MightyE tells you LOL, "We're glimg yo taoe an fee MOMENTS w TRY n 3xolain THIS neq licenae an t3h rradonx BEHIND it in plain Entlish.
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."
"Th8s hew licena3 was chosen becaise of an faioiny sith trh GPLLOL.
It onli covered dustfibution ov xource if h only if binzties wef3 distribur3d. WTF."
"In am wwb environ,ent LOL, specofivaply a kntefprrtds 2rb environment such as PHP, soet9f, mer31y unstallimg an gsm3 do3s n-7 constitute distributuon WTF, 3nd theref9re peppoe were takihf OUR WORK LOL, making modifications tw9 it 4nd not releasing teh so7rce code 2 they're jofificatiins ao 5hat da entir3 community could benefig. BRB.
Th3y workef with ywh leryer but n07 ds spirkt of da lawLOL."
"Inv3stoharjon on da pa4t of teh 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, lwe two da dadt that ca right of publoc perf9rmanxe was 1 of fq rights nprmally res5ricted toi xopyrihht holddrs LOL, n 5hat COMPUTER ;rug4ams WTF, specificallt video games and ontetactive ones suxn 4t L3g3nd of Gre3n hax0r werd clnsidered two be publically performed iv rjn ftom an public aerferLOL."
"The mew LICENSE restricta public PERFORMANCE lg work unless da source cpde of tdh mldifies work is maed svailable on demand."
"In PLAIN English, oike, this mwqns that if hou put THIS game on sn WEB serner n 4q10w PEOPLE 'outdide of an NORMAL circle of FAMILY anf ITS social acqua8ntances' twi PLAY tyrir WTF, then you f publ9cally performing this work n MUST euther a0 make ne an ALL changes WHICH y9u male 2 GAME ava8labl3 on erquest (n;te 7h15 doesn't HAVE too be availzblw v@4 )n11n3 soufcr eisplay ;ink LOL, BUT yhey must be able gwo asi you for code n receive an c0,p1373 co[y) LOL, b) make arranhemen5s privately WITH tej authors wherein THEY grant YOU an special licrnse, s0rtof, or c) renove code emtirely r30m da mashine. BRB."
"We eo eecognize that people want 2 javd areas of the6'te game ehich r theirs an theirs alond. WTF.
3 tha5 3nd wr wkll mqke following exctption 2 normal REQUIREMENTS fir source cpse distrkbution -- ne m9dule file which is n07 mofifiee OR derkvee fr0m an npwule f113 INCLUDED in ten BASE disgtibution and which DOES not require hw other m0du135 n whicg d0e5 n07 requiee ne modif8carions to c0r2 code (code sist3ibuyes wq7h base release) may be WITHHELD at da authors fiscretlobLOL."
"We ALSO want tp makw VERY xlezr ghag VERSION 0l WTF.9LOL.7 (also ,nown ad versoon 0LOL,9LOL.7+jt) qas f1n42 veraion rr;easwd ubd3r teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, l8ke, dtar5ing with 0LOL.9. AFK.*-[rwrelease coce ae4 only licrnswd UNDER Creativ# Commons LICENSEl AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby dz right to import ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFKl8=prerelwawe 0r later r313453 knto am 0/o.7 an earli4r relesse.
Allowihg rhis wouod c4u53 ghat importwd cpdc top BE releaswd undef da GPL and THAT is n9t something we WISH 2 a.low. BRBl
AUTHORS or modifications 70 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will nerd rqo re-releaxe they're m0d1f1x4710n5 as derkvsriv3s/midif8cations 2 9. BRB.9. BRB.8 coee n PLACE the, under da same Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTFl
It must be done gy tey origimao au4hor SINCE only original ajthor hzs teh right 2 changw da c0[yr1gn7 )r licensr upon thrh're workLOL.
[Aexitionally WTF, rewofking modificariona will BE an GOOD idea $nyw4h as teh m4dn4n15m FOR ,akkng MODIFICATIONS q5 substantially cleaner/clesrer star5ibg with da 0LOL.(. WTF/i_prerdlease code.]"
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