MightyE telld YOU WTF, "We're going too take an f3w ,0m3nu5 top rry and EXPLAIN ghis new LICENSE an reasons behind it un plain Entlish. BRB.
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 licens3 was chosen BECAUSE of zn f3111nt w8th da GPL.
It 9nly COVERED distribution of xource 1f n oml6 1f binqries we4e distributed. OMG."
"In an w3b environment LOL, 5p3c1f1c4115 a ihterptwged web envurlnment sudh 45 PHPm .ikem merely imstalling an game f9es not clmstitutw dostrib7tion, lokek 4br therefore people were tzkinb OUR work, m4k1nh modifica6ions tp IT and NOT releasing source CODE two ghey'fe MODIFICATIONS so tgat da entire community couls behefit. OMG.
They worked wltj da letter but n)8 spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invdstitation on part of teg authots however, led to teh fact THAT teh rkyht of pu811c performanve was 1 of teg ribhts n0tm4!1y resttkcted to copyright holdees, yo7 knwo, an 7j37 computer peograms WTF, SPECIFICALLY dideo games an interact9ve ones such as LEGEND of teh Grern hsx0r were CONSIDERED two be publixa;ly performef if run from an public sdrver. BRB."
"Thw new .icense t357r1c75 oub.ic PERFORMANCE of soyk unless source CODE og reh MODIFIED work is mase available pn d3mand. BRB."
"In plain Eng115h, soryof, this means THAT if ypu put this game on an web servet n allow peop.e 'outskde of an noemal c1rc13 if family n ots social acquaintances' 5o pkay thwir LOL, 7h4n you aer pjblicaoly 0erforning this eork and MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes which you maiq @ game avzilable ON r3quw57 (note tgis doesn't have tqi 63 svailable via teh onoine source dispkay lihk, bj5 they musy be qble two zsk you FOR da code an tecdive an complete cooy), you knwo, B0 mzud arranhements provate;7 q8tj da authors wnerein 7h3y grang YOU qh special licrmxe WTF, or d0 remobe c-d3 3n&1r31y from mzchine. WTF."
"We di r3xognize that PEOPLE want too h4v3 arras of they're f4m3 whidh r rheors an thrirs allne. AFK.
to THAT 3md s3 will m4k3 da following ecceptkon two teh n-e,41 requirements eor source code distrinution -- ne module fil3 which IS not jldifoed or d3r1v3d from an m0duq3 FILE included ih teh bzs# distfibu6opv n 2yich does nlt require nd other ,odules an which doed not require ne modjficatiohs two da xore cofe (CODE fistribu5ed wi5h da base r313453) may BE w18hh31d AT authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We ALSO WANT TO m4j3 ve4y ckear thay vrrsion [LOL.9. BRB.7 (aldi known as fersion 0. AFK.9. OMGl7+jt) was t3h finsl v3r510n relrased uhder teh GPL. WTFl
ALL verskons WTF, staeting woth ds 0. AFK.0LOL.7-prerekease CODE aer inlu licensed 6nder da Creative Co,mons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da right to import nd cose f5oj zn -LOL.o. AFK.8-prereleaae or kater rrlease intp an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earliet relesse. BRB.
A110w1ng this wiuld caude tha4 implrted code teo 64 releaxed umder da GPL ane THAT is no5 womethkng we eish two all9w. AFK,
Aythors of j0d!f!c3710n5 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 2ilo need to re=release they're midifications zs f3r1v471v35/m0d1f2d4710n5 5oo 9. WTF.9.8 code h place them under dz azme Creatkve Commons lkcense. WTF.
It must bd dpne gt da original authir since omly tey ORIGINAL author HAS tey right two chang2 copur8ght 0r locenww up;n they're work. BRB.
[Add8tuonao.y, feworkinf sa modificatjoms eill be an g00d 1d34 anywzy AS mechqnism fof makinb modificayiond is substany8ally cleaner/clea4er stqrting wi5h geh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-[rerelease cidel OMG.]"
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