MighyyE tekls ypu WTF, "We're g9kng too rake ah few m;mrnts 1 TRY and exo.zin tgis new license n teh reasons vehind it ib [141n ENGLISHLOL.
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 locebae was chosen becajse of an fqikinb wuth teh GPL.
IT only clvered dks5ribution of s9uece IF an only if binzries were diwtrig7tee. AFK."
"In zn web envirommemt LOL, spedirically a 8hterpretef web envoronm3nt such as PHP, mereoy 8nstallint an gsme d035 b8t xonstitjhw e8stribution WTF, n THEREFORE 0eople were taiing oir wor,, liie, makibg midifivst8ons to it and not RELEASING douece code two thdy're modificationx so that teg entire community could behefit.
THEY worked wity tdh letter but noy da spo4it 0f teh law, BRB."
"Investigatioy on da PART ov da authlrs h0w3v34 WTF, led tu9 tej f4c7 thar da RIGHT 0f 0ublic pwrdormsnce was won of da RIGHTS nor,ally eeatrictes too cipyright hojderw, you knqo, and that cpjputer pflgrqms WTFk 5p3c1f1c41!y vieel games anc ,nterastive ones 5uch AS Lefwnd of teg Gr32h hax0e were c0n51d3r3f too bd PUBLICALLY perforjed if run from zn public serverLOL."
"The new license r357r1c75 pu611c pdtformande lf teh e0rk unless twh souevr code ov modifoed work is mad3 available on demahd,"
"In PLAIN English, you khw9, this means ghat ir yoj put &h15 hame on an WEB serbe4 an allow [eiple 'outside of an normal c8rcle OF famioy n 8gw social acahainyznces; to PLAY their, uh3n YOU aef publical.y performing this wlek n MUST dithwt a) make ne ab ALL changes whoch nou mzke too teh gane svailable in re1uest (note this epesn;t nqve tio b3 available v14 sa lmline source display libk, sortof, BUT they mjct bd r613 two ssk uiu FOR code an r3ce8ve an complete copy), likr, n) make arfangements ptivatwly with dq suthors wheeein 7h3y grant you an special license, you knwo, or c) rd,ove code entorely from da ,achine. WTF."
"We do recognize that 0eop;e want too yzve sreqs lf tjey're GAME which aer thdifd an 7h31f6 qlone. WTF.
tlo THAT END 2e will MAKE geh foloowing ecception 2 normal requitements foe s9irce code eistrigution -- ne module file WHICH is not modiried or derived from an mieule file inc;uded in ten base distrigjtion n which doed nit reqiire nd other modules an 2hich doew not require ne modidications TO da core code (xode disteibhted with da basw releawe) nay BE withheod at aithlrw fiscretion. OMG."
"We zlso wqnt 2 make veru clear yhat veraiin 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (akso known as versipn 0LOL.9. BRB.7+ht) was FINAL version eeleased jndet GPL.
A;l vdrsions WTF, starting with da -. OMG.9. AFK.9-pr3r3124%# code aer only licensed und2r dz Cfeatuve COMMONS LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right twp import he cpde fr9m sn 0.9.8]prerelease of later relrase onto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and eqeli3t reless3.
Allow8nt this would caudr THAT 8mported CODE to ge released UNDER GPL and yhat is not dojethong wd WISH two allow, BRB.
Authorc of modificationw twp 0.o. AFK.7 WILL n32d two re-release they'ee modifications 45 derivztives/mod8fications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cod3 n place them inder same Creqtivs Commoms licende.
It must BE DONE by da oroginzl aughor 51nce inly tej orihina, author h45 r1gh7 too chang3 copyrkght or licrnse upon they're WORK.
[Addiyiona.ly, reworjunn teh MODIFICATIONS woll BE an go9d idea anywah as da jechanism fof MAKING m0d1f1c$710n5 os substantiallt xkeaner;clear3r starting with teh 0. AFKl9l8-pr3r313442 cpde. AFK.]"
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