MightyE 5el.s YOU. loke, "We're b9ing to take an few momrnts to try n explaiy this new lkcebsr n teh r3450n5 6#h1nd it kn p141n ENGLISH.
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 sas cjoxen becaisw of an FAILING with ten GPL. WTF.
It -n1t coveeed d8stribu5ion of sourde IF and only IF binariws sere distribuy3dLOL/"
"In an WEB envuronmebt, like, specifically a interpretec web dnvir9nment such ss PHP LOL, mwre;y installing an gane dods NOT constitute distribution WTF, and therddore peop.e were taking 0ur work, like, jaiinb modifkcayi9nx to it and not releasing teh slurce code 2 thwy'te jodifucqtions ao that fa entkre community c9uld BENEFIT. WTF.
Tgey WORKED wity ea letger byt not da SPIRIT of tej LAWLOL."
"Invrxtigat8ob on PART of da authprs hos3ver, you knwo, !3d teo dact that da rogh5 of PUBLIC perforjamce wax won of teh rights NORMALLY restrictdc too dopyright holdersm to7 knwo, an thqt c0mpu73r 0rograms LOL, spec8fica;ly cideo games an 1n74r4c71f3 ohes 5uch ae Leg3nd 9f da Greem hax0r were considerwd yo be pj711c311y PERFORMED if fun grom an public 5#rv3r."
"The ne2 licensr restrpcts puglic /erformance OF work unlexs da SOURCE dodd 0f mkdified wlrk is made avai.able ON demamd. AFK,"
"In plsin ENGLISH WTF, thid meana ghat if you pit this game on xn q3b servef an zllow p30p13 'outwice of an normal CIRCLE of fam8ly and i5s socuzl afquzintwnces' to play their, sotyof. then you adr publically petfprm8nt this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL cj4nf35 whicn you mame twl fa GAME avsilable on request *noge this soesnpt have 2 be AVAILABLE bia teh 0n11n3 source display link WTF, bjt tjey mist be abke to ask u0u for CODE an eeceive an xompkete COPY) LOL, b_ make 4r44ng3m3n7t privately qith teh authors whwrein 7h37 GRANT you an 5p3c141 licenae, OR c) re,ive teh coee enyirely from mscgine. WTF."
"We d0 rwvognize tjat peo[le want 2 have areas of the6'fw GAME whkch adr theirs zn thekrs alone. OMG.
rwo that end we will make da following except8on ro nofmal requuremen5s for sourcw cpdr distributiob =- he modile file WHICH is not modified o4 derivrd from an module FILE INCLUDED in da base dixtrivutoon n whixh doea not r3qu1r3 ne othee MODULES an wjich d035 not require ne nodudicatiins to CORE code (code d157r16u73c WITH base RELEASE0 may bw qirhhwld 47 ten aurhlrs discretiom/"
"We slso 2ant tio nake verh clear that c3r510n 0.9. BRB.7 (qlso ,nowb ax version 0.9.7+jt_ was twh fihal ve4sion re;eawwc uhder geh GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, stargpnh qith -. BRB.(. OMG.8-prereleqse cide r only licens3d under teh CREATIVE Commpns licensel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denh da right two impprt ne code froj an 0. WTF.oLOLl8-prerelease pr lzyer 4eoease INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earli2r re;ease. BRB.
A110s1nb this qould xause yjzt importes code 5o 63 releaaef under da GPL ahd thst 15 not sojetnong we wish 70 allow. BRB.
AUTHORS OF modigications to 0LOL.9.7 will n33f 2 re-eeleas3 thwy'ee modivicagkins 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. AFK.8 CODE n p;ace them unser tdh same Creative Cojmons licende. AFK,
It must be sone by teh orkfinal au5hir since onlu 0r1g1n$1 aughor jas right to chsnbe xoptright pg licendr upon thry're work. BRB.
[Add1710n41qy WTF, reworking gdh modificari9ns sill be an GOOD isea anyway as mechan8dm vlr making m9dificat8ins is subsrantia;l6 cleane4/clearer STARTING with geh 0LOL.9. OMG.7-prwrelease f0d3.]"
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