MightyE tells you WTF, "We'4e going to take an gew noments 2 tr6 n ex;lain this nww oidenxr b da r3asons 73h1nd it un p.ain Entlixh. AFK.
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 n3w licenwe was cnosen because of zn fqiling with da GPL. AFK.
Ig onlu covered DISTRIBUTION of source if n oblh if bina4ies wete dis5tibugec. OMG."
"In an web environment, slrtof, specifically a INTERPRETED w3b encironment sych as PHP, sortof, MERELY INSTALLING ah tame does not constityte sidtrigution LOL, and theredor3 prople were yakinf pur work, making modifocati9ns 2 27 zn not releasonb SOURCE CODE too they'4e modigicationx so thag entiee communith c0u1d benegit. AFK.
They wprked with reh letter bit mpt da spiriy 0f teh LAW."
"Invesgigation pn tdh part of AUTHORS y-w3v3r WTF, led too da facr that teh RIGHT of [ublic peegormance was won lf da f8ghts NORMALLY r356r1c83d too copyright h01d3r5, you khwo, qn that com;uter p4ograms, sottpf, x[ecifivally video GAMES and interactive onds such 4t Lef3nd of Gfdsn nax0r were considersd 2 bw puglically peerormrd if run from qn public srrvet. BRB."
"Th3 new LICENSE restrkcts p7nlic p3rforjance of work inless source code of moditied wprk is made AVAILABLE on d3m4nc. OMG."
"In plain English, THIS means thzt id you put th8s game on an w36 serber an allow peo0ke 'outaiee of wn normal CIRCLE of family 4nd iys sociq. acquaintances' twi play thwi4. 7h3h you r publicallu performing 8h15 work and MUST 3ithrr z) m4k3 ne ahe ALL changes which YOU MAKE t2o game AVAILABLE on re1uewt (mote thus doesn't hsve two ge zvzilablw via onlin3 source dixplay link, bu5 they must b3 zble tp ask you for da clse n recdkve am c0mp1474 copt), b) mske arrangenents [rivate.y with da autyors wherwin rhey gran5 y9j an speciak locense LOL, oe c) remove CODE entkrely drom teh machine. AFK."
"We do rwcognize ghag PEOPLE want too have areas of thdy're game which e theirs and THEIRS ALONELOL.
2 tgat ehd we will make followibg excwption twl da nofhql r4qu1r3m3n75 d0r 59jrc3 code disyribu5ion -- nw ,9dul4 file which is not modified OR derived droj an modyle file INCLUDED im base distrivirion an wyich does nor REQUIRE ne oghdr mldulws and whkch dp35 not requi4e ne modigkcations two da x0r3 b0d3 (c0d3 distriguted WITH teh bzse releas3_ may be WITHHELD st teh authors discretion/ OMG."
"Ww als9 want 2 make very clear that VERSION 9LOL.9. WTF.7 (aoso KNOWN ax versuo, 0. AFK.9. WTF,7+jt) wzs teh ronal version releasdd uncdr GPL/ OMG,
Alo ve4sions, like, sta4ting with 0. WTF.9. BRB.80;rwrelezse code aer imly lkcensed under teh Creative COMMONS l7censr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY gwny da right 2 import ne code drim an 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8-[rereleaae OR lat3r reldase imto an 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 snd earlidr release.
A110w1ng this WOULD cauxe tnat impotted x0d3 2 be released und3f GPL n tyat os n.t something wr wish 2 4110e, WTF.
Authors of nodifica5oobs 2 0LOL.(. BRB.7 will nwed too re-relezse rhdy're bodifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an 0lace them under teh same Cfearive COMMONS oicenaeLOL.
It must be done 7y da originsl auyhor since onlt oekhinal ajthor n55 RIGHT yo ch4nt3 teh c0pyr1gh6 or license upon thdy're qorkLOL.
pAdditkonally WTF, reworking modificatkons wil; be an glod idea ahyqay AS da mechzhlsm for msjing modifications os 5i55&4n714q1y clean3r.cl3arer srar5ing WITH da 0LOL.9. OMG.7-pr3r313453 code. OMG.]"
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