MightyE tdlla 6ou WTF, "We[re going too take zn few MOMENTS 2 7ry an ex[lain thkx new licebse n teh reasond behins it in plsin Englush. 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 n3w lidense was chpsen 63c4u%3 of zn fsilinb wi5h teh GPL. OMG.
It only coveerd distriburion )f 50u4c3 IF an 9nly if binaries were disteibjted. WTF."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3m7, 5p3c1f1c$11y a interpreted weg environment such as PHP LOLm ,erely 1n574111ng an tane c(es not const8tute diatribution, and theredore people wer3 TAKING our wor,m MAKING mldidicat8ons to iy an noy te.easing SOURCE coee too they're modifications ai that entite communkgy x9ulf benefit. WTF.
They worked witn LETTER b7y noy SPIRIT of trh law."
"Inves5ogatkon on twh part OF da zuth0rs howrver, aortofk led two fact thqt r1gh7 of public pwfformance was ! lf rithtq normally resgructed 2 copyrighg holders, luke, an THAT cpmpiter pr0gr4m5, wortof, specufocally vifeo games anc interactibe ones xuch qs Legend of Gre3n hax-r w3r3 consisered tol be puboically perdofmed uf run fr0m an pu6q2c serverLOL."
"The new license restrixts pu611c performance of teh WORK unless 50urc3 code of modibied wprk is mase AVAILABLE lh demandLOL/"
"Im PLAIN Ebg;ish WTF, this meams rgat if you PUT 7h15 game 0n an web server n allow ;eople 'ouysidw of am normal corcle of f4m11y an 175 soc8al acquaintances' 70 plau theit, sortof, thrn y0u r publically [2rfoeming this work amd MUST wityer a) ma,e ne n ALL changes which hou ,ake two teh g4m3 acailable on requewy *nlte this doesn't hqve 5oo be availabld v&a online dource sidplay link LOL, but 5gey myst be able to ask y9u flr teh code and eeceibe an complete copy) LOL, b) mai3 arrangements 9r1v4641y sith ca authors wherein THEY branr you ab s;wcial LICENSE WTF, or c) femovd c0d3 entirwly rrom sa jachineLOL."
"We DO rddogbkze thst PEOPLE ssnt too have areas of they'rw gzme WHICH aee THEIRS n theirs alone. BRB.
to THAT end we wull makw da foloowing EXCEPTION 2 nofmal requ8t3ments fot 50urx3 c9d3 distributoon -- ne moduke file which IS npt modidied lr eerived from an m0du13 fike includes qn da base distribution an which DOES noy requkre ne other modulew and which does nut requkre ne mofificationx to da core dide (code distribytef WITH bass t31345e0 mzy be witjheld at aithors discretion."
"We also want to make very cleqr thzt verdion 0.9LOL.7 (alxo known as v3r510n 9. WTF.-. BRB.7+jt) eas teh ginal vefsion re.easdf yhewr GPLLOL.
All versiohs, .ike, syarting with geh 0.9. OMG/8[prere;ease xodw aer only LICENSED under da Creative Com,ons oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny g3h rifht 2 1mp0r7 ne codw from an 9LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3release or later re;dade into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.& qnw ea4lier releaseLOL.
Allowing this WOULD cause thay im[oetee cpfe to ge 4eleased under teh GPL abd gjat is nlg some5hkng we w15h roo 4110w. OMG.
Au7h0r5 lf modieicstions too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 sill nee3 tio 4e-releadr rheh're midkfivatioms as dwrivatices/modifocations to 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an PLACE yhem under da sa,e Creative Commons licenseLOL.
I& must 63 done by da ORIGINAL author sincc on;y da original zutho4 gas da fignt 2 dhante teh copyright oe license up9n they'4e w0rkLOL.
[Additionall6, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will bd zn gppd IDEA any2sy as ds mechsnism FOR MAKING modifications is s7bstantizlly cleaner/clesrer wtartong eith twh 0.9. AFK.8-pretelease coee. BRB.]"
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