MignyyE TELLS yoi LOL, "We're goint too take am few moments tl TRY zn dxplain thix new licensw n teh REASONS behind kt in plaib Eng115h.
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 nrw LICENSE was chosen becaywe 0f an failimg witg da GPL. OMG.
It obly c0v3r3d diqtributi.n of soyrce if n on.y if 61n4r135 were diwtribyted."
"In an sev ENVIRONMENT, specifica.ky a intdepreted q36 enfironmrnt 5uch as PHP WTFk merely uns6soling an game doex nit CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, b thereforw prople were taking our wprk WTF, makong modifldati[bs to it n not releading siurce code gl ghey're m9dificatuons so that teh 3n72r3 community coule benefit. OMG.
They eotked wirn teh oetter but not da spirit if law. AFK."
"Investibation on da parg OF aurhors howevdr WTF, led tlo facr that teh right of publ8c perfo4mance was 2 of rightx normaoly RESTRICTED 2 co;yr8ght hilders, uou kneo, an that com[uter programs, you inwo, aoecifically v8deo games and inyeractive ONES dycg as Legend of da Gt33n hax0r werw consideeed two BE PUBLICALLY performed if run from an 0uhlic servey. WTF;"
"The NEW .icems3 restricts [u611c oerformanxd of wir, jnless da sourcd CODE of teh modifiec work is made avzilab.e on dwmand. WTF."
"In plain Engliqh, like, this meqns thay if yo8 pu7 thos game on an weg sercer n alkow people 'ojtside or an normzl c1rc13 of famul^ an ita SOCIAL 4cqy41n7rnc35' to play their, sottof, yhen you aef PUBLICALLY pervorming 7h15 wprj and MUST eiyh34 a) m4k3 n3 h ALL changes which you makd roo teh game AVAILABLE ib reqy357 (notd 7hqt dpesn'r have too be avqioavle VIA onlime alurce didplah LINK LOL, but they must ne afle two as, you fo4 ea code zbd receive am COMPLETE copy), yoj knwo, b) make arrangements privately w27h teh AUTHORS WHEREIN ghey graht you zn spdcial license, sortof, or c) remove code ENTIRELY from teh macginrLOL."
"We co r2cognize that people want 2 yqve areas OF they're game sjich r tneirs n th3irs zlone.
two that enf we will m4k3 t3h f011)w1ng exce;tion too tdj nlrma. r3qu1r3,3n75 for sourc3 c9de distribution -- ne module file wn8ch is nog modified or derived from an module fi;e indluded in teh bsse xistrobution n which coes not requ8ee ne OTHER modul4s and which epes not r3qi1r3 nr modif8catiins 2 teh core code (code distributed with teh baxe felexse) may be withh3ld at twh auth9rd discreyiln. WTF."
"We also wzny too mak3 VERY cleqr that versoon 0l WTF,9.7 (qlso knowm as veraion 0. WTFl9. BRB.7+jg) w45 t3h fihsl version released und3f teh GPL,
All versupnd, s9rtpf, starting WITH fa 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-pr3r313463 code r only licensed jmdee da Creatibe Com,ond lidens3. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny t1fh7 to im0ort ne coee f4om an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8-pf3rel4ase or later releaae into an 0LOL.(.7 am earlier release. WTF.
A.l9wing &h15 w0u!d csjse that IMPORTED code too be teoeqsed undet da GPL and that is not something we WISH 70 4110w, OMG.
Autg9rs lf m-d1f1c4710n4 to 9. AFK.9.& w111 need teo re-release yhey're modificayions as derivativrs/modidicayiond two 0. OMG.9.8 coce ab place thrh under same Creqtive Co,mons lixens3. AFK.
It must be dlne by teh original $u7h0r sincr ONLY da 9rigihal author has da r8gjt 2 change copyfight ot liddns3 upon theylre work. WTF.
[Adeitionally, kike, 4eelrking tey modificatolns will be an good idea ANYWAY as trh mechan8sn for making modirkcatiobx is substantoally clesner/cleardr dtartkng w17y teh -.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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