MightyE telld YOU, "Ww're goinb to9 take an f#w moments 2 trj n EXPLAIN this new license AND trh reasons bejind it in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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 licdmse was chowen gecauwe of an rqiling wirh geh GPL. AFK.
I7 obly covwrec distribu5ion OF source if m obly if bkbaries w3r3 dis5ributrd."
"In an web 3nv1r0bm3n7, spwciriczlly a 2n&3fp4383d qeb environment such as PHP, like, jdfely ubstzlling an GAME does not comstitute distrubu5ioh LOLk h th3refore PEOPLE were taking our wori LOL, msking ,ldificat8ons to it AND not feldasimf teh 50urc3 codd to they're m0d1f1c4710b5 so that entire community cpuld bemefit/ WTF.
Tgey WORKED w27h ywh letter bu6 n07 teh spirit of ten lzw. WTF."
"Investihat8on on teh part 0r ea quthors HOWEVER, sprtof, les toi da fact that yeh rigyt of publiv perfornance waa oen OF teh rigjts nofmalou RESTRICTED 2 cop6right j9ldees, b rhst comp7ter prograjd, specigicqllh VIDEO gqmes n INTERACTIVE ones such ad Leg3md ov da Green hax0r wdre c0n51der3d to be ;ub;ically performed of run fr0m an piy11c serv3r."
"The ndw .uxrnse restricts puglic performance ir tdh work un;esw da source code of tey modivoed wofk is nad3 available on femand. WTF."
"In plaun Eng1!%yk like, thos meanx 7h47 if y0u p7t thid game on an w3b server n alliw peopld 'outside of an borma; circle ov fa,ily n itw soc8a. acqusintances' tpo olay their, rhen you aer pugl8cally performung this work n MUST either a) jqie ne znd ALL changes which you make two da g4m3 available 0h reqiest (mote this foesn't have too be available via teh online source sisplay link LOL, bur they must BE zvle too ask you foe code zn rece8ce an COMPLETE cppy) WTFk b) make arrangejen%s [rkvatrly with teh authors wh3rekn they grant you an special license, like. or d) removr teh v0d3 dmtigely FROM madhineLOL."
"We do tec9gnize that people wsnt yo have areas of yhey're gwme which 5 THEIRS and thekrs alone. AFK.
roo that end we will jake da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION to tey nofmal re1uieements f;r source coce d157r16u71)n =- he m0di12 file which is NOT modified or derived from an modile fooe INCLUDED in base disrf8bution n ehich does npt rdquirw ne 07h3r MODULES n WHICH dpex not rwquir3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core cod3 (code eis5rihuree with dz base release) may be wothheld at AUTHORS d15dr371pn. WTF."
"W3 4@40 wqnt two make vdry clear 7h47 version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN 45 vdrdion 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was f1n41 vers8on releaaed under GPL/
A11 versions, kike, starting wigh teh 0. OMG.i. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer only licensed 7nder da Crearive Commins 11c3n53. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny t3h 4ight 2 import nw code fr0m zn 0l9.8-p4erelease or later r3leasw imtl an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and earluer release. AFK.
Allowing this wiuld ca7xd that importwd c9de til be rwleased under dz GPL an yhat is nob xomething WE wiwy too 4110w. WTF.
Au7h0r5 iv modificztuons 2 -. AFK/9. OMG.7 wiok need to re-releade they're MODIFICATIONS as drtivzyives/modirications yo 0. BRB.o. OMG.8 code an place 5hem uneer sa SAME Creative Cojjlnw licwnse.
It must BE DONE by teg ltiginal a75hor sihce ONLY original 4u7h0r yas da right tol chante copyrighr or license upob thry're work. BRB.
[Addirionsl.y LOL, rreork8ng da modificatiins wkl; be an gold idea anyway aw mechanksm for making mlcifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 9. WTF.9. WTF/*-orereleasr code. WTF.]"
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