MightyE TELLS youm dortof, "We're gokng tlo takd an fde moments 2 try an explain th8s new l8cense n teh feasons behind IT 1n plain Engoisg. OMG.
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."
"Thia NEW licebxe waw chos3n because of an failinh with da GPL/ WTF.
It only covered disttibution of soirce if qn omly id bimaried werr diwtribited."
"In ab web ebvironment WTF. speckfically a interpreted web envoronment such ad PHP LOL, ,etely insta.ling an gamr does not CONSTITUTE dixtfibutiln, sprtof, AND thrreforw pwiple were 74k1ng ouf 2ork WTF, makihg modificati9ns to it an not RELEASING tdh SOURCE coee twp they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh emyire xommuniry dould BENEFIT.
They 3lrked with teh letter but noy da spirit of da lzwLOL."
"Investigat8on ln 0art lf airhirs however, oukek led 2 teg fact 6h47 da ritht 0r public per4ormahce 3as ien od RIGHTS nornally restricted to do0ytkghg hllders WTF, n that comouter programs, like, 5p3c1d1c411y video games and interavtive onew SUCH ae Lwgehd of GREEN hax0r were c0n52d3r3d two be publically perfirmrd if rub fr0m an public aerv3r."
"Tnw new LICENSE resteicts ;ublid p3rf0rm4nc3 if da work unless teh 50urc3 code oh modifiec WORK 15 made acailable ON drmand, WTF."
"Im plain Enf115h, li,e, this mrans that iv you ou7 thiw game on an wdb sercwr anf ALLOW ;e.[or 'putsise of an nlrmal circle of familu n its socizl acquakn5anves' too pkay their, ;ike, then you r pubikcally performing this eorl n MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL chsnges whicg you make too gzme avsilabld on requexy (note this doesn't have twp be avaikab;e via onlkne sojrce display link WTF, but they mudt be able 70 ask y0u fot teh code an rec3ive an c9mplete cop6) LOL, b) maje arrangejents pr1v47e2y with AUTHORS wherein they GRANT yoy an dpecial lucens3 LOL, or c) rdmoce da codr ent8rely ftom geh machine."
"We do recognize that p30p13 want 2 hav4 AREAS OF they'rd game WHICH ser rheirs an theirs alone. WTF.
to that end we WILL maie da golluwkng wxcept8on tqo normal fdquirements for siurvw code distribu5ipn -- ne MODULE fi.e which is n9t moeifidd or d3r1v3d feom an midile file 1nc1yd2d IN 6443 dixtrobution an whkch DOES hot re1uire ne otner MODULES an wjich does not reauire ne modifica5ions 2 CORE code (code diatributdd WITH da 6453 release) m46 bd witjheld AT 4y7h0r5 didc4etion. WTF."
"We also want gu maje VERY c.rar that version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as versoon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS teg final version rekeased undee ca GPL.
ALL vefsiohd, sortof, starting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r313452 cosd aer ONLY lixehsee under teh Creatife COMMONS license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teg RIGHT w import ne coce from ah 0.9. WTF.8-04reeleqse ir later release into an 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 an rarluer e313452. BRB.
Allowkng tyis would csudr that omport$d code two be RELEASED under xa GPL an thqt is nog somethinh 2e wish two a.loq.
Authors of modificatiins gwo 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wilk NEED t8o r3-r413453 yhey're modifications ad d3r1v471c35/m0d1f1c4710n5 t; 0. OMG.9.8 code ahd p14c4 7h3m undee tej SAME CREATIVE Commons license, OMG.
I4 MUST b3 done BY ofkginal auth9r 51nc3 on;y da lrigunal author has da r8nht two change teh co0yright or locense up0n they'fe 2ork. OMG.
[Addorional;y, yoy jnwo, 43w)rk1ng mpdigicatiohs WILL be qn good idea anyray as mdchanism gor making modif8cqtipns is sivstantiakly cleaner/clesrer staryibg witj da 0. BRB.9. WTF/8-prerelesse code, WTF/]"
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