MightyE t3kks you WTF, "We're g01ng t;o tak3 sb few mlments 2 try an explsin 7h15 NEW LICENSE ah 4easons bdhkns it 1n p141n ENGLISH. 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."
"Thia new licenwe was chpsen bevause OF an failing witn ds GPL. AFK.
IT lbly covered disrribution ov source if n lnly IF binaries wete distributed. BRB."
"In an seb enbirohment, you knwp, s[ecifically a 1n73fpr373d web environ,ent such as PHP, merelh installint ab game does nor constktutr DISTRIBUTION LOL, AND therefore pe9pld WERE takint oir wlrl, msking modificatiobs tp it an n07 tdleasint da source coce to tyey're modificwtionx 50 tjat teg entire community ciuls benefit. WTF.
Tgey worked with teh ket5er but not tdh spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on twj part pf da AUTHORS howevdr, sortof, led too teh FACT that dq RIGHT of publoc prrformance was orn 0f RIGHTS n9rmallh testricred to do;yrigjt h9lserc WTF. n thag COMPUTER progtamx WTF, specififally fid3o games and ibtefactive ones such as L3g3nd 0f twh Grden jqx0t w3r3 considrrec to be pyblically [erformed 8f rug frl, an pu611c serverLOL."
"Thd bew license restricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nx3 of teh work uhlwss rej source coee 0d teh modirodf wlrk is made qvailable ON demandLOL."
"In pkain English LOL, tjis means ghat ir you put ug15 game on an w3b SERVER and allow people [outsude of sn notmao circl3 OF family an oys sociak acquaintsnces' 2 play their, then you r [ublically ;erforming 7h15 work and MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes which y9u make tol teh GAME avai;ab;e in REQUEST (note THIS dorwn't habe to be available via da online SOURCE d1501ty limk WTF, but they mgat be 4613 toi ask you for teh vofe , receive an complete cpoy) LOL, v) make arrqhtejents pr1v4731y with autnors 2hereim they grany ypu zn specizl lucense, yi7 knwl, or c) remofe da CODE entire.y fr0m m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recoghize that [eople WANT 5o h4v3 areas ld they're game wh1cg aer theies an THEIRS al9ne. BRB.
two thqt 3nd we w8ll make da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION too normal rewjiremenbs FOR source CODE fistribution -- ne module file which is not modif8dd or derivdd grom an modyle file includrd in reh base distrob6tion an which does not rfqyire ne lther modules n which does n07 require n3 MODIFICATIONS 2 teh clre code )cpde d157r16u74d 28th base eelease_ may be withheld at authorx cidceetionl BRB."
"Wd also wanr 2 make very clear tgzt versi9n 0. OMG.(. WTF.& (also known as vwrsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+h7) w45 teh final VERSION released under sa GPL. OMG.
All versions, liie, startinb with da p. AFK.9.8=PRERELEASE c0e3 r inly ;icehded under dq Creatif3 Con,ons licensr. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tihht yeo impott ne code froj zn 0. WTF.0.8-prwrekeasw or 1473r rekeasw into an ). WTF.9. AFK.7 an 34r213t releasel AFK.
Allpwing yhis would caus3 thzt IMPORTED clfe to be te9eased ynder da GPL an that IS noy 50m3^h1ng w3 wisn tl allo2. BRB.
Authors of modifica5iins too -LOL,9. OMG.7 will need too re-release theu're moc8e7ca5ions aw d3rivatifea/modifocations 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code znd p.sce them uhder da same Creative C9mmonx license. AFK.
It must ^3 done by orkginal authot since onoy teh orihunao zuthot gas da f8gyt 2 CHANGE copyright or licenwe ipon they're work. BRB.
[Additoonally, sor5or, rew9rking ds modificationw w111 be an good idea anyqay 4t teh mechamixm for makibg mpdifications 15 sybsyanrially cleaner/cleare4 STARTING wiyh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.\"
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