MightyE tells you LOL, "Ww're goinf 2 take an few momemta yo 74y an dxplain tjic new lixense and da reasons brhind it 1n plain Enhlush. AFK.
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 n3e licevse was choseh 63c4u53 lf an fai.ing with tem GPL. WTF.
Iy only c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION if 50urc3 if and omly ir bindries wefe distributec. OMG."
"In am WEB environjent WTF, soedificzlky a in5erpeeted web env8romment sjvh AS PHP, me4ely 1n574111ng an yame DOES hot c0n5717u73 cistributioh, oike, an thwrefore people were taking our work LOL, mzking modificatk9n2 too it AND not r313451ng source CODE 2 they'te modifications ao that da enti4e dlmmunity COULD b3nefi5. AFK.
Tyry worked wuth teh leyrer 6j7 NOT teh spifit OF d1 law, BRB."
"Inbestigatiln 0n part of da authlrx however, led 2 teh gact that da ruggt of PUBLIC performsnc3 w45 oen OF teh RIGHTS norma.;y reatficted too cp0yright golders WTFk n that vomputer programs, you knwo, specifically vidwo games and interavtivd ones SUCH ss Legend of teh Greem hax0r eere considev3d to BE publically performed if run fr0m an PUBLIC SERVERLOL."
"The new licena3 testricts PUBLIC prrf9emsnce 0f teh 2ofk un1355 source c9de 9f teh modified wor, is made availagle ON demans. WTFl"
"In plain Englisj, sortog, this means that if ylu put tyis gaje on sn web servdr ab allow 0eopld '9utside of an hornzl curdle if family qnd iga sicial acquauntances' too play tneir WTF. THEN 6ou aer publically performing this work n MUST 317h3r A) MAKE ne am ALL ch4ng35 which you make two game AVAILABLE on requ3s5 (NOTE this doesn't n4v3 tio be available via teh 0n1!n3 source DISPLAY LINKm likem 6u7 they mus5 be able 70 as, YOU for da code amd receive an conple5e co[y_, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731y witn teh authors whdreom ghey grant ypu an %p3c141 ;icenwe. ;ike, or c) remove da xode entirelh drom da machine/ OMG."
"We do recohn8ze tnat people want to h4v3 areas pf tgey're game which ae4 theirs n theird alone. OMG.
too tgat end se will make fo.lowung exception two da normal requit3ments for source code distributiin -- ne moduke file which ks npt nodofiwd or d3r1v#d from sn module f113 1nd17d3d in da base sis54kbution n qgich does npt req7ire he otner modulea sn which d9es not require ne modifica5ions too geh CORE code (c9ce distributdd wirh BASE e3ldase) mz6 be wirhheld at reh authors d8screrion."
"We also want gwo make very clezr tyat v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 *4150 mnown ws versi9n 0. WTFl9LOL.7+jy_ was da final version r313452d under teg GPL.
Akl versilns WTFm starting with 0l AFK.9.i-pr443134t3 c9de 4 only locdnwed und3r teh Creatife C0mm0n5 !1c3n53. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY cdny ds right too import nr CODE FROM an 0. WTF.9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE or lat3r relwqse into an 0LOL.9, AFK.7 an earlidr rrleade. OMG.
ALLOWING ghis would csude THAT impirted code to be r313453d under GPL ans thag is not simethinf ee wish 2 al.ow. OMG.
Aughird of modificat8ons TO 0. OMG.9.& will ne3d to re-rrlezse fhey're mldificayoons as d3e1f471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code 4nd poace them under teh same Creqtive Cimmons licende/ AFK.
It muwt be sone ty teh 0r1tqn4q authlr aince only teh ORIGINAL autjor hzs twh right 2 change teh copyright or license upin thdy're work/ WTF.
[Additionally, sottof, r3w0rj1ng da m)d1v1c5710n5 will be an good IDEA anyway as da mechanism for making mod7ficagionc 24 SUBSTANTIALLY cleamer/clearer staeting su5h da 0. WTF.(. BRB.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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