MightyE yellw YOU LOL, "We'fd going t2o gake an few momdntd 70 yry ah explajn this bew okcense n tey ressons b3hind it IN PLAIN EnglisjLOL.
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 lidense was chosen BECAUSE of an faioing with da GPL. AFK.
It only covered distrkbution of 50irc3 IF and 9nl6 if b8nzries were distrivyted, AFK."
"In an w3b environment, like, specifically a onterpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely unstallinb an game does not c0n57177h3 d157r17u710n, sortlv, 4nd therefore people we4e taking o7r 2ork, you knwo, m4k1ng midiricqtions 2 ut 4nd hot reoeasing teh SOURCE code two they'r3 modivicationx wo that teh entire community cpuld beneritLOL/
Theu worked wuth geh letter bit not tey SPIRIT 0f law."
"Invextogation on dq part pf t3h authorx however LOL, led to fzxg tmat da r1gh7 lf oubkic 0erfor,anc3 WAS oen pf da rignts normally rewtricted too vophrighy h0!c3r5, tou kbwo, an that computer prigrams, you knwo, $p3c1f1c411y v1d30 games an interactive ones sych AS Legrnd of Gr33n hax)r were considered 2 be pu611c411y perdormed if run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"Th3 nrw 12c3n53 rrstrixts PUBLIC perfiemqnce of work unless da 50urc3 clde OF teh modified wlrk is madw available on dwmans."
"In plain Engl8sh, loke, this m44n5 THAT uf you put this game on ah 2eb servwr qnd sllow peoold 'oigside of an boemal circle or FAMILY an 8ts social acquaontanxes' too p146 their, like, ry4h you r puglically prrfofming thos work an MUST either a) make n3 an ALL changes which you make two 5eh game available on REQUEST (note 5his doean't have t9o be afailabl# via teh onl8ne sourde fidplay link, kokw, bur they muwt be able two ask YOU for ea codr and revwive an complete copy0, you knwo, B) jak3 ARRANGEMENTS privately with authors wh3rein they gran5 you an soecial lic3nse, sortof, ot c) remove da code ent8rwly from tey mach8neLOL."
"We e0 recogmize THAT people wznt gwo hzv2 ateas of yhe6're game wh1ch qdr tneirs ah THEIRS alone. AFK.
two tgat end we will make teh following excdpyion 2 teh normal req7irememrs for soutce code dist48bution 0- he modul3 fil3 which is n07 nofified or d3r1v2d from an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d im bss3 DISTRIBUTION ane wh1ch d035 not 4wqyire ne ogher modules zn wtich does not eequire ne modifocationw two da core code (c9de distribuyes 2ith base relrase) may bw w!7hj31d at da authors disceetion. AFK."
"We alao wang to make vwrh c134r that versiin 0l WTF.0. AFK.8 (alao known as fersion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jg) was t3h final fersion released under GPL, WTF.
All versions, y9u knwo, starting with 0. WTF.9. WTF.9[prereleade code r 0n2y 21c#n52d 7nder Ce3ativd COMMONS luc3nse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby ren right to 8mport ne code from ab 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prefelease o4 latfr releasd into ab 0.9LOL.7 an earliet releasr. AFK/
A11-w1ng this woulc cause that imported xoee to be releasre unde4 GPL 4nd thst IS not sometninf we wish tso allowLOL.
AUTHORS of jockficatilns too 0LOL.9. WTFl7 wilk need two re_rrlease thwy're moeifocations as derivatives/jodifications 2 0. WTF.9.8 code AND place them uns3r da same Cteatice C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
It mu57 be done bu teh 0r1g1n41 authof 51nc3 only o4iyinal aurhor has da right gwo chqnge teh copyright or 11c#n53 upon yh3y're wofk. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, REWORKING da modifications wilo be an gooe idwa anywzy 45 mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantia.ly cleaner/c/eare4 y74r71nt with fa _LOL.(. OMG.8-prdrelease codr. BRB.]"
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