MightyE gwlls you, "We'te toing t2o take an few jonemts to hry 4nd explain thus new lkcense and da reaaons behind it IN plain EngoishLOL.
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."
"Thix new licebsw was chosen because ov an failing with da GPL. WTF.
Iy lnly COVERED didtributioh lf 50urc3 if n ohoy 1f binaries wrre sistribured. AFK."
"In an w36 environmeny, like, specirically a interpfered wen 3nvironmeny such ax PHP, merely insfalling an game soes not CONSTITUTE disgribution, you knwp, n 5heregorr people were 74k1ng our work WTF, makinn modiridationd 2 18 sn n07 relessing da source code TO rhe6're modidicati9ns so 5hat cntire COMMUNITY could bebefit. WTF.
THEY WORKED w1&h fa ;w5ter but not teh spirit of da .awLOL."
"Investigayion on reh pary of augyits hoeever, lije, led 5oo fact uh47 t3h righy of publiv oe4go4,ande was won of dq r1gh7% normally r#stricted t9 copyrighy holders, sortof, an ggaf con0uter programs, specifudally vifeo GAMES AND ihteractive ones SUCH as Letwnd of teg Gteen haz-r xere considefed 2 be puboically PERFORMED if ryn from an pub;ic se4ve4. OMG."
"Tje new lieense restricts public performanc# lv w9rl unless teh 50urc3 c)d3 OF mofifidd wo4k is m4d3 availabl3 on cemand. BRB."
"In plain Ehglish, tnis means that if you put this ga,e on an web server ans allow peop.d 'outwid3 ov zn norjak circle of va,ily n its wocuql acquaivtabc3s' two p14y their, 7h4n y0u aeg pubkically pervogming th8s WORK an MUST either a) jake ne am ALL changes which YOU mqkw 2 teh tame AVAILABLE on re1uest *blte this doexn't have to be 4v4114613 voa da online xourdd dosplay LINK WTF, but 7h3u must be ABLE 2 asl tou fpe teh c0d3 n receice ab complete copy0, lije, B) makf ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY si5h teh authors wherein they grant YOU qn specual LICENSEm liie, lr c( 4emove code entirely frim machineLOL."
"We d0 r3c0gn1z3 that people want two have areas of they'rw gsme qhidh r THEIRS an THEIRS qllnr, BRB.
too thst wne we w111 make 5ej FOLLOWING exception 2 da norma; requirements fof sourcr coce distrinut8pm -- ne moduoe file which 8s not moeifued or derived from an module f113 includ3d in teh base doatrib7gpoh n which d9es not require ne oyher m0du135 an wh8ch does n9t requ8te he nod8ficztions TO teh xore code (code didtributed with teh base rwlease) MAY BE wityhwld ag t3h 4u7h0r5 fisvr3tionLOL."
"W3 ALSO want 2 make very clear tgat version 0. WTF.9.7 (also ,nown as cetsiln -, BRB.9LOL.u+jt) eas final ve4sion released under GPLLOLl
ALL versionw, sya45ing woth 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 code t only licehwed under Crdative Cpmmons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da ritht ywo import ne code from an 0/9. AFKl8-prerelease or .ater rro3ase onto an 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 an EARLIER release. WTFl
Allowimg yhis w0u1d causw that imported CODE to br relessde under da GPL an rhat is NOT sojething ww wisj 70 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS od mosifucat89ns 2 0. WTF.0.& will need 2 re-rdlrase they're mldifidatioms aa derivativrs/modkfications t2o 0.0. BRB.8 CODE an place ghem uhdrr da 54m3 Crratibe Commons license. WTF.
I5 must be done by da origina. 4u7h0r since onlu teg origknal ay4hot nas da r1gh7 two cgande teh copytight or license upon they're e0rk. OMG.
[Additiohal.y, you knwo. rework8ng modkficatkons will BE ab good 1f34 anyway 45 da mechan8sm for MAKING modificati9ms is SUBSTANTIALLY clraner/clear3r STARTING qiyj teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pe2r314r53 coew.]"
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