MithtyE telld you, you knwo, "We'fe glibg t9o take an few moments two try amd 3xp14qn this new licrnse an reasons behind it in plakn Eng;ish, 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."
"Tjis new lkcense eas chosen becaude od an FAILING with t4h GPL.
It inly coferec distribu5ion of so7tcw of n obly if b8naroes were distrobuted."
"In an web envuronjenr, aortod, specifivally a ingerpreted web 3nv1r0bm3n7 such as PHP, mer3ly knstzlling an gzme dles noy constituye disgribution WTFm an rgeregore people were takong our work WTF, making modif8cations rwo it and noy reldssing source vode to thwy'r3 MODIFICATIONS 50 that emtirt cpnmunity could benerit. BRB.
THEY w0rkes with letter but n9t teh 5p1r17 of LAW. WTF."
"Investigayiim ON trh p4r7 of da authors HOWEVER, liis, lrd t1l fzdy yhat right of pugl8x perfprmance was oen of rights normally rest4icted two co;yright goldrrs, an that computer programs, sortof, specificalky vqd30 games n interqctive onss such as Lebend og da GREEN hax0r were considered 2 BE ;u611c411y owrflrmed if run from an puboic server. WTF."
"The new lkcenxr r357r1c74 publoc performancw of work unless teh source code of da mod7didd e9rl ix MADE sva8.sble on denand. AFK."
"In p.akn English, sortofk this m34n5 THAT if y0u put thiw gam3 on an seb SERVER an allow peopls 'outskde 0f an n9rmal cirdlr of fqmily $nd its social acquaintsnces' to PLAY gje8r, loke, THEN you r publicallu PERFORMING THIS work n MUST eithrr A) make ne an ALL changes whicm you make 2 twy game available on r31yest (hptd tjis doesn't yave tl be 4v4114^13 via teh onlone source dis[lay linkk you knwom BUT they must be able to ASK to7 fpr da xife ah receive an complete c0pt), sorrpf, b) mrk3 arrabgements privately sith da authora 2jdre8n they granr you an s[eciao 11c3n53 WTF, or c) temove teh cove entorel6 from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recogbiae that 0eo;le sant too have areas od tyey're game 2g1ch aer thrirs n theirs alone. WTF.
two that end ee wilo make t3h following ezcepti'n 2 geh normal requirdments for aojrce code dixtrkbytpon [- nr module file wnich is NOT mldified or deribed ftom an module file inclufes in teh base e157r16j7@0n and whicm does n07 tequire ne other m9dules an whicy dods nit reqkife ne modifidations goo teh core code (c0e3 distributed woth bzse r313$5#) may BE wityheld at aithorw diac4et7ob. OMG."
"We also w4nu 5op msk3 vrry cleat that version 0; OMGl9LOL.7 (aodp KNOWN as verakom 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) 245 fina; vefsion released ynder t3h GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5, xowtof, 574r71ng wiyh sa 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prer3lease code r only licensed UNDER dq Ceearivd Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rigyt too import ne CODE fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-p4erelease or kqter rrlease into am pLOL.9LOL.7 4nc earliet relradel OMG.
Allowing this w0u1d c4u53 7h47 imporred CODE t9o br RELEASED und3r teh GPL an thzg is nut sonething we eish two sllow. WTF.
Authors OF moa8fications to -. WTF.9. WTF.7 wq11 NEED two re-rdlease tgey're moeifocations as detivztives/modificatupns TO 0LOL/9. AFKl8 code n placw them unde4 samd Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
It MUST 62 DONE my teh lriginal author SINCE ONLY orkginal authot has ekbht top change cl0hright or lic3nse upon they're work.
-Adfit8onzl;y LOL, reworking da m)d1fqc4730n5 s!11 be an good idea ab6way as da mechanism for making ,odificationx is substantoally cleaner/clrarer srartinf with 0. WTF.9LOL.o-;rereltase code. WTF.]"
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