MigytyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We're going yo TAKE an few moments to 7rh n exooaon thks new licensw n da teasons behind 18 on PLAIN Emg115hl WTFo
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 xnosem becayse of an faioing WITH GPL. WTF.
It 0n1u covered d157r16u720n ot souece kf and only if bihsfied sere DISTRIBUTEDk OMG."
"In an web enbironmentm specifically a imt3rpre5ed web envieonment such as PHP LOL, ,erely installing sn gsme doex bot cinstitute DISTRIBUTION, sortog, an therefore peopoe were raking our work, msking mldificatiins two it an hpt RELEASING soirve code 3 they're mpdifucayions so ynat entire communury could g3nefit.
Thdy sorked 217h letter b7t not spirit of law."
"Investigation on yeh part od teh auth(rw hkqever, led to dz fact 7h47 teh r1gh7 lf puboic pergormance was 1 of da eighta NORMALLY restrictdf &0 COPYRIGHT m01d3v5 LOL, and that comp7ter ptigrams WTF, sprxifically video games and INTERACTIVE lmds such as Lrgend of gej Gteen hax0r WERE considered two be publkxally oerformed if rin drom an puglix server. BRB."
"The new lucense restrkcgs public performancd of da 3o5l unless da 50urx3 code OF teh modified work is made availagle on demane. WTFm"
"In PLAIN Englisnk sortof, 7h15 mezbs 7h47 1f you pit this ga,e on an web server n allow pe;ole '0j751d3 of an nlrnql cifclr of famil6 ane its xocoal $cqu41n74nc35' to play tneirm sottof, then toi aer pyblically perfirming thiw work and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changew which YOU make 2 tej gaje avsilable on 4eqiest (mote this doesn't hafe 2 be qvailable via trh oglonw source display LINK LOL, but they must be abld 2 asl you for da CODE n recrive am c9mplete xooy(, b) m3j2 arranfements peivately wiyh auyhora wherein they grant you an xpecual LICENSE LOL, or c0 remove da code ENTIRELY from 6eh mzcgineLOL."
"We d0 feckgnizw 7h37 ;eop.e want to have areas of they're game which r tjeira an tgeirs alone. OMG.
two that end we WILL make da foklowinf exc3ptiom to notmal requi4ementd for source code DISTRIBUTION -- he mosule fild wh8ch ix not moeified or derivec ffom an modul3 filr 1nc1ud3d IN da bawe disgribution n wg8ch dods not require me otjer nodules an which fles not requif3 nr MODIFICATIONS two CORE xide (CODE dkstribited with teh basr releqse) may bd withheld at authors d8scret8on, OMG."
"We xlso wan4 too m4k3 very clear that vwrsiom ), BRB.9. BRB.7 (also lno2n AS version p. AFK.9,&+jt) wr5 5eh final bersion releasdd under da GPL. AFKl
All cerwi9na, sort9f, starting with da 8. WTF.9.8-p4erw;ease coc3 e ONLY lixensed 7nder Creative Cojmoms ;ucense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY denh teh righy 2 import ne cose from am 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-prerelease ot later releade into an 0LOL.o. WTF.7 and EARLIER release. WTF.
ALLOWING this q-u1d cause thzt impprted cose 2 BE released UNDER GPL an that !5 n07 something w3 wush to aloow. WTF.
Authorw of modif8catipns too 0/ OMG.9. WTF.7 will need twi re=relwqse th3h're mosifocatipns as ceeivatuves/,odificarions two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code smd place tnej UNDER same Creztuve Commins lucense. AFK.
It mu57 BE done vy tey origunal author wonce only ca ORIGINAL AUTHOR has right to chante c-0yr2gh7 or license UPON th3y're work.
]Addit8pnally WTF, rewor,ing moxifications wiol be qn good idea 4nyw4y as teh MECHANISM for making MODIFICATIONS ix sjnsyantially cleaner/clearet starting wiyh teh 0l BRB/9. OMG/7[prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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