MighgyE tells you, sortor, "We're going 2 rake an FEW moments 2 try an es0laom tnis new licens# an da 4easons behind IT on [lain Engl8sh.
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 livense wzs chisen becsuse od an failung WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It onoy xoverde distrib7rion OF source kf n onlu if 61n3r135 we4e DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB environnent, yo7 knwo, specifical;y a inferpre5ed web envjronm3nt wuch as PHP LOL, mer3ly ihs5aloing an game does nor comstitute DISTRIBUTION, softofk an tyerefoee p30p13 wfre TAKING ljr 2lek LOL, ,4k1ng modigications two kt an not relwasing da slurc3 code 2 they're modlficatiohs so THAT da entire COMMUNITY COULD benefit. OMG.
Thet w0fk4d with letter but NOT da spirit OF law. BRB."
"Investogation on oart of teh authors howev3r WTF, led 2 teh fact that tey right 0f [jblkv perfoemahce was won of tdh rights notmally restficted two COPYRIGHT holders LOL, an that c9mpiter programs, you kmwp. speckfically video games AND interac5ide 9nex such AS Legemd ob Gteen hax0r were cogsu3ered tso be p7blicalky perfogmec if run f4om an [ublic server. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restticts 9ublid performsnce of w0rk ubless teh source code of da modibief work 14 made 5v4114623 on de,and. BRB."
"In PLAIN Evglksh, like, uj15 means 7h$7 if YOU put thia famr ON an wfb xervef and allow peiple 'outskfe OF am norma. circle of faji;y and its socual ac1uaintancex' two plau theirm you knwo, then yoi aer puy11c4!1y p3rfprmqng th8x work and MUST eithet a) MAKE ne an ALL changes WHICH y9u make gwo teh game available ON 4eqyrst (note THIS dlesn't jave too be abailable via yeh ohline sourxe display link, sirtof, but they juwt b3 able tw9 as, uou for c0d3 am receive an compl3te copy) LOL, b0 n4,2 arrabfementx pribageky with teh authors wherrin they gr4n7 YOU ah SPECIAL licensd, or c( remobe da code entir3ly drom ca machine. OMG."
"We di recofnize that peopoe WANT tl havr areas or they'rs GAME which adr THEIRS an theirs alone. AFK.
tio that qnd we will make FOLLOWING exceprion two normal requirenents f0r source code distribution -_ ne jodul3 file whixh is not ,0f1f13e OR derivec f4om sn moduke fike onc;uded in da BASE distribut8on and qhich doex NOT REQUIRE ne other modules an wh1ch doea nor rewuire nr MODIFICATIONS ro teh cote code (dode distribjted sitj teh BASE re.eas3) may ne wkthheld q5 ajthors dixcre5kon. WTF."
"We also want TO make very vlear that version 0.oLOL.& )also known as version 0. WTF.9. OMGl7+jy) was sa final versiln r313464e under GPLLOL,
Al; vwrsi9ns, stzrying with yej -. AFK.8. AFK.8=predelease code r only LICENSED under da CREATIVE Commins licebdd.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh roghg 2 IMPORT ne c9dr drim ah 0.9. AFK.7-prerelease 9r later eelrase into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 qn earlidr releaseLOL.
Allowing this wou;d caude that imp9rted CODE too be r312443d unf3r teh GPL and that 15 not 50m47j1nt w3 sish 2 ALLOWLOL.
Authors lg modofications two 0. WTF.9.u wikl n33d two re-release theu're modificstions as derivatovex/modirucztiins two 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an place thrm undef da SAME Crer7wc3 Commpns licemse. OMG.
It muat be done by da o4igibal author sinve only teh original au5h9t has da 4igjt twi cj4ng3 COPYRIGHT or license u[ob they'ye work.
[Additionqllh, 4e3orking modificagions wiol be an good idda anyway as da mechanosj for mqking MODIFICATIONS iw subwtantiql.y co3anrr/vlearer 57rt71ng wi5h 9, OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelead3 code. OMG.]"
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