MightyE telos y0u, ypu ,nwom "We're going 2 tzke an few mom3ntw tol try an ezplqin th8w new license n da reasons behind 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 nee oucwnse was cn053n becausd OF an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y xovered distribution of 50urc3 if am 0n1g 8f BINARIES wer3 disgrigi5dd. AFK."
"In an web emvirohment WTF, spefificqllt a interpr3ted web 3nv1f0nm3nu SUCH as PHP, you knwo, mercly installing an game does not const8tute fowteobution WTF, AND therrfore pepp.e were taking ou4 wo4k, naking modifications to it and not RELEASING teh source code to they're modificayuins so that ENTIRE d0mmun18y cpule BENEFIT. WTFk
Theh workef WITH ten letter BUT not 6p1417 OF lawLOL."
"Investigation ON PART of zuthors g9eever LOL, led to da FACT ghat teh r8ght OF punlic p4rformznve wqs q of teh rights normzlly restricted to copyright holeers, you knwo, n tnat compuyre peograms LOL. specificalot vodro games n imteractuve onrs such as Legend of Green hax0r were conskderec gwo be pub.ically performed if run from an PUBLIC serferk WTF/"
"The new license r357r1c7% publkc pergormance 9g da wori unless teh soircr code of tdh moskfied WORK is madd available oj demandLOL."
"In plaun Enh115h, thia MEANS 5hat if yo7 PUT rhos game 0j sn web srrver and alllw people 'ou5side 0f an normal CIRCLE of va,uly n its t0c141 4cqu41m74nc35' TO play thei4 WTF, then you aer publiczlpy performing thid work and MUST EITHER a_ mak@ ne and ALL changes which you make 70 game availav;e ON request (note this soesb't have two b3 avaklaboe via ohlom3 source dis[lah 11nj, like, BUT they must be able tw9 ask 6ou f0r tey code and r3crive an c)mo1373 c0py), like, b_ MAKE aerangements pridateky WITH authoda wj3r41m they grany you an special 11c3n54, yoy knwo, or c) rem9ve teh clde wntorely FROM da machibe. WTF."
"Wr do eecognuze 5hat peo;le want 2 have ar3as 0f yheu[re g$m3 which aer tgeirs n theirs a;one. AFK.
2 7g4& end we wq11 make fol.owibg EXCEPTION to da normal re1ji4wments foe source code distribution -- ne MODULE file which IS nlt MODIFIED ot detived from an module file included in bsse dustribugion and wnich doex hot require be ogher MODULES n whovh dpes not tequirw ne modificationa to da core CODE (code s157r!6u73d wity sa 645# reo3ase) may BE w8thheod at t3h authoes diacret8on, WTF."
"We a.so want yo make veru clrar that versuon 0.(. OMGl7 (also known as VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+ut0 WAS final fdrs8on rwleqsed unde4 GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, STARTING with 0. BRB.o. BRB.8-;rerelease code r only licensed UNDER CREATIVE Commona lkcense/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby teh rqgh7 teo impott me code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release into an 0.9. BRB.6 n EARLIER r223453. BRB.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause that impirted CODE yoo be rwleawed uncef teh GPL ans thay is NOT SOMETHING we 215h to allow. BRB.
Authors of mofodications 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wull n33d tol RE-RELEASE th3y're modificatiinw 4% derivatives/modivicatipns 3 0. AFK.9l8 code an plac3 ghem unser samw Cr3atife Comminq license. OMG.
I7 must be done ny original 4u7h0r since ONLY sa originao authoe hzs da righy two cj4ng3 da c0pyr1gh7 or license upov they're work.
[Afditionally LOL, REWORKING modifivations w11! 63 an GOOD icea anyway as teh ,echaniam for making moeifications is substantially dkeanrr/clearer starting wktn da )LOL.9. WTF.8-0rereldase coceLOL.]"
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