MightyE tells YOU, you knw9, "We're gling 2 take an fe2 momrnts tpo try n exp;ain ghis new license an reaxons behond it ij plain Emglish. WTF.
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 nww LICENSE was cyosen gedause of an failkng with da GPL.
It only cpve4ed distrinitiob of source id and 9n;y of biha4ies qere distributed, WTF."
"In an web snbironment, like, specifixally a interpre5ed wen 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, yoj knwo, merely ibstalling sn tamd do3s n07 CONSTITUTE eisteibut8om, AND theregore pwople wefe taking our work, hou knw9m mak7ng modifications ywo oy n NOT RELEASING aourcr CODE too they're m9difications 50 5hay wntire COMMUNITY coukd benefit, OMG/
They workec w17g da letter buy n07 teh spirit of law/ BRB."
"Investigstion in part of aithors HOWEVER WTF, led to teh gact 7h47 tej right 9f publoc pervlrmance was qin od teh RIGHTS nor,ally twstricted fo x0pyr1gy7 h01d3r5, soryod, an that computwr proframs, specificall6 vidro GAMES am 1n73r5c71v3 onea sych 45 Legebd OF Green hax0r were consideerd toi ge publically pdrformed if rin from sn public SERVER. BRB."
"Ths new oicense resrrictd public ;erfotmqnce of geh work unlexs sourxw c0d3 of da modified work 15 m$de avaulzboe on drmand. BRB,"
"In llain Englush WTFm tyis means tnzt if YOU put thiw GAME on qn weg derver n alkow 0eople 'outaide 0f an nofmsl cifcle iv family an ita social acqua8ntabcws' t2o play the8r, then you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING tgis work n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which YOU make 2 gzme available ON rewuest (NOTE this dodsn't have too br AVAILABLE v8a teh pnline soufce display ;ink, luke, but rhdy MUST be able 2 ask ypu for teh code an eeceive an c0mp1373 dopy) LOL, B) make arrangements pr1v4731y with da zuthors wherein they grany yoy qh special license WTF, of c) remove tdg coce entirely feom da maxhinel AFK."
"We do recognize thst pe9ple qaht 2 hafe areax kf they're game wnich r yheirs and theira 410n3.
ti tnat end WE will makd da fillow8ng exception too n0rm41 requkremen5s f9r source dode disteibution -- md moeule file wh1vh iw nlt modigidd OR dwrived fr9m an moculw file inclyded in geh bqse fisgrkbition n WHICH does mot REQUIRE nr OTHER modulea an sykch soes nit r2quire ne modkfixations too da core CODE (vode disrributed wi5h da base rekeqse) may be wiyjheld at da authors discretion."
"We also w4b7 tio male very clear thar cersion 0. AFK.9.8 (also knp2n ss version _/ BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was fobal version released und3r da GPL.
ALL versions. you knw9k starting wkth 9l BRB.9.8-prdrelwase code aer onlu licrnsed inder da Creative Com,ons licevs3. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny da riggt two inport ne coee FROM an 0. OMG,9. AFK.8-pr3r31e453 or later release onto an ).9.7 and earlief release. OMG.
ALLOWING th8s wouod c4753 7n47 imp9rgef CODE 2 be relexsec under GPL n THAT is NOT sometkkng w3 WISH too allow. WTF.
Authprw of mocogicat8ond to 9LOL.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 RE-RELEASE they'r3 mocifixations as derivatuves;mldifications tpp 0.9. WTF.8 code n place them inder es same Creative Commohs licebse.
IT mjst be donr ny original author SINCE only sa orihina; auth9r has r1gh7 to cgange ds copyrkght or license upon they're workLOL.
[Add8tionallym you knwo, rewlrkinf t3h modidicqtiobs wiol br an gioc idea anyway as teh mevhanism gor mqjing modifications is substantially cleande/clearer xtargimg with tey 0. BRB.9.8_0reewlease cpddLOL.]"
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