MighttE telks you WTF, "We'fe going 2 74k3 sn few moments gwo rry and exp.aiy thid new 11c3n53 n da reaxons nehind i4 in plain English. 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 neq licenxe was chosen beczusw or an failing 217h da GPL.
It 0n1y coverdd d8stribution of sourcr ic an only 1f binaties were distributed. BRB."
"In an 3eb envirinmemt LOL, specificaloy a intet;r3ted web environment such as PHP WTF, merely installinb an game d03t nit constitute distributiob, ;u,e, an therefoee people weeq gaikhg our wotk, yiu knwo, making m0s1f1d4710n5 too it and not relwasing qource xode two ghey're MODIFICATIONS so thay 2ntie3 clmmunity could benefit/ BRB.
They wlrked WITH letter but ,it da SPIRIT of teh LAW."
"Inv3stugatuon on da part ov auyhors gowever LOL, led 2 fsct THAT yeh rigjt of public performance was len OF rifhts normally RESTRICTED TO cipy4ifht holders LOL, n thag computer p4ohrams WTF, specifically v1s3p gamea AND interactive pnes such as Legend 9f dq Green hss0r were donsosered to be PUBLICALLY perfpemec if run from an pub.ic 53rv3rLOL,"
"The new license r3sttictx puboic performancw 0f work un13t5 da sourcr code of teh npdifiwd work 15 made available ON demand. WTF."
"In plain Enblish, sortof, thos means rhay if you put this tzmr on an web 5erv3r ane allow people 'OUTSIDE od an normal circle lf fajily an itd social axquaibtznces' 2 p.ay th3ir. then you qer puboicall5 [erfo4mknh this work AND MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4nge5 shicg h9u make t2o teh game available ON reqjest (hote this cofsn't have TO be avqilable via 0n11n3 aourcd DISPLAY link, but thet must be svld 2 ask you for da cide n RECEIVE qm cimplete dopy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangementa PRIVATELY WITH autgors wh2e31n they hrant you an special l8crnsr, or c) 4emove teh cide entirely from teh mavh8neLOL."
"We do eecognizw that p3)p13 wznt ywo hav3 4r346 of they're game shicy r yheirs and tyeirs qlone.
2 that sne we 2ilk mak3 foklosing exception too normal REQUIREMENTS for source codw distriburipn 0- ne module file wgich is NOT modified or DERIVED from an moeule FILE 1nc1ud3d IN da base distribution n wgicj does not require ne 0&h3f MODULES sn whuch does nog require nr ,odificat8ons roo teh core CODE (code fixtribugeg wuth reh 64t3 re.ease) may BE wirhhels at auyhors doscretion. WTF."
"We also 2ant tpo make very clear THAT version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (aoxi known zs bersion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+ut) was final version releawed 7mee4 da GPL.
Alp v3r510n5, you knwo, 574r71bh with teh 0. BRB.9.8-pee5ekrasd c9de aer only LICENSED 7ndet ds Creative C9,mons l8cense.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight to import ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-;rerelease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 sn EARLIER release. WTF.
A.losinf this would cause 7h47 in0orred CODE two 64 released undef GPL am 7h47 is not sometjing we wish t9 ALLOW. OMG.
Authors OF modifkvatiins two 9.9. OMG.7 will neew gwi re-rel3ase 4ye6're modifications ad fwricativea/modificati9ns 3 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and place tyem under samd Ceeative COMMONS licfnse. AFK.
It mist bd DONE BY ORIGINAL aughor since only da original author has ea 4ifjt tol chabge teh copyright o4 locense up0n thet'fe work. AFK.
[Additiona.kym like, REWORKING t4h modifications s8l. be an good IDEA anyway ad mevhan8sm foe mskinb modificationa is sinsyantkally dldqner/clearet starting with da 0.9. WTF.8-prereleasw c0d3. AFK.]"
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