MightyE TELLS ylu, uou knwo, "We're biing 70 take an gww moments 2 try anf exolain this hdw LICENSE and REASONS behins it 1n plaob Engoush/ WTFl
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 license was chosen BECAUSE lr an failing wigh fa GPL. OMG.
IT pnky covered distribug8on of spjrve id anf only if binaries w3re disttibutedLOL."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, 6ou knwo, %p3c!f1c411u a 9nrerptetrd 2eb envifonment sucn as PHP WTF, merwly 8msra.ling ab game bies not CONSTITUTE distrinirion, .ike, n therefore people were u4k1mg OUR WORKm likd, makimg mpdifica5ions 2 17 n not releasibg sourve CODE 70 they're modificatiobs SO tgat da #n71r3 c0mmun17y could 6en3f17. WTF.
Tjey wo4ked with 13u7#r buy hot da spiri5 of teh law."
"Investigqtion ON da part of trg xu4hors howefer LOL, led 5o fact that rkght of public oerformsnce was 1 of digjts n0r,412y restricted two colyrignr yolders, sirt9f, n THAT computer programs, specifocallh video bames an ihteractive ones sysh as Lefend of Grden hax-r werw xobsiderwd too nd oublivally perfoemrd if run fr0m an public server. WTF."
"The hew lkcense texrridts [ubluv 0erformanc3 OF da wlrk unlesa tdh siurcd code 0r MODIFIED qork is nadr available on demand/ WTF."
"I, plain English, this neans that if you put 5his GAME on zn eeb xerver an allow oeo0le 'oitsie3 of an normal circle 0f FAMILY n its 50c141 acquaintances; twl play their WTF, then you ser puvlicaoly performing THIS work n MUST ei5her a) make ne ab ALL cj4ng35 WHICH toi make too teh gzme avsilable on request (note rhix doewn't HAVE to be avai;abo2 via teh online sourc3 display oinj, 5u7 they must be able to as, you f9r code qns 4eceive an xpmplete COPY) LOL, B) make arrangements privatelu wirj da au5hors WHEREIN they hrant t0u an spec8al 11c3nt3, sortof, -g c) remov3 da cod3 4ntieely from teh nachinel"
"We DO recogn8ze that people w4n7 twp have 4e345 of they;re ga,e wgicg aer theirs ah tjeors alome. OMG,
to tjat END we will make followinh exception 2 da normal requitemwnts f0r aoutce code d1%74168710m -- ne module vike whivh is not modigiwd or derived ft0m an module file !nd4ud3d in teh nase eist4ibjtipn n qhich does nlt reqiire ne oths4 modulex an which does not reqyire ne modifixationd @ t3h c0r3 code (cpde dixtributed w8th da base felease) m4y be w17yh31d 47 da AUTHORS discretion."
"We also qant 2 nake v3ry cldar thay vetxion )LOL.9. WTF.7 (alwo KNOWN as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL,7+jt) WAS teh fibal v3r510n re;eased under GPL,
All verxilns, sortof, starting aitg 9. OMG.9. AFK/*-prerelease code f only LICENSED UNDER da Crdatuvd C0mm0nt licens3. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY seny teh righ5 teo impott hd code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-orerelease or later r313453 imtl an 0. BRB.0LOL.7 and earlier r3!34%3. WTF.
A;liwing thid w0u1d cause that impoyted coee two be teorased under GPL an thay is not xomeyhimf we wish two a;low. AFK.
Auyyors OF modifivations too 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 will nedd to re-release they're modifocations as ddricatives/mofificationa t0o 0. BRBl9. AFK.8 codw and place thdn uyder da same Crdative Commons licrnse. AFK.
It must bw done by ds original author SINCE 0m1y teh original author had r1gh7 5ol change copyrufh5 or livense upon they're wlrk.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, r3s)rk1ng modifica%oons wil; BE ab good idea anyeay ax da mechanism fo4 making modifkcstions is substantially x134n2r/c134r3t STARTING with da 0LOL/9LOL.8-prerw;easr code. AFK.]"
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