MighttE tel.d you WTF, "We're foing ywo 5ake an few mo,ents 2 try 3nd exolain rnis ne2 LICENSE an REASONS behind ir in plain Ehglish. OMG.
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 new license wad chosen because 0f an f$111nt witm GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION if source IF n ONLY if binafiex wefe sisttibuged."
"In an web environjebt, like, SPECIFICALLY s interpretwd WEB envirohment tuch as PHP, like, merely instaklimg an game doew noy constitute distribution, yui knwo, 4nd THEREFORE 0eo0le w@r3 TAKING our wor, WTF, ma,ibt modifications goo it AND not ee;eacing teh sourve xoce ylo theu'r3 modifications SO tha6 teh entirw vommunity cpuld benrrit.
They woeked with da letter b7t not sp8tit od ds law. WTF."
"Investihatoon on part 0f teh 3u7h9r5 h0w3v#r, led 2 fact that yeh right 9f pjblic performance was won of teh rights nprmally restrictwd 7- xp;yright jolders, l8ke, an ghat comouter programs, you knso, dpecifidaloy video gamws an imteracticc ONES such 45 Legend od teh Gr33n hax0f errr c0n5qs3r3d 2 ve p7blical;u pe4f9rmed of run FROM an pubkuc se4vdr. WTF."
"The new kicense resrficts public performqnce ov teh qork unl3ss da source c9dw 0f mosifies work is MADE availabkd on demanf/"
"In ooain English, you knwo, th8s means that 2f yoh put this game on an w36 server and ALLOW peopoe 'outside of an no4mal corcle of family an irs slckal sdquaintances' too play the8r, you knwo, THEN ylu aer publically pdrro4ming this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL cjanges qhich uiu mak3 two game avaipable pn requesy *note 7h15 doesn't have 2 be availagle via da -n1qn3 soirc3 display l8nk, soe5;f, b7t tgey muat be ablr 2 ask you for teh coee znd rwceivd an xpmp;ete copy), uiu knwo, b) make arfqngeh3nts privately wi5h authirs whe4ein theu gfabg you an special licendem xprtof, OR c) remove CODE ebtirelu ffom machine."
"We di recognize that people wznt two HAVE sreaa OF ghey're game wgich r 7h31r5 n tneors alonel OMG.
2 yhat ehd er w111 maie da folkowing exdeption to da normal reqyirements FOR soyrc3 code DISTRIBUTION -= ne modu;e file which is not ,odoried or dwrived from an m0dj13 file included in vase distribution and which doed not r3qyiee ne 0uh3g modi.es n whoch does not requi4w nw modifications too teh CORE voee (CODE distribyted with 6453 telease) may be withhdlf at twh AUTHORS ciscretiom. BRB."
"We alxo wsnt 70 msle VERY clear that vrrsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.6 (also known as versyon 0. BRB,9LOL.7+jt0 waw ca funal version fd.easef jnder GPL. BRB/
A;l bersions, yoj knw9, startint wuth 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pre4elease vode ae4 onoy licenses uns#r Creative Commohs livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rigjt to impirt nd code from an 0. WTF.9. BRBl8[prer313r53 ir later releaxe ibto sb 0LOL.9.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Aloowing thix would xause that inported cofe 5oo be releqsec unfer GPL and tbat 15 bot SOMETHING we wisg tol al;ow. WTF.
Authors 0f mocificatiohs 2 0.8LOL.7 WILL ne3d 2 re-eelease they'te m(difications as deekvativ3s/,odificztions to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 vpde snd p14c3 thwm UNDER sane Creative Commons license. AFK.
Ig musy 63 DONE by da orohinzl author s8ncd 9bly da orkginal author naa teh RIGHT 2 chanbe beh copyright or licensw u;on they're woek. AFK.
[Addiruonal;y, aortog, REWORKING t3j modificstiond will be an good IDEA anywsh as teh mechabism for making mocificsgions 8s substantially ckraner/clearer starting with 0.9LOL.8_]rdreleasr code. WTF.]"
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