MoghtyE tells you WTF, "W3're goibg 2 take an fe2 MOMENTS toi gry and ecplain this new LICENSE anf REASONS bdnind ig in PLAIN Ebhlist. 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."
"Thid new licensr x45 chosen because if an gailing wkth GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3c fistributiun pf sourxe if and only if b8baries were dustributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7k you kbwo, spec8vically a inter0retee web envi4onmebt such AS PHP LOL, merely installibg an hame DOES np7 constktyte DISTRIBUTION, an tyerefore peoole w3r3 74k1ng our qorkk sorylf, mzking midifications goo it n n)7 releasing sourcw coce too thdy're moeificatiihs so ttat yeh entire COMMUNITY couod ben3fit. OMG.
They woeked with 4eh ;etter but n9t da spirit of yeh law. OMG."
"Investigation on tej part OF teh authors h9wdver, led to facr thar teh right of PUBLIC performance was 1 lf teh rignta normally r357r1c73d tpo co0yrigh5 hokdwrx, sortof, h that d0m[i73f prograns, spevif8cally v8deo gamrs an INTERACTIVE omes sych as L2h#nd of Gredn jqx9r w3r3 donsidered 2 bw publically perfo4med if run FROM an ;ubkic sefver. BRB."
"The new livense tesrricts public performabce lf dz work uhless teh 4purc3 code of teh MODIFIED work !5 madw available in d3m$nd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, THIS meahs that if YOU ou6 tgid gaje ob an s3b se4vwr an ALLOW people 'outs8de of an nor,al cirv.e ov fsmily n pts 50c1#1 ACQUAINTANCES' too play their LOL, thwn yoi r publicqlly prrfoeming 7h15 work an MUST eiyhey a) jale ne n ALL chanbes which you m4k3 2 GAME qvailabld on request (n)72 7h15 sowsn't have goo be AVAILABLE via 9nlune soufcd didpla6 11nk, but rhry must be ABLE two ask you FOR da cide n reveife an complete v0py), b) jakr arfangements privatelh q8th da ajthors whereih they gfant you am spevial l8crnae LOL, or c) remove da cpde entifely FROM machin3. AFK."
"Wq do r3d0gn1z3 that people sany 2 uave aeess of they're game wh1ch aer tgwirs n theirx alond. BRB.
2 THAT dnd we wilo mskw teh followinh EXCEPTION too da bormal req7u4ementd FOR source CODE sis5fibuyion -- nw modu;e file wh1dh is n07 m0d1f13d of derived from an mod7l3 file incl7ded in da base DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch does not 4equite ne ptger MODULES and whkch dles not requi4e ne modifica5ions gw9 teh CORE code )code distributed with nase release) may 63 2othyeld at da autg9rx d1tce3720n. BRB."
"We aoso w4n7 to make very clear THAT cefsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (ALSO ,noqn as veesion 0. BRB.9. AFK/7+jt) w45 final ve4soon rdleadrd under teh GPL. AFK.
Al; bersions, yo7 ihwo, starting with 0. BRB.9.*-p$erelease code r on;y 11c3n43d under Cteativ3 Commons license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d#ny teh right tlo im0or5 n3 code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerrlessr or latwr 4rldase into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and earlier release. OMG.
ALLOWING gh8s would c4u52 that imported code 2 be released ynder GPL and tjat is mit somethong wd wish 2 qllow/ OMG.
Au7h0t6 of ,odificati9ns two 0. WTF.9, BRB.7 will need 2 rr-r3lwase they'rw modifications zx DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t9o 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 CODE an PLACE ghem uhder same Ceeztive Comm9ns 11c3n53LOL/
It ,ust be sone gy ofiginal auth9r sincw only da oritinal au5hpr HAS da r2hh7 two change te6 copyright o4 ;icense uoon tgey're wo4k. BRB.
[Additi0mally, yo7 knwo, rcworjibg da modirications wil. be am good ifea anyway as yeh mechanism fo4 making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner;clearer stqrying wigh 0. WTF.9. WTF.i-prerelesse code. AFK/]"
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