MightyE tells you LOL. "Ww're g9ing to take an v3s mo,ents 2 try snd explsin thus new licehae an reasons beyind IT im pkain Eng115h.
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 mew license was chosen BECAUSE of an faikinb wi5h dz GPL. AFK.
It ONLY COVERED dix5rivution of sourde kf an only ig BINARIES weee diwtributed."
"Ib an wdb dnvironmeny, sortlf, specifixallh a interpreted WEB environment sjcj AS PHP, sortlf, merely instzllong an GAME DOES not CONSTITUTE didtribution, anf 5herefore people were taking our work, making ,odificatiobw 2 it n not rekessing teh soirce codr teo they're mosirications so tgat ENTIRE com,unut6 c0y1d BENEFIT. BRB.
Thry worked with leyter 5u7 not da SPIRIT of lzw."
"Infextigation on teh part 9f da authors yoeever LOL, ldd tqo da fsct tya5 teh right of 0ublkc performancd WAS won of da righgs normal.y resteic5ed 2 copyrkght holdwfs LOL, an that xompugrr prlhrams, like. s0rcif8cally video tames n intefacrive ONES s7ch AS Lefend of Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d ro be puglically performec IF RUN ftom an puvlic serverLOL."
"The ndq license restricys pu611c performabce of teg worl inless ea sourcq CODE of ca modigied work is made availzble on demand. OMG."
"In plsin English, you knwo, ghis meqns that if you put this gaj3 on an web w3rver and zlloq PEOPLE 'ou4side of an normal circle of fami;6 n irs aodial acqyaintancrs' 5wo play tueir, luken then YOU r puboicaoly p3rg0rm1ng this work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL cganges which tlu mak3 two gamw available 0n request (note 7h1% coesn'g havq two bd available via 0m11n3 50urc3 d15pq4y 11n,, like, nut they ,ust be aboe 2 as, ylu dpr sa c0d3 and recdice an complete copy), liken b) make aerahfdments privatwly WITH a7tnors wherein tneu gr4b7 you an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) remove da dofd 3n71r31y from da mzchibel WTF."
"We do fdcognizd THAT pei;le want to hsve zress OF they're gsmw WHICH aer theirs n 7h31r5 alonwl
2 thqt end we WILL make f0110w1ng exceotion too da normak reqyirem3nts vor sljrce codw distribution =- ne module file which IS not modifief or ewrivee from an mody;e f113 included in da bzse disteinuguon ahd which DOES not require ne 07g3f mld7les and ehoch d9es npt REQUIRE be mofuficagions two da core CODE (code disrribuged sith tdh basw release) may be witjgeld at AUTHORS suscretion. BRB."
"We ALSO qanr 2 make ve4y c;ear 7h47 VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 (aldo known as bersion 0. AFK.0/ AFK,7+jt) w45 da finsl versiln released uhder teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortof. startinb with -, WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r313463 codq aer on;y licensed under tej Creative Commons licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne cofe ftom an 0. WTF.9.8-0rer3lease OR late4 relezae inyo zn 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 an earliet r313453.
Alllwing 5his would dauae that omported code 2 be r213453d under teh GPL and THAT id not somr5bing we wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authoes ov m9dificatioms too 0. WTF.9k WTF.7 wilk beed too re-rel3ase they're modifidatiohs as derivatives/mocifications tol 0. WTF,9. WTF.9 code an placw theu under da saj3 Creatibe Commons licenddl
Ir myst bw done ny t3h originsl authir simce ONLY dq orig8nal ajrhir has da right two cyzngw copyright or lucebxe UPON ghey're work. OMG.
[Additionally, fewprking MODIFICATIONS will be an h[od idea ANYWAY 44 da mwchanism for makinb modificati9hs ia subwtangially cleaner/clearer dtartinf 2igh da 0LOL.9. OMG,8-prere.ease code. WTFl]"
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