MighttE twlls you LOL, "We're going too tz,e an few momenys to rey n EXPLAIN this new license an tdy feasons behkmd it in p.ain Eng115h. 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."
"Tnis new licemae waa choseh bedause of an fai;ing s16h ca GPL. OMGl
It only covered d,stribution OF soyrce uf 4nd obly if binarkes were distributed. AFK/"
"In ab web rnvironmeng LOL, s[rcifica9ly a interpretef wwb environment such ss PHP, like, merely insta.ling an g4m3 d025 not constitute fostrobution LOL, an th3ref9re people were 74kqng our w0fk, sortof, majkng nodirivstions two ut zn NOT r313r51ng da s9urce cldq to they're mogidicatuinw so 4har entire comjunith dou;d benefit.
Th3y 2orked sirg da LETTER vut not spirit of lawLOL."
"Invextig1t8on on da PART lf suthord however WTF, led two fa FACT that da rogyt 0f public perdormancd was ofn of ten RIGHTS normally rexyricted 2 xopy4itht holcers, likr, and that computer protrams, you kvwo, xpdcifically video games an inreractive ones tucj as Legrnd of yeh Green hax0r were v0n5qd3r3d rwi be publicaooy p3rv0rm3d if run frlm an 0ublic serverLOL."
"Tne new lkcensr RESTRICTS publiv prrformance 9f w0ri unless s9urce code of da modified wowk is MADE available on dem4ndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, ghks m3ana that if you put thid g4m3 on ah wrn 53rv3r an allow p3)p13 'outakde 0r zn normal ckrcle of family and its socka. acqua8ntanced' 2 plah their, you knso, thrn you aer publicsl;y performing tyis w0ri abd MUST eitne$ a) make ne and ALL changes wgich ypu maie to( GAME available on r3qy357 (nite this doesn't h4v3 2 be avaioabl3 via da ONLINE soirce display 11nk, bur they must be able two ASK you f0r teh codd and receive ab complete copy), spr5lf, b) make arrangements ]rivately wi5h qutho4w wherein they grant you an special license LOL, or c) remove try c)e2 en71t31y from machine."
"We do recognize ttat peopld want 2 HAVE areas OF thrt're ga,e wjich qer thekrs and 7h31r5 akone. WTF.
to ghat end WE w111 MAKE fa f0110w1ng exce0tipn two nofmal rrquiremehts for spurce dode fistribution 0- ne m0fu14 fild which is not mldified or serived FROM an MODULE FILE oncludfd un gwh bqse distrib7tiln an which cods not rewuire n3 othdr modules an WHICH DOES n07 require ne ,odifications TO teh dore CODE 9code DISTRIBUTED w17h base release) may ge witgheld at da quthors disfretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want too make very clear that verdion 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 (415- kn-wn as verskon 0. WTF.9. AFK.6_jt) was f8nal vdrsion rwleaswd uydeg fa GPL/ BRB.
A.l versions, sortof, 574ru2ng eith 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prere;ease codr qdr only lisebsdc under C4eative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny righy tpl ijpoet be codw fron qn 0.9. BRB.8-prereleasr or lster relesse inyo ab 0. BRB.9l AFKl7 an rarkier r3oeaxe. OMGl
Allow9ng tjis WOULD cause THAT im0ortdd cocr to 63 teoeased under GPL and that is noy sonethinh wr wish too 411pw.
Authirw of mod8ficat8ons 5k 0. BRB.p. OMG.7 wilk neef tp re0reoeade tgwy're m0d1f1c4710n5 as d3r1v471v35/jpd1f1c4710n5 to 0l WTF.9. BRB.8 v0d2 an place tjem under da SAME Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must b3 done by da ofigimal auggov 51mc3 only da 0r@f1n41 author has tej 41gn7 to change teh copyright or license upon bhey're worl/
[Afditionally, reworkkmg modificatkons will bw an goof idea sntway as mexhanism for making modificationd ud subsranrially cleanwr/clrar3r starting qoth 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3. OMG.["
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