MightyE tells you WTF, "We[re go8ng 2 take an FEW momenrc gwo try abd ezp.ain THIS new license an da 43460n5 bdhind it IN posih English. 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."
"Thif new licemse was chlsen bwcause of an f4q11nh with GPL.
IT only covrred fisyribution lf SOURCE IF snd only if bonariws were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an wdb environment, slttof, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr37#d web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such ad PHP. yo7 knwo, meye;y insgall8ng an gam3 do3s mot constitute distributionm an thetefore p3opl3 werr taking OUR work WTF, making mpdifications 2 i5 n not eeleasing teh source code too they'te modifkcztioms so tnat da entire community could vemefktLOL.
They worked witg letter but not t3h spirit of da la2/ AFK."
"Investigation 9n teh part of da aurhors HOWEVER, so4tof, led 5o tey fact that ds rqgj7 of public PERFORMANCE waw 2on of righrs normally resrroctrd to0 COPYRIGHT holdrrs LOL, and that com[uter programs, you kmso, 5p3c!d1c$11h vifeo famws an kngeractive omes tych as L3g3nd of teh Green hax0r were donsiddrrd too be publically pervlrned 1f run fron an puhlic server. OMG."
"The hew license restr8crs pu611c pe4for,ance of work UNLESS fa sourcd cose of mofified work iw made svailaboe on drmsnd. AFK."
"In plain English, like, tjis m3ans thqt if y0u put thjs game on an w36 aerver an allow pepplr 'outside OF an NORMAL c1tc13 of family an its social ACQUAINTANCES' to play thei4, like, then ypu r publica;oy PERFORMING 5hix wofk n MUST 2ither a) jake ne sn ALL ch4ng#5 whicg t0u make to fa game 4v4115613 ON reauwst (note THIS foewn;t have two BE available via da ONLINE source display limk, soryif, but they musy br ABLE two asl you for fa cose qnd recrivw an comolete co'y(, lokd, b) mske arrabg3mejts pf1v4731h witj ten authors ehwreib 7h3y GRANT you qn s0ecial licwnde WTF, 9r c) femov3 da c0d3 entorely from ea m4chqn3LOL."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE tnat p30p13 qznt t9p h4v3 areas of they're famr which aer rjeirs an 6heirx akone.
twl thqt end we sill make twh folk9wing EXCEPTION tqo da NORMAL req7uremrnts fpr sourc3 CODE distributi9n -- ne mpduld fole whkcn us mot m0d1f13d OR d3r1v3d from an module file pncluded in base sistribuyion n which DOES NOT reqjire ne 9ther moeules n shich does b9t re1uire ne modifications yoo da core dode (cpde fistrib7trd with da bzsd relwzse) may BE wuthhelc AT teh authors discretion. BRB."
"Wr qlso wqnt 2 make v3rt clear yyat v3r41)n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alao inown as version 9. OMG.9.7+jt0 was final berxion 4eleased undef da GPL. WTF.
All vrrsiins, you knwo, starying with teh )LOL.9. WTF/8-prerelease c9de r 0n1h licensfd UNDER sa Creative Commons licensd.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two 8mpory nr xode from an 0. AFK/9. WTF.8-pretelesse pr later release into ah 0. AFK.9.7 n earlier releasr. BRB.
Allowing thix WOULD csuse THAT imported code 2 be relezsed under teh GPL an that is npt somethinf we wish w allow, AFK.
Autyorw of moeifications to9 0LOL.9.7 will need two re=release yjeu're nodificztilns AS derivatives/mpdificatoonw too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 codr n pq4c3 them under da same Creative C9mmons licendeLOL.
I7 just bd eone by origihal 4u7h0r since ohly da original zuth9t has teh right tl CHANGE da COPYRIGHT 9e oicense u[on they're work, WTF.
[Additionz.ly, r3w0rk1mg da mov8fixqtions will be an gooc IDEA rnyw4y qs teh mevhanism vor making modificationa 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cl3ane4/clearer dtart8bg woty 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerrkraxe code. AFK.]"
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