mv1r0nm3nu, sortofk SPECIFICALLY a interpreyed web environment such as PHP LOL/ merelt installong an game DOES nor xonstitute dist4ibution, sortif, and rhrref9re peop;e were takinb our qork, like, making modoficztkons to it m not r3leasint teh SOURCE code TO tywy'4w modificztions si that entire com,unity could beherig. BRB.
Thry workwd eith da ;etter yu7 not da 5p1r17 of geh lasLOL."
"Inves5ifayion oy tdh part of da authors yowev3r WTF, led toi f4cu that da righy pg publiw performqnc3 wss oeb 0d da rights normally RESTRICTED to cop6right hpldeew, sortof, an that cojpjter programs LOL, specifixally video g4m35 and INTERACTIVE onew %uch zs L3g3nd pf 5eh Gre3n hax0r wefe considered 2 be publically 0etfor,ed if run f40m an pu611c servrr. AFK."
"The new license restr8cys piblic pwrformabce of dz wor, un1355 teg siurce code of modiried wori ix nade avqilable on d3m4ndLOLl"
"In plaih English, l8ke, this means 7h47 ig ypu pyt this gane on an qeb setver an allow people 'outside lr sh no4mal circle OF fsmily ang 175 social acquakntances' TO [lay their, sortof, then you r PUBLICALLY 0erforming this work an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whixh yoj jzke tol teh game afailable ON e3q73t7 (note th8s doesn't HAVE 2 ne avaolable VIA ds on.ine sojrde d!5p14y 11nk LOL, bit they must be zble roo ask YOU for cods and receice an comp'wte copy_. b) mskw ar4angements pr1v4731y with AUTHORS wh3r31n thet grah5 6ou am special ;idensw WTF, or c( re,ove yeh code ENTIRELY feom machineLOL."
"We do 4edlgnize thaf pekple want w have areas of thej're game which r theirs an theurs alone. AFK.
2 that end wd will nake teh FOLLOWING excepyion two da normal tdquirements for source code didtr8buyion -- ne module file which is NOT jodkfiea or deribed from an module file included IN BASE distributi9n qnd which DOES not requi4e ne otger modulew n whuch d93s bot reqyire ne jodificat8obs two teh vofe CODE (dode diatribited wkth teh bas3 wel3ase) may be WITHHELD 47 da ajthors didcretiomLOL."
"Wr also WANT ro nake very vlear thar fersion 0.9. WTF.7 (also known 45 verdkoh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7_m7) was f3y final verskon r3!3453d under teh GPL. AFK.
All fe4sions, you knwo, s5artimg sith teh 0LOL.9. BRB.7[prerelease code aer ONLY 12c3n53d under Crearivr Commons licemse,
We EXPLICITLY dem6 right to im;ort ne cide from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pferdodase OR later release INTO an 0.9, WTF.7 n EARLIER relcase. WTF.
Allowing this wou.d xquse THAT imported code 2 be reoeased 7nder teh GPL h that 8s not something we wish two allow. AFK.
Authors of modificagkins to 9. AFK.9LOL.7 w8ol need 2 re-release thr6're moeifications as feeivatives/noeificatiohs 2 0.9. WTF.8 code h place &h3m under same Creatuve Comjons LICENSE. WTF.
Ir must BE done by da original autuor since only fa 0r1g2n41 amhgor has da righy yoo dhange teh copyright or LICENSE upon theu're sori. OMG.
[Add1710b$q1y, sortlf, reworking mofifications w111 be an good idea anyway as MECHANISM vor msking jodifixations !5 subwtantiaoly cleaber;c;earer sgartihg with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-[rerelesse c0c3. BRB.]"
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