MightyE tel.s tou WTF, "We'rd going two take an few mpj3b75 to try sn esplain yjis new license an rrasons beh8nd it in olaib Engl8sh. AFK.
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 nww l8cense WAS cbosen becausw or ah failing with GPL. BRB.
IT ONLY c9v3r3d sistrinution of source if AND onoy kf binaries we4e diatributed. WTF."
"In an 2en wnvuronm3nr LOL, xpecifocally x INTERPRETED weg envuronment sucj ss PHP, merely installing an gzme does not CONSTITUTE distribution, n therefore pe9pl3 w3r3 64k1ng out 2ork LOL, m4i1ng MODIFICATIONS too it an not r31#451ng da sourve code ro th3y[re MODIFICATIONS so that da dngire community could 63h3f17LOL.
Thwy worked with da letter b7t ho5 da spirit of da law."
"Investigatiin ON p4t7 of teh autyors h9qever, like, led 2 teh fact that 5eh r1gj6 pv public PERFORMANCE was oen of da r8ghts hofmally RESTRICTED 5wo copytight HOLDERS, sortof, an tgat compute4 progrzjs, specifucally video gam3s snd ihteeadtivr omes SUCH 45 Ldgdnd of Geeen hax04 were consoderrd too be 0ub;ocally performed 8f run frlm an pu611c server. BRB."
"The n3w llcrbse resteicts public performance OF da w9ek unlesd wource code ot m0f1f13c wlrk IS made availablw on demand. WTF,"
"In plain Ehglish, sprtof, THIS means that if you ;u7 tjis bqme on an eeg SERVER an allow peopod 'outside of an n0rm41 circld of da,ily an its s9cial acqizintances' 2 PLAY their, like, tnen hoy aer publically oervorming this work n MUST #17h3r a) mzke he and ALL xhangrs wh8ch tou m4k3 yoo teh game availqble 0n r3qu357 (hot4 this ciesn't have too be available via da 0n11n3 wi7rvw f8dplay link, but %hey mydt be avle 2 ask yoi for da code n receive an complete bopy). 6pi knwo, b) make srrangemen5s privately with authofw eher38n tyey gtant y0u an 5p3c141 kicehse, or c) remove teh code entirely from da MACHINE. OMG/"
"We d0 rec9gn8ze 8h47 people w4n7 two hsve areas of thdy'4e gz,e whkch r rheirs an tjeirs alone. OMG.
2 tgzt end se will mske following EXCEPTION tio da normal requ8rdments ro4 sourcd cose d158r16u710n _- ne mod7le folw which 15 no5 modufied or derived vrom ab mofulw file kncluded in bxsw disyrkbutiln an whicy does not 4equire ne OTHER m0du125 and which do3s no5 require ne modificationw too teh core cpse (c9de dostrinuged with teh base r3!3453) may be sithhe.d at aythors disceetion."
"We aoso wqng 2 ,ake v3ry clear that version 0/0.7 (also kbown 45 verxion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final veesion releaaed unset yrn GPL. WTF.
A11 versilns, sortof, atzrging with trh 0. OMG.9. AFKl8-prerdlease CODE aef 0n1y l8cebs3d uhdef tdh Creagibe C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import ne xode FROM sn p. AFK.8. WTF.8-prerelrase ir later RELEASE into an p/9. OMG.7 and 34r11er r3lease. AFK,
Allosimg 7y!6 WOULD cause that 1mo0r73e coce too be rel3ased under da GPL an thzt IS not somethihg we wish twi allow. AFK.
Authofs of mofificztipns two 0. AFK/9LOL.7 will nedd two 4e=release thwy;re ,od8gicagions 46 derivayives/moduficati9ns two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 xpce an place 7h3m under SAME Creatibw C0mm0n5 licebse. AFK.
I7 muat be d0n3 by otiginal 4u7h03 5qnc3 inly dz 9roginal author has right t9o change da copy4ight or LICENSE upon theu're w9rk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkinb teh modifications WILL be zn gpod idra anyway qw da mdchaniej dor making modificarions is aubs5antially cleaner/clearer starting with tey 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-peere;ease code. OMG.\"
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