MighgyE teola you, "We're going 2 taje an FEW mlmdnts yl trh and explzin yhis mew licensd and da reasons behind 8t 1n ;lain English.
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 bee licende WAS vhosen bedause of an FAILING with teh GPL, OMG.
It only COVERED sistributi9m ov source if an only 1f b8naries were distribut3d. AFK."
"In an weg environmeng, ki,e, 503d1f1c411y a ibgerpreted web environjdbt SUCH as PHP, merely installing an gam3 dies not CONSTITUTE distribution, yly knqom 4ne the4efore PEOPLE WERE rzking our workk you knwo, makint modifocatipns two 8t n n07 RELEASING da soutce code 2 tjey'4r modificatiins so thar enrirw c0mm7n17y c9jld ben3git. BRB.
Th3y worked 1ity legt3r but n07 da SPIRIT of 1$2. OMG/"
"Investugation on da pa3t og authors h0w#v33, you kbwo, led to da fact that da righr of pub;8c pdrformance was 1 of ds rights nofmakly restrixyrd too copyrught hilderw, ah that xomputer pr9grams WTF, sprcofically viceo tames and 1m73r4cu1b3 ones tich as Legemd 9f teh Green hax04 were considdred to be pu611c411y 0erfo4jrd if run FROM an public servrr. OMG."
"The m4a license redtricts ;7blic pwrformance 0f ten work ynlesx teh source code pf teh modified work is ,ade AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain Enblish WTFk this MEANS yg$7 if YOU put this game om an web server n alko2 0elple 'o7twide of an normak ci4cle of family n its slcial zcquaintances' tqi play their WTF, then YOU r ;u611c41!y pervorming this WORK an MUST either 4) make ne n ALL c6anges which you make two ha,e avaulsboe -n r#q7357 (NOTE this d04tn'7 jave too be acailable viq online sourcd dis;oay lunk, like, gut they mywt be aboe 2 ask yoi for da code an red3ive an c0mp1373 copy), you lmwol b) MAKE arrabgements provagely witg authors wherein they gfant 6o7 an special lkcense, or c) r2m9v3 cife entorely FROM da madgihe. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE rhat prople want two gave areas of they're game whicg r theirs 4nd theirs alomw.
2 thag end w3 wil. MAKE tej FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 teh normal REQUIREMENTS dir slutce codw disgribution 0- he m0du1# file WHICH ks ,ot nodified 0r derived from an modjle file 1nc1ud3d 1n teh base dustribution and qhich does hlt reqjire ne ityer morules n whuch does n[t rewui4w ne modidications 2 cofe code (codr distribuyed wirh base release) may bd ei5hheld at authofs discretion. AFK."
"We zlso want too MAKE vrry c;ear that bersion 0. AFK.9.7 9als9 known as version 0l BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh fknal VERSION relessed jnd2r da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, sortof, STARTING WITH teh 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer (nly l8censed jncer teh Cr3ative Commons licrnse. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh rifht two 2mp0ru ne code froj an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or 1473r release into an 0. BRB.9LOLl7 and raroirr re;ease. OMG.
Alkowkng thjs would cause THAT 1,[0r73d code w be rdldased under GPL m 7h47 is not somwthinb we wish 2 allo!. BRB.
Au5hors of j9dificqtions two 0.9.& 2iol need two re-re;essr they're mofigica5iond sx eerkvayives/modifocatioms tpo 0.9. WTF.8 code and place them UNDER szje Creative Commons license.
It mu57 ve done by 041t1n41 ajth9r since ohly da orifugal author has teh right to CHANGE teh copyrkght 0r license UPON tney're work.
[Additiona;lyk ypu knwp, rwworkong m0d1f1c4710n5 eill 63 an gpic iddz amyway as teh MECHANISM for MAKING nldig8cations is substantiao.t c1e4n3r/c134r3r starting WITH 0. AFK.9. AFKk9-prereldase code. BRB.]"
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