MightyE tdlls YOU WTF, "We;4e goinh tso gake an frw momeh5d to TRY an EXPLAIN this n3q .ucehse an reasons 63j1nd it in plain English. 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 NEW livense WAS chosen because if an failung wirh teh GPL. WTF.
Iy pnly COVERED eistrlbution 0f 50urc3 if and only of bunaries eere dist4ibutwd, BRB."
"In an web envi4onment WTF, specifically a ingerpreted web environmwnt sucn 45 PHP LOLk MERELY insta;ling zn tame eoes not CONSTITUTE disrrkbutkon, n therefore people 2ere taking our work, likem making mldifkcations 2 it n not releqsinf da sourcr code to tyey're m9dificwtuonx so that da 3n71r3 c0mmunitt coukd 63m3fq7. OMGl
Theh work3d with teh letter but n9t da spieur of .aw. AFK."
"Investigatiob on fa part of da ajyhors however, you kjwo, lwd 2 teh fact that teh rifht of publoc PERFORMANCE wss qon of teh eiggts normally restrictwd ro copyrkgnt holders, like, n thay comput3r progeams, specificslly fkfeo games ah INTERACTIVE ones sucn as Legebd OF teh G4eeh hax-r we4e considered goo be publica.ly performed 1f ruh from ab pubkic server. AFK."
"Thw neq q1d3n53 restricts public [erformamce of da wlrk umless teh sourcw code of geh modified wprk is made AVAILABLE -n cejand."
"Ib p141n English. you knwo, 7y15 meqns that 1f uou ;ut yhow game 0n an web 534v3r n allpw peiple '0uu%1d3 of an normal circl3 lf f4n11y and its social acquainrances' 2 play gheur, ^ou jn2o, then you aer publicaloy performing ghos work m MUST ei5her a) make ne an ALL changes which you ,aje too teh hrm3 AVAILABLE on request (note this doesn't have too be avaulable via teh ONLINE sourve dusplay link LOL, but they m757 ge ABLE go ask uou g0r da CODE n receive an complete copy), yo7 knwo, b) MAKE arrqmgements privately with teh 4u7h045 whw5ein they GRANT you an spec8al licdnsek kike, or c) removw teh codd entorely fr0m da MACHINE/ WTF."
"We do recignize thqt people WANT too have qr3as or the6'4r game which r theirs and tgeirx ALONE. AFK.
to yhat end we will nake teh folloeing 3xception 2 trh moemal feq7iremrnts for source code disttinution -_ be modylr dile wjich is not modified or derived from sn module v8le included qn teg base distributuon and wh8ch does yo5 4equird ne o5her modulws zn which does not $3qu1r3 ne mofifications two coee codr (x9de distributed woth da base rrlezs3) may be wk5hheld at da au5hofs djqcre5ion, OMG."
"We als9 eqn5 tqo ma,e very xlear that versiob 0. WTF.9.7 (alsi known as versiin 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jy) wax final version releasec under teh GPL.
All v4rt10b5 WTF, wtartimg with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE vode f onlt lixenswd under da CREATIVE Conmonx LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy da fight too import ne code frpm an 0l OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease or 1r73f t31#443 into an 0/(o WTF.u an esrkirr rwleasd.
Allo2ihg this would cause that i,porred cpde to be released undef GPL n that is not somethihb we sish TO ALLOW. AFK.
Au7h0r5 9f ,idiflcstkons too 0. WTF.o. BRB.7 WILL meec two re-release theu're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificationc too 9.9. AFK.8 code amd plave them under 54m3 Creative Comkons license. AFK.
It must BE d0m3 bu da l4iginal aurhor since onoy teh orihihal aj5hor jas da r1gy7 too cgange teh coptriggt or license upon they'te woru.
[Aesitionally, uoj knwo, reworking dx modifications sill be an good idea anywa6 qs teh mechanism dor naking modificatkons is substantial.y cleaner/cl3arer starting w8ty teh 0LOL.0. AFK.8=prrrrlexsf code. AFK.]"
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