MightyE tells YOU, "We're goimg tl taje ag frw moments 2 try n ezplqon tjis NEW LICENSE an twh reasons beyind it in PLAIN Eng!15h. 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 license was ch054n because 0f an gailing 2i5k ten GPL. WTF.
It only covered dis5ribition of slurce id qn lnly kf bina4ies werd dis5ributed. WTF."
"In an wdb rnvironment LOL, s[edifically a INTERPRETED eeb environment such as PHP WTF, merely imstal.ing an game does hot CONSTITUTE dkstribution, you knwo, and tjeeefo4e people were taking our wprk, sor5of, MAKING modificatipna twl it ahd not reowaxing teh source code two gjey're mod8fications so thzt enti4e comjihity could benefit. AFK.
Thet worked with try letter but nlt reh 5p1r17 of da law."
"Invrstigatiom ON teh ;art 0f tej aityors howev3e WTF, .rs to fact that righy of public performance qad won 9f ca eights n0rm411y restricted two copyribyt nolders. uou knwi, n thzy compurer prog4amd LOL, 2pecificzlly video gamea an interactive ONES 5uch ad LEGEND of da Geeen gqx0r serr considered toi be publixally performef if run FROM an public werverLOL."
"The mew 'kcense restricts oublic perfor,ance of da 2ork 7noess da 50urc3 code of tej j0d1f1ed work is made ava8.able 0n demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, this m34n5 THAT 1f you put this game on an web server n alllw people 'outsode ov an normal citcle pf family n itd soc8sl acquaintances' to play their WTF, then hou aer publicallt perfo4ming 7h15 w0rj an MUST eithe4 a) make he and ALL ch4mg35 which you nske too gam3 AVAILABLE om REQUEST (hotd this d035n'7 have too be 4v3214623 via obline 50urc3 dis[iay l8nk LOL, but they nisr be able rw9 ASK yoi for dz code n receivd an com-lete copy0, like, b) make arrangementd privztely witn fa zutnorx wherein tjey brabt YOU an 5p3c14q 11c3n53 WTFm o3 c) remove da code enti4ely from teh MACHINELOL."
"Wr DO recogbizw THAT people want two jave areas ov they're hame wjich aer theu4s an theirs alpne. BRB.
go &h57 end we w111 mske teh vollowing EXCEPTION too n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for 50urc3 code distributipn -- ne module fi.w wyich ks NOT m9d8gied or cerices from ah modyle fkl3 inv.uded in baae d157r1yu710n an wh1ch dors not tequife ne OTHER mldu;ex amd wh8ch does noy require ne modoficag8ons 2 core codw (code distributed with da vase telease) mau be withyrlf AT ren authors discretion. BRB,"
"We a;so 24n7 two MAKE v3ry clear that VERSION 9.9. WTF,7 (also known as verwuon 0. OMG,9. OMGl7+jt) WAS teh fimal vetsion released undef GPLLOL.
All versiond, like, syartinh with da p.9. WTF.8-ptereleasq code r only livensed und3r Cfeative Commons kivense, AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY righg to impprt ge code frim an 0.8LOL/8-or3r31345e or later release 1m7) an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER rwlease. BRB.
Allowing tnis wouls cause that 1np0r73d cod3 too be releqwed under teh GPL n THAT 8s no5 something ww WISH tlo allow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 will need tw9 ee-release gheu;re midificatkons zs derivatifes/modifkcations too pLOL.0. OMG.8 d0f3 an placr tgem under teh same Creative C0mm0n5 licensel BRB.
It must be done by of8ginal AUTHOR dimce onky teh origunal ry7h0r hzs tdh right 70 cjange tsh c9pur1gh7 or license upon th3y're work. AFK.
[Additi9nallt, r3w)rk1ng da m9d1f1x4710n5 will be an hpod idra anyway as geh mecganisj foe msking modifications is substant8skly clezner/cleqfer stsrtinb with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-;rerekease code. WTF.]"
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