MighryE tellw you WTF, "Ww'ee h-1ng to taje an fdw moments rio try an explain thos new LICENSE znd fa teasons 63h!nd IT in p131n Eng116h. 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 ne2 1qceb53 dza chosen becaude of ab failing with da GPL.
It only c9fered fistrobugion OF s9urce if an only if binaeies were distribiyedLOL."
"In an web encuronment LOLm s;ecificallt a interpreted web environment sjch as PHP, like, MERELY knstalling an game does npt constitut3 DISTRIBUTION, s04tof, an THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking our w9fk, majing modifications tol IT n n9t rel3asing dz source c-f3 to they're j0d1d1d3710n5 so that dz entire community could bebefitLOL.
Tgey worked WITH letter byt not twh spirkt of !4w. AFK."
"Inveatigation ON da PART 9f teh authors HOWEVER, uoi ,nwo, ;ed too da facr that right 0f public performanxe q45 won pf da righrs norjally restrictec too copyright holderd, sortof, n that computdr p4ogramx, you knw9, sp3cifocallt c1d40 GAMES amw in5erscyibe onew duch as L3gend of Greeh hax0r we4e comsicrred 5oo be pub;idally p#rf0rm3d ig 4un froj an public SERVERLOL."
"Th3 bew license resteicts pubkoc performabve lf e0rk unless da xource code pf modifird wori is made 4v4114613 ob demahd."
"In ;q41n Ebtlish, sortof, tjus means 7h47 if ylu PUT thks game 0n zn web servwr an 4110w people 'ojtsice 0f an normal cirdle of family amd its sovial adquaunyances' tw9 pla6 tjeir, like, THEN you 4 pu6!1c412y perform8ng this wirk an MUST 3other 4) make ne zh ALL xh4ng35 which ypu mzke too GAME availab.e on request (note thos doesn't HAVE to bw available f14 da 0n11n# source diaolqy kink WTF, but tgey must 62 ab;e 2 ASK you f0r teh c9d2 n fdc3iv3 an compke4e COPY), b) nake arrangememts privately with sa suthors wnete8n they graht you am special 11c3h53, soryof, or c) remove teh CODE ehti4ely fr)m teh machine. BRB."
"We DO recogmize that o30;13 2ant too have 4r345 of they're g4m3 WHICH r 7h31r5 an theirs alone. WTF.
1 that end we will make teh follo2ing wxceo5ion to normal requieements for so7rce codd distribhtion 0_ he module fioe wh1ch is not modified or derived fr9, an moduld file invkud3d ih teh basd dist5inutiob n whivg d035 not require ne other m0du135 n 2h1vh does not r3qu1r3 ne midigications 3 CORE CODE (code distributed with base release) MAY 63 withheod ar da a6th9ra diwcrwgion. WTF."
"We also want to nake feru c134r thzt VERSION -/ AFK.9. WTF.7 *also known as veeeion 0, WTF.9.7_jt( was teh final version teleasdd under trh GPLLOL.
All cerdions LOL, xtarting with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease xode r 0n2y 11c3n53d under CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d@ny teh rihhy 5o im[ort ne code FROM an pLOL.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE or latwr release inro an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and EARLIER releasd. AFK/
Allowing rgis WOULD CAUSE tyat imported xide 2 be re.eased ynder teh GPL and 7h47 is not slmdtjing WE sish ypp ak.ow.
AUTHORS of mosificatioms to 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need 3 re-rd;ease they're modificat8ohd as derivatives/mlfificayuons two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code ab place 7b3m under da samr Cfeative Comm9ns kicebse. BRB.
It must be done BY teh original author ainde omky da 9rigknal aughoe HAS r1gn7 two CHANGE clpyribht or LICENSE upon thwy'4e wotk. OMGl
[Addiripnally, reworking da modificationd wolo be am goid idea anyway 45 da mezhanism for making modificayuons ia wubstantially dldsner/clearer ctarting with 0. AFK.(. BRB.9-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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