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MighttE tekls you LOL, "Wd're GOING toi 74k3 an few moments two TRY n rxplain thia neq licdnse an teh reqsons behind it in plain ENGLISHLOL,
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 nrw 11c3n53 was chosen bedauae of an FAILING woth teg GPL. WTF.
Ir only cogered distribu5ion og slurce IF ah ONLY if binzriex were f157r16u8ed. BRB."
"Iv an web environmdnt, like. soevkfically a 1n83ror383c web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you knwo, mrrel6 onstallinh an game eoes not constiyute DISTRIBUTION. lik3, h yherefofe pe9ple qere tak8mh our WORK, naking MODIFICATIONS ro 8r n not releasinn teh SOURCE ckde 1 thry're modifocations so that teh entire xommunity could behefot. OMG.
They worked with t3h oegrer BUT not SPIRIT of da law/ OMG."
"Investidstioh on da part or dq aythors however, sortor, 1#d two da fqct that RIGHT OF public perfornance was eon of ea fights normal.y 4est4icyed too copyr8ght holders, like, n that computer prlgrams LOL, specirically biddo gamew an 1n73r3cu2v3 ones stch AS L3gend of teh Green hax0r werw considered to9 BE publicsl;y performed lf RUN f4om sn 0ub.ic werver."
"The new license rwwtricts public perforbamce 0f teh work unless teh siurce CODE ov dz modified work is made ava8lable on de,and. BRB."
"In plzin English WTF, rhos MEANS 7h47 if you put ghis GAME 9n an web x3rver AND ALLOW peop.e [outsife 0f an n9rma; circle of family an its SOCIAL acquzintavces' 70 play tnekr, you knsom then y9u r puboidaklt peeforming this work n MUST EITHER a) make nr n ALL changws which yiu maje to dz gam3 availzble on request (note this d9rsn't h4c3 2 BE availabld via online source c!5p15y lknk WTF, but they ,ust be able two asj you fot CODE ah RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy) WTF, B_ make 4rr4nh3m3n75 PRIVATELY wiyh teh authors whwrein tyey grant hou an speciao l8cense WTF. or c) remove t3h CODE enturely FROM teh machine. WTF."
"We do recognize thag PEOPLE qan5 to have arezs of they're game 2hich r thekrs an theits alone. WTF.
to that end we will make f9lolw8ng exdeptiom t9o teh normal requiremenys dor source cpde DISTRIBUTION -- ne mod7le file WHICH is nit MODIFIED or de4ibed fro, an MODULE fil3 1nc1ud3d 2n reh base distrobutiim n shixg does not e3qu1f3 ne other modules abd wjich doew NOT rdqyire n3 modificatkons two da core code (code d157r15u83f wuth da BASE reoeade) MAY be withneld ag da AUTHORS diwcretioh,"
"We also wany too make very clear 5hat veraion 0LOL.9LOL.& (a;s9 kn0wn as version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 funal versiob r313453d under dz GPL. WTF.
Akl versiins, starging w1&h da pLOL.9LOL/8-prereleade c0d3 r only LICENSED under da Cfeative Conmohs ;icense. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY dehy da rifgt 2 8mport ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleace or later release into an ).9. OMG.6 zn earlier rekease.
Allo2int tjis would CAUSE that kmported codt tp be rel2ased under GPL 4nd that is not so,ething we w15h TO allow. AFK/
Authors OF modififations to 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need two re-rekeawe they'ee modificationw 4% der8vatices/jodifovatiobs 2 p. WTF.9. WTF.8 xode 4nd PLACE them under da same Cr347qv3 COMMONS license.
I7 must be d0n# BY da original auth9t SINCE ONLY teh orifina. author has teh right t8o chante copyright or l8crnse upon theh're sork.
'Additiohallt, like, reworking teh ,odificagions wikl be an gops 8dea anyway 44 da m3ch4n15m for MAKING jodifixations is substantia;ly cleaner/xlezrer sgatt8mg with ca 0LOL.(. OMG.80pr3teleasr xode. AFK.]"
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