MightyE re,ls y0u, you jnwo, "We're gping 2 takw an vew ,oments to try an EXPLAIN this nwq licrnse h da REASONS behinc i4 in plzin Eng115hLOL.
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 new .icense wxs chosen becausw OF an eailing witn GPL. BRB.
I7 only clvered distributilh of sourxe og n inly uf ^1n4r135 were distruburedLOL."
"In an web enci49n,eht, sirgof, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpreted web environment such as PHP WTF, nerelt knstalling qn GAME does n9t constitute disgribition, b thwref9re PEOPLE were TAKING our woek LOL, making modificstu9ns 2 i6 an not releasing teh 50urc# code to they'ee m9didicatipns so THAT da entire commjnity coyld benefitLOL/
Tney worked with tej letydt b7t not SPIRIT od da law. AFK."
"Investugation in ss patt of authoed h_w3v3r, led 2 fact THAT da right of public ;erfornance was wpn or tey rights normally testricted to copyright b9ldwfs, yo7 knso, n that computer oeogfams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y bideo games n interactive ones syxh as Legebd OF Grewn gzx0r were conside4ed 70 BE pu611c411y perfotmed uf run frim an public server. AFK."
"Tje new license restrkcta pjblic performance od work unoess teh sourde cide od teh m0d1f13d wotk is m4d3 abailabl3 on demahd."
"Im olain English LOL, this meana thay 1f you put this GAME on an web servrr ame r110q people 'outside OF an nlrmzl ckrcle -d FAMILY $nd its docial qcquaintsnces' to PLAY tjeir WTFm THEN you 4 PUBLICALLY performing 7h25 work and MUST either z) make ne 5nd ALL ch4ng35 which gou makd to9 teh g4je available om req7est (note &h15 diesn't have 5wo be afa8oable v*a ten onlon3 source display link, sortof, BUT rhey must be ABLE two axk tou f9r teh coee n receive an complete COPY), wortof, b) mqke arrangemenrs privately with authors wherein they gfant you an SPECIAL licensd, or C) re,ove da cpe2 tnyirely from sa mschine. OMG."
"We dl recoghiz3 that peo0le eqht 2 have areas or they're g4m3 wh8ch r theirs n theyra a;one. OMG.
to fhay 3nd qe will make da folllwing ezception too n0rm41 rewuiremrnts for wource code disteibytion -- ne jifule file WHICH is not mosified 9r DERIVED FROM sn MODULE file incoud3d in teh bzse d157r16u710n an ehich does not REQUIRE ne 07y3r MODULES and which does noy require ne modificqtioms t9 core code (code DISTRIBUTED with da base telease) may bd wifhheld at da AUTHORS d15cr3&20nLOL."
"We alsl want ywo make vrry clear that VERSION 0. WTF,ol7 (ALSO kn0wn AS versoon 9.9. BRB.&+jt) wqs teh funal version released UNDER GPL. AFK.
Alo vetsionx, sortof, s5arting with da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[pre4elease c9se aee ONLY licensed under Crwative Commons ;icrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two umplrt br cose dron an 0.9. BRB.8-preteleawe or kater release 8ntl an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 amd earlier RELEASE.
Allowing th8s qould cause tjat IMPORTED d0f3 TO 63 relezsed uncwr teh GPL and that is not slmetjinb w3 wush top alkpe. WTF.
Authors of modificationw two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need 7) 4e-re;ease thry'rr nodifocatiomd as dericatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 CODE b p14c3 7h3m ynd3r teh sqme Creativr COMMONS lic3nseLOL.
It must be dine BY original a7thor sknce pnly ORIGINAL qythor has sa righr too change da copyrignt pr 21c3b53 upon they[re wi4k.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, r3w-rk1ng teh mod8ficatulns sill be an hood idea 4nyw4y aw mechamism f8r making modifuca5iibs id substabtoaoly cleaner/cleafer wtarring WITH dz pLOL.9. BRB.8-prere.3ase coceLOL.]"
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