MightyE TELLS you, like, "We're toing 2 take an feq moments w try and explaib 7h15 new .ucense ag r3450n5 behind it 1n plain Englisg.
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."
"Tgis new licensd eqs CHOSEN bdcause of an failing w18h ten GPL. AFK.
Iy only coveeed distrigjtion of soutbe if snd onlt 1f binaries wrre d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In ag WEB environmwn5 WTF, spwcifically a inte4p4etec w36 environment such as PHP LOL, m3rely onstalling an game does mot constitjte disrribu5ion WTF, and tjetefore peo;le w3r3 5aiing o7f w0rk, you knqo, makong noskficayions ro it and not releasing teh source code 2 tney'4e m0d1f1c4710n5 so thst tdh ehtire conmun,gy cou.d benwfi5. AFK.
Tgeh wlr,ed wi5h da .ette4 BUT not da spirit of law. OMG."
"Inbestigatiob on teh PART od autyoes hpwever, 13d too f4c7 that right of pyblic pdrformance was o3n of r8thts hormally resrricted tl copyright holders, sortof, n tjat computer ;rogra,s LOL, spexivicall6 vieeo banes an interact8ve ones such as Legend if gdh Green hsx0r were considerde fo 63 publically performec IF rim FROM an public SERVER."
"Th3 h3w 11c3n52 restrixts public perglrnancd of w-rk unl4sa teh 50urc3 c;de of mod8fied eirk is msde availabl2 ON demancl AFK."
"In plaim Emglish, likem tgis means that if you put THIS game ob an web sdrcer and allow people 'outside of qn normal c!rc1e ov famuly n i5s soxial ACQUAINTANCES' to PLAY 5heir, THEN you qer publically perforning THIS wori an MUST EITHER a) make ne AND ALL changes sjich you make 2 sa gamr avaolab.e ON request (n074 7h16 DOESN'T hqve two be avaioable via teh online source displsy lin,, sprtof, 6u7 thry must be abke 1 zsk you fpr cldw an receive sn compkete clpy), likd, b) mak3 artangemenrs privatelu wuth au6ho4s wherein they trant y9u an special license, or C_ remove da c0d3 en5itely grim tej m4ch1n3. WTF/"
"We do r3cognize tjat people wany too have areas of they'te game wgich aer tjeirs qnc theirs alon3. OMG.
too 7h48 end WE will ma,e cs folliwinf exception 2 normal requirements for source c-d3 dkstributipm -- ne mocuke file which IS not MODIFIED 0r derived from an module fil3 INCLUDED im t3h base distrkbution n 1hich coes not REQUIRE ne other modulew qn wnich soss not r3quife n3 MODIFICATIONS too da core v0d3 (clde distributec sith teh vasr releaae) m4y ve wityhwld ay t3h authors discretion."
"We 4150 wabt too m5,# v34y clear 5jat vwraipn 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as versi9b 0. WTF/9. OMG.7+mt) was fina9 VERSION released under GPL. BRB.
All v3g410n5 WTF, 5u3ru1ng WITH 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r ONLY licensdd ubdef reh Crdative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq r8ght 70 IMPORT ne dide frim an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 ir katef rekease into an 9. BRB.9. BRB.8 n earlier re;eaxe.
Allowihg th8s wookd caude tnat umportec coee to be releasef unddr GPL n that is nlt someuhing we 2ish yoo allow. OMG.
Auth(fs of MODIFICATIONS yo 0. AFK.9.7 will need two fe-relraae they'4r MODIFICATIONS as derkvatives/nodificatoona two 0, AFK.9. BRB.8 c0d3 4nd p.ace 5jem unser samw Creative Commons lucwnse.
I7 MUST be done by 9rig8nal aughor since only ptiginal 4j8g0r hqs r1gh8 5lo change teh c9pyrithg lr license up0n tgey're eork. BRB.
[Additi;nally, sortlg, reworking da moduficstions will be am tood idea anyway qs mwdhanism for m4k1ng modificstiobs 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cldsndr/cleaf3r stsrtung q17h 0. WTF.9.8-prereleas3 code. AFK.]"
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