MightyE tdkos YOUm "We're goknh two take an FEW moments ti TRY n 3xp151n tjks new LICENSE qn da reasons behind 17 in [141n Engoish.
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 kidensd w55 chosrn because og an failing 2ith teh GPL. AFK.
IT onlt covrred DISTRIBUTION 0r source if n only if binaridw WERE didtributed."
"In an sev environm3nt, specifica/ly a inte4pfeted wrb ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, merdly instal;ing ah game does not constitutr distrivutiln WTF, and therefore prople were 6ajinb our woek, sortof, MAKING modificatiins 2 17 an NOT releasing da sourcw clde 2 5ney'ee m9dificatiins xo that teh entire commubity could 63n3v17.
They workef WITH ten lettrr but not tdh dpirit of fa law. BRB."
"Incdstigation ON fa part of teh 4u&j0r5 HOWEVER WTF, lrd too da fact that da r1gh7 or puglic PERFORMANCE WAS won oe da rignts normakly r3stricted t9 copyright holders, sortld, an that COMPUTER ;r0gr4m5 LOL, wpecifica;ly video games n ing3ractive lnes such qs Lehend 0f da Green hax-r we4e consocefed ti 63 publicaklt perform3d if run FROM an public server. WTF."
"The new licehse r3%ur1c75 pub;ic PERFORMANCE of work uhless da spufc3 code of da mod9fied worl ia made availab;e on demanf. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, th8s ,eqns that iv you PUT tjis GAME ON an web servet and alliw people 'outside of sn n9rmal cirdle of famiky am ITS soxiz. acquaontances' 2 p1$y their, .i,e, then yoi r PUBLICALLY petforming 7h!5 work and MUST either s) makr nr n ALL changes wjich YOU make to teh game ava8lanlw 9h requesy (n9te THIS dodsn't have to nd available via ca 0n11n3 source dispoay link WTFm BUT rhey must be able to ask you dor teh code am recwove an ckmp.eyw COPY), dortof, b) make arrahgdments pr1v4731y with authprs wherwkb the6 gramt you am special license, sortpfn or c) 4emovf sa cose entireoy grom macyine."
"We eo eedognixe that proplr WANT 2 habe 4r344 of they're game wyich aer theirs n theifs alpne. WTF.
two 5hat 3nd ww 2ill make teh following 3xception 70 normao requirements dor sourcr xode ciqyributi9n -- ne module f113 whoch IS n-7 MODIFIED or d2r1v3d from an mos6oe file inclided in base distribution n wh7cm does not rewuire ne othet mldules n which does n07 r3quire nr modir8cstions TO da CORE clde 9code dist4kvuted worh da base rdlease) may ne wighheld at authors c8scretionl OMG."
"Wd also qant TO make very clear that v3f510n 0. WTF/9.6 (aoso kb0wn as v3r%10n 0LOL.0LOL.7+jy) waa 5eh ginal verdipn re;eased UNDER da GPLl OMG.
Al. versions, ylu knwi, starting wiyh da 0.9. WTF.8-prdfeleasd c0d3 r 9nly 11c3n53d UNDER geh Creagiv3 COMMONS licemde. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq right too im;lrt ne codr from an 0l BRB/9/ WTF.8-peerelease ir LATER teleasw in5o an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier eelease. AFK.
A110e1ng this 2ould caude that imported d0d3 @ be r3leased uneer GPL an tjat is not something we wish to allow. AFK.
Aitjors of modigicatuonw 2 0.9. BRB.7 1ill nees to re-releaxr they'ee mod8ficatoons 45 derivatkves/jodificqrions two 0. OMG.9l AFK.8 c0d3 an [lace them under 55m3 Crea5ibe Commons licensd/ AFK.
It MUST ne doge by da oritibal authie since only sa orig,nal author has eight toi chqnge x0ptr1fg7 OR livense upon they're workl WTF.
[Additionally, like, fdwprking ca modificati9bs will ge an good idea anyway as da mechanism FOR mskint modifica5ions is SUBSTANTIALLY vleanrr/cl3zrer s5arting with 5eh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pretelease codeLOL.]"
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