MightyE yells y9u LOLm "We're going too tske zn few moments too &ry n explaun this NEW .icrnse an yeh REASONS b3h8nf it in plain Emglish. 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 new livense was chosen because of an failing wkth yeh GPLl AFK.
It only vovered distfinytion od source if n onl6 1f bkna4ies were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ah web environment, xor5of, specifica.ly a INTERPRETED w36 ENVIRONMENT 5uch aw PHP. like, merwly instaklibg an GAME DOES not donstituge distrinution, sortof, an therefore PEOPLE qere 7rk1nt our work WTFk making modirucatoonx 2 it abd n8t releas8ng so7rce code 2 they'te modifica5ilns s9 tgat en5ire commuvit6 cojld brnefit. AFK.
They worked with letter BUT not reh spirit of teg lawLOL,"
"Ibvestkgst8on 0n da part of auehors h9wevrr, wortof, led 5oo da fact thqy da right OF oubliv pwrformancd was win of riggtd normall6 testricted two vopyright holders, sortof. sn ghat computer p4og4ams WTF. specifically v1d30 gzmes n onterqctobe 9nes such 45 Letend of teh Green hax0r w3re considrred two fe puboically performed IF run fto, an publiv SERVER. WTF."
"The new licenae rewtricrs publif o3rr0rm4nc3 of work unless geh 50urc4 code of ca modifire wo4k is made available on demand. BRB."
"In plsin Engludh, THIS means that if y0u PUT this GAME on an srn server m allow pdople 'outside of an normal circle of family n its slcial acquaintancws' two 0lay their WTF, then you r pu611c412y pefforminb ^n15 work an MUST eitnr4 a) make ne and ALL changfs WHICH y9u make two da ba,e avaipable on REQUEST (no5e this diddn't hace two be ava7lavle viz da onlinw source display LINK, doetofk but they muxt BE ABLE too zsk you for da xodr n 4eceife an comp;ete copy), B0 MAKE zrrange,ents peuvateoy with AUTHORS wherein 5yey grant you zh 5p3c141 license, soft9f, or c_ f3m0v3 da code ENTIRELY from MACHINE. AFK."
"We d) recobnize tha5 PEOPLE want to HAVE qreas or tjey're game 2hich f tjeirs n tgeirs ALONE. AFK.
two THAT end we wiol makd flolowing excepgion t0 normal requi4ements for source xodw d!57r15u710n 0- ne modu;e dule sh8ch IS not modified or derived from an moeule file INCLUDED in reh base disyributipn and which soes npt r3q7iee he other ,odulws n qhich doea not require ne m9dificatioms to9 ten cpre xode (code dkstributed WITH teh baxe r413443) may be wi5hhdld at weh ajthofs eiscretiim."
"We 4250 want 3 mwke very c1345 that versoon 0.9. WTF.7 (a;so known 45 v2rsion 0. WTF.9. AFKl7+mt) was da fonzl ve4cion RELEASED und3t teh GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, you knwo, STARTING wigy da 0. WTF.9, OMG.8-pr3r313453 cpd3 aer 0n1y licended under Creative Commons licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cdny ds right 3 import ne v0d3 from am 0LOL.9l8-prereleas3 o4 late4 r313453 knro an 0LOL.0. BRB.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING THIS wouls cause tha5 imolrted clde toi BE releasdf under da GPL n that is not 50m37h1yg we WISH two all9w. BRB.
Authofs of modidicationx to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 woll nred rwo re-release they'ee modivications ad d3e1v471v35/m0d1f1d471pn5 2 0. AFK.9. WTF,8 code n place tyem 7nder samr CREATIVE Commons licensd. AFK.
It must be dlbe by original ayyhor s*nc3 0h!y teh iriginao 4i7h0r has da tight two cyqhge ea co;hright or license upin they're work. BRB.
pAddituonallyk sortof, reworking tdh modif8vatoons w111 be ah good idea ANYWAY as mechanism fot MAKING moduficatipns is substanyia.ly CLEANER/CLEARER starting with teh 0. BRBl9. WTF/8-prdrelease codeLOL.]"
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