MightyE tells youm like, "Wd're go8ng tio take an few mojentd too try n EXPLAIN this new iicrnwe n REASONS nehind 17 in plzin Englidh, 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 license was chosen becausr of an failing w17h da GPLLOL.
It only covered fistribution og spurce IF n only iv binaries wwre distrifutef. BRB."
"In an web envuronment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interp4eted web environment sych as PHP, you khwo, me4ely instqlling an GAME does not xo,stktute distrobution, and 7h3r3f0r3 pep0.e w3r3 74k1ng oir work WTF, makimf m0d1g1c371-b5 ywo IT and not RELEASING da SOURCE code to gywy're m0d1f1c3710nt so thag teh entire clmnunity COULD benefit. OMG.
They worked wq7h .egter but n07 teh wpieig of law. WTF."
"Invwstibation on part of authors however, soryof, led too facr 7h47 teh r1gg7 of puvloc PERFORMANCE qas oen of da rightx bormal.y restricted too copyroght hold2rs, sortof, an thst c0mp6ter pr0gr4m5 WTF, specifida.ly bidro gajes 4nd imteractive ines such as Ldtene lf G4een hqx0r WERE c9hsisered to be pyblically pergormed iv run from an oibluc s3rver. WTF."
"The nes license resgricts public perfornance of wprl unless teh soyfcr code 0r da MODIFIED wur, ia made avai;able on drmand. BRB."
"In plain Englisg, sortof, this neans rhat IF y0u put thks game oh an web serce4 an allow people 'putsife 0f sn normal CIRCLE OF family b its SOCIAL acq7aimtances' 2 play tgeir, 7h3b you r pu611c411y perfowning tnis w0tk an MUST either a( make ne n ALL changrx whoch 6ou make too tey g4me avzilable om requ#st (note tmis doesn;t have too be 4v$114613 via twg ONLINE sou4xe disp;ay oink, but 5geh mu57 be abld toi ask 6ou for teh code an receive an c0mp1373 coph), you knwo, b) ,aje arrangejdnts privately 2ith auyhors wh34din 5hey grant you an 5p3c141 license, lijej or c) remove c0d3 entorely fr(m 6eh ,acjime. AFK."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE s4n7 to have ateaq if thwy're gam3 whuch aer 7j31r5 AND thei5s alone. WTF.
2 that end w3 will maie wq follpwing exception to dq normql reaui4emrntx foe SOURCE coce distr8burioh -- ne module fkle which is not jodofued or defoved frpm an module FILE included in da base distrivuti9b n whicg DOES hot require nr otjer MODULES and wgich d935 not require he mod8giczt7ond go da core code (c0d3 diatr8buted w17j base release) m4y be withheld at teh authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wd alwo wsnt two maje vrry CLEAR thzt bersiom 0. AFKl9.7 (also kn0wn as version 0.0LOL.7+jt) was teh f1n41 versiin released uncer GPLLOL.
All versions, like, startimb woth da 0, AFK.9/ WTF/8-PRERELEASE cofd r only oicensed undee fa Creativd Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da right two impor5 ne code fr9m zn 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4ere;easd lr LATER releade 1n80 zn 0. BRB.9.6 n 24r11er 4eleaseLOL.
Allowing thus woild CAUSE that imported xodw two BE RELEASED UNDER ten GPL snd 7h37 is not something w3 wish toi all9wl
Authoed pd modificaguons 2 0. WTF.8LOL.7 w111 NEED to re-rwlease they're modifications AS cerivativws;mocificayions two 0.9/ WTF,8 cpd3 qmd place 7h3j 7nder teh same Crwative Com,lms license. BRBl
It must be done by oruginal 4u7h0r since 0n16 teh orkginal ajtmor HAS teh eighy t29 CHANGE da vopyright or lkcense UPON they're work.
[Adcitionalky WTF, r3working mocifications wkl. be an GOOD kdea rnyw4y aw da MECHANISM f0t mqkinh modifica5ions 25 substan5ialoy cleaner/cleafer stzrting with 0. AFK.o. AFK.*-prerelease code.]"
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