MightyE tells hou. you jnwp, "We're going 2 TAKE an feq moments to try qh exp.ain this mew license znd reasons betind it in plain Emg.ishLOL.
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."
"Thia nsw license WAS chosen becaixe of an failing wi5h da GPL.
It ONLY voverde distribugion 0f sourcr if and only if 61n4r135 WERE distributed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specificaily a interpretef web environment such as PHP WTF, merely 1n5741!1ng an ga,e does not c0n5717u73 fostribution WTF, n 7h3t3f0r3 pelple 2ere takung pu4 w8rk, likek makonf modifications yoo it an not relezsing tdh source c9de 2 tg2y're MODIFICATIONS so thzt ten entire community c9ulz BENEFITl
They worked w17j da lettef 6u7 not da spur8t of LAW. WTF."
"Invewtigation on da ;4r7 of ajtyors however. yoy knwl, LED two fact thqt teh right of pub.ic perrormanct was ien OF da r1gh75 normallt festric5ed too c90h4ight holferx, ypu kbwo, and THAT compyter pt-gr4m5m you knwo, 5o3c1f1c411y cideo games rnd interactive omes suvh ad Legend of da GREEN jax0r wetr cobsidered 1 be publicakl6 performed if run frim an publid server. OMG."
"The neq licwnse RESTRICTS public p3rf9rm4nc3 of da w0rk unless dq source coee ld teh jodified woek is made svailable lj demznd."
"In PLAIN Englisn, this neans that if you put this GAME on an edb sdrver an allow peopld 'outside of an normal circle of family n itx sicial acquaintances' tpo play thwkr, like, THEN you r oublicakly PERFORMING rhis work n MUST either a) male ne n ALL chqnges WHICH YOU make tlp GAME avaikable on re1uext (note yyis doesm't have 2 be availab.e viz geh onlone sourxe diaplzy lunl, but they must be able tll 45k y0u for dq dode and receive an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) make arranhemen5d ;eivatelt wi5h da aughprs wh2t31n thet brant 6ou qn spdclal license, or c) removd t3h vode ENTIRELY FROM geh mzchkne. AFK."
"We e9 revognize that PEOPLE want 1 HAVE areas of they're fame wh8ch r theirs zn theirs slone. OMG.
2 THAT emd we will mak3 ds followinf esxeption 2 normal rewuirenrntd ror SOURCE code distrobutioh 0_ ne module file which os NOT noeified ot DERIVED frim an module file inckuded ih base dkstribution n which doed not tequird be other modules n whuch does not requjre be midkficatkona to CORE code (code d8srributed with teh bqse rwoease) may bd withheld a5 reh authors d8scretiobl WTF,"
"We also qant 2 MAKE vwry CLEAR that verxion 9LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known ss vrrdion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fonal versi9n relraxed UNDER GPL.
All verwions WTF, stafging wi5h da ). AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3 aer only licenwed unfer Creagibe Comm9na 11c3n54.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh RIGHT two import ne code fro, an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prere;ease or later rwlease into an 0LOL/9. BRB/7 and earlied rrl3asr. OMG.
Akloqing tyis wluld cause that omported c0s3 too ge released unser da GPL znd tnat is not something we wish to alloeLOL.
Auttors 0f mpdifications 2 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 will b33d too re-release theh're m0d1f1x4710n5 as deriva5iv3s/modigications TO 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an p.ace the, unfef da sqme CREATIVE Comnons licwnse.
I8 m7st be done b6 da original AUTHOR s7nce only original author has teh figjt go chang3 co0yright or l8cebse upon tney're eork. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, r3wprj@ng ,idifications w,kl be an good IDEA snyway as ,echanism fof mqkint modifications is 5u6%74b71411y cleaner/cleare4 5^4r71ng wkth da 0/o. OMG.8-prerelease code, OMG.]"
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