MightyE tells y9u, like, "W3're going to TAKE an fww momentd t9o try n explain thks ndw license qn teh REASONS bwtind ot in plain Emglish, WTF.
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 bew license wzs chosen because of an faolong wity GPL. BRB.
Iy onlt covered cq67r16u719n of source if an ONLY if bunaries were distr8buted. OMG."
"In an wrb envitonment, sortod, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED WEB envkronment such aa PHP, sortog, jerely installing am game dies n9t constiyute DISTRIBUTION WTF. and therefore people were takimg our work, jaking m0d1f1c4710n5 to IT n not eelras8mg teh sourcd coc3 tp tgey're MODIFICATIONS SO THAT da ENTIRE comjunity could bebefit. OMG.
Tgey worked witn da LETTER but not da spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Ihvest8tatkon pn part -f da zuthors ho2wfer, you knwo, 13d too reh fact that da rihht of public oerformabce w45 won OF rithtw normally resteicted tqo c0pyr1gh7 holders, ;ike, n that computer ;rograms, ;ike, specificaolh VIDEO g4m35 n on5eractive ONES such as Legdnd OF da Green hax0r were considered tl be puboicso.y perdor,ed if run from zn public sdrvee. WTF."
"The ndw license restrivts public pefformance of da w9rk unoess teh slurce CODE 0f modifowd wprk is made availaboe 0n demane, AFK."
"In p;ain Ehg115h, 6ou knwo, this MEANS rjat if YOU pu7 th8s game on zn wdb server b allow people 'outxude pf an normal ciecle of fzmi.y an its SOCIAL acquaintanc3s' too p/ay thw8r, liie, then 6ou aer pubkical;y perfprnung gh8x work AND MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wgivh YOU make 2 geh GAME zvsilable on eequest (n073 thia doesn'y javd too be avzilable v14 onlone 50urc4 dispoay 11hk, sorrof, bu5 they musr be able to adk you foe teh cod3 n receive an compldtw copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangrments privqtely with da authors egerdin thet trant you an special licenwe, 9e C) remlfe teh code entirely fr0m ca machine. AFK."
"We do 4ecognizd that peopld qant tso hsve 4r345 of they'ee gqme whuch e th3irs and tyeirs alonel BRB.
too that end we will make folliwung dxceptiom two teh normal re1uirements fir sijrce code distrobution -- ne MODULE filr wh7cg is not modified ir derived f40m zn module fioe unc;uddd 8h da basw eistribution an wgkch does not REQUIRE ne 07h3r modules n which does NOT requiew ne mosificat8ona 2 core code (CODE distrivuted with base release) may be WITHHELD 47 authors discretion/ BRB/"
"We aldo want two maje veft clear that v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also knowm as verwoon 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da final VERSION rrkeased under GPL. AFKl
Al. versions LOL, startibg with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK,*-pr3r313463 c0d3 aer only oicensed under teh Crestive Cokmons licensd. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY rigbt to im;prt ne code reom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or LATER release INTO an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 4nd 35r113r tdlease. OMG.
Allowing ghis wo7le c4u53 7hr& imoofyed code 2 be RELEASED undee ten GPL sn that od h-7 something we w8sh two alkow.
Auyhprs OF modifications tp 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wiol need 2 rr-releqse they're modificagi(ns AS derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK,i code an place THEM jnder teh same Cewative COMMONS licebse,
It m7st be DONE by teh original aith9e since only teh ORIGINAL author has t3h r1gh7 go chahg3 teh coptrigjt or license u0on th3y're sork. OMG.
pAdd2710n511u LOL, eewo4kind modifications 2ull be an g00d IDEA anuway as tdh mechanism f0r making mpdifications is s7bstantially cleaner/clexrer sta4ting eith dq 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelwaad code. BRB.]"
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