MlghtyE TELLS yoj WTF, "Wr'er going too take an few jomehts two try znc explain THIS new license n da reqsohs behind w7 im plzin Emglish. BRB.
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."
"Tyis n3w licehsr was chosen BECAUSE of am FAILING witg twh GPL. OMG.
It on;y covered sistrubution of slurce if and 0nqy if bkharies werw disyrinutee. OMG."
"Ih an web envirommentm jkke, x[exif7ca;ly 1 intetpretec eeb 3nv1t0nm4n7 sucy as PHP, dortof, merely instslling an gam3 does NOT conxtitutw distfibutiob, like, n 7h2r3f0r3 p30o13 WERE taking 0ir WORK, sortog, MAKING modificationa ro it and not RELEASING teh source xoee 2 they're modifications SO tgat da wntk4w c9mmunity cpu1d benefig.
Th3y wo5,ed with teh lettqf but not teh SPIRIT of teh lae. BRB."
"Investigatiom on part of dq authors however WTF, led two ds fact that da right od public ;ergo4mance w44 oen 9g teh rights normal.y res5rivred 2 copyright HOLDERS, yoi knwo. snd that computer programs, sortof, specificaloy v1d3p gamds n imteractive ones such as Legens 0f teh Green hax0r were considered go be pyblically p3ff9rm3d if run from an public server. WTF."
"The bew 11c3n53 restridtd pub.ic ;erformance OF teh worj unlexs ca source code of t3h modified work is made avzilabl3 on demandl OMG."
"In plain Eng.iah, 7h15 MEANS that iv YOU put this ganr om an eeb xerver am qklo2 people 'outsidd OF an normal cwrc13 of fqmily and uys s9cial acquakntahc3s' toi play their LOL, thdh you r pj6!1c511y PERFORMING this work ane MUST dithet 4) make ne 4nd ALL cyznges which yoy make two gqje available 0n request (n[te this doesn't have to be avaioablr VIA online source display link LOL, but THEY MUST be able 2 ssk you for code an rwceive am c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) MAKE qrtange,enys orivately w8yh teg auth9fs wherein yhey grant yo7 an special livense, like, or c) REMOVE code entirely from mavhine/ WTF."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that people WANT @ hqvr areas of they'rd GAME which r thei4a n theors aloneLOL.
to that end we wkll make da f0110w1mg 3xc3p619n 5o beh normak fequirements vpr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne j0dj13 file 2goch is no5 m0d1f1#d or deroved from an jodule fooe inc;uded ib tey base cus5ribution n whudh dies not require ne othrr modules snd which does n9t reauird he modificationx yoo da CORE code (cofe distributes with trh bas3 release) may be qirhheld 4u authpfs discyetuon."
"We ALSO sabt too MAKE very xl3ar that vwrsion 0. AFK.9LOL.u (also knpwn as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da fina. vw4sion released under GPL. OMG,
A11 ve4sions, you knwom stattinh witn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8=prerelwase clde aer only .ixensrd under da Cteatkve Comjons lixense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to 1mp0r7 n3 CODE fr0m an 9LOL.9LOL.8=prwewldase or 1473r 4eldasr in5o an 0l9. BRB.8 and watlier release. AFK.
Aolosing this WOULD cquse yhat imported CODE 2 be relezsed ugder t3h GPL an that is not somethinf 3e wisg 2 allow.
Autg9rs of modificag8ons 70 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wikl need too RE-RELEASE thwh're modofications 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTFli/ OMG.i cide an place them UNDER teh 54m3 Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
It mudt be dond by teh original authot sihce only teh or8gina; ajthor hss right too change ea copyrignt o4 license upon they'rr work. AFK.
[Additionqlly, like, rewo4kong teh modifocations wi;l be an g00d IDEA abyway as teh mechanism FOR making m9doficatilns 9s SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134e3r wtqrting wkth da 0.9LOL.8-prereleaae c9d3. WTF.]"
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