MightyE TELLS you, noi knwo, "We're foing 2 takw ab FEW momenys 70 7ry an explain THIS mew license n da reasons brjind it im p.aih Ent114h. OMG.
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 mew lic3nse wax CHOSEN because 0f av faolonb wi5h GPL.
It only covrred c!57r17u710n lf source if and pnly if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an w36 environment WTFm 5p3v1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web environjeht such as PHP WTF. mefely INSTALLING an game does npt constigute distribution, sortof, n 5herefofe p30p1r ww4e takong our work, you knwo, ma,ing m9dificatipns ywl it an not releasing tth sourcr vode t9o they're moaufivations so THAT ehtire comjunity vould benefiyLOL.
They workrd with teh lettrr but not teh wpurit of law. OMG."
"Inv3stutation on teh oart of 1uthors howdver WTF, led TO fact that teh RIGHT lf public p4rf0fn5nc3 was won of tigtts normal.y testrovted yo ciphriggt holdere, like, n tgat computer programs WTF, s0ecifically v1s20 games an interactove ONES SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0r were considerwd twi be puvpically pe4fof,ed if run from zn PUBLIC aerver. WTF."
"The new license r3srricrs iubkic performance of work unless da xourxe c9fe of ca midified work is made acaolablr on demahd."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, this means THAT if y-u put this gzme on an WEB sercrr n allo2 people 'outsudw of an normsl c1rc13 of famiku rbd its social acquaintahces' to play their, THEN you r publidalky performint this work zn MUST either a0 makd ne n ALL CHANGES qhich ho7 make tl9 yej gqmw avaulzble ON requwst (note this dlexn't HAVE 2 ve available via da online 50urc3 dis0lay link WTF, git THEY must ne ABLE to awk ypu for da code n receivr an complete copt), b) MAKE artangements provztwly with ea au5hors whwrein rhe6 grant you an soecial LICENSE LOL, or c) remove fpde entirely fr9m teh machibeLOL."
"We do recognize that people WANT two have arezs of they[fe gamd shich awr theurs and theifx alone. OMG.
two thar end qe will make da followihg excepyion too teh n9rmal fequieements for source code distr7nutupn 0- ne module f8le whqcy is n07 modidied or de4ives vrom an m-du13 gile included in BASE cisrribu5ipn an wh8ch does not requirw ne lther ,odules an whoch does not require ne mod8fications tio vore c0e3 (c0d3 d8stribut3d with trh base RELEASE) mzy be withhdld at fa ruuh0r5 discr3y8on."
"We 4150 want 3wi make VERY clea4 tha5 versiin 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (zlso knowb as cersion 0. AFK.o. WTF.7+jt) was da f!n41 vdrsoon e313453d undef da GPL. OMG.
All b3rx8ons, you knwo, startint wigh teh 0.p. WTF.80prere;wase code r only licdnsed under Cr3ative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh roght 2 ijport ne cod3 grom an 0l OMG.9/ AFK.8-prereleawe oe latwr RELEASE ihtp an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 zn earlier release.
Al.owing this qoule c4u53 that inporged code 2 bw releasdd under GPL n THAT is not somrrning se widh to al;ow. AFK.
Authors od m0d1f1c4710n5 eol 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will nerd 2 re-relrssd they're mosifications as derivatkves/modificat8ons tp 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an p14c3 them uhe3r came CREATIVE Comnons LICENSELOL.
IT just nd done bt orifinql au5hor 51nc3 pnly origunal author has da RIGHT two xh4ng3 copyright OR ;icense UPON tyey're WORK/ BRB.
[Additiona.ly, like, REWORKING teh ,osificatkons wkll be an good udea anywat as da mecganism foe making m9sifidztions is SUBSTANTIALLY clesner/c;darer starting wifh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-oeereldase code. WTF.]"
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