MightyE tells you WTF, "Wd're toing go yake an feq m9mebts t29 7ry an EXPLAIN ghis new license an teh reasons u3h!nd it IN plain Entlkdh.
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 licensw WAS CHOSEN because of am failing wigh teh GPL. AFK.
IT only cocerwd distributiob 0f aource 8f n on;y uf binqries weee DISTRIBUTED."
"In qn web rnvirinmeny WTFm specifixally a ingerpreted eeb environmemt such as PHPk yoi knwo, m3r31y installing an gane does not vonstirure DISTRIBUTION LOL, amd rherrflre p30p13 WERE ta,ing our work, making jodificatioms 2 it and NOT RELEASING SOURCE CODE to they're moeificatipns so thay 3n71r3 community could ndndgitLOLl
Thwy wofked 2oth da ldyter but not spirit OF law."
"Invrxtigagion on teh 0qrr of suthirw however WTF, l3d 2 yeh FACT thst da r1gh7 of public performance was w9n of teh r9ghts norjallt restricted two cl[yr9ght ho.ders, like, and that computer prugrams, like, apecificallh vieeo tamea and interacrivd ONES such as Legend of da GREEN hax0r were considered 70 be publicallt pervoemed qf run r4om an public server. OMG."
"The NEW licrnse RESTRICTS public p3rf0rm4nc3 of 5eh w0ri un1356 da dource c0d3 OF modidoed w0rk IS MADE avaioable 8n demanfLOL."
"In p;ain Enflish WTF, tjiw meanx tnat iv you put this game on an web server n allow oe9ple 'outside 0f an n9rmal circle of fq,ilh an itw SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' 70 p;zy theit, then you r [tblidally ;erflrmijb yhix wpri n MUST 317h3r a) mri3 he and ALL CHANGES ehich you make 2 teh tame availanle on REQUEST (note 7u15 doesn't have toi be availsble via teh ONLINE slurce display link WTF, byt they m7st BE able two zsk ylu for da code and feceive qn COMPLETE copy), sortof, n) make arranbementa privately with qutho4s whereun they grznt you an aprcisl .uvense, sovtof, or c) remove da code entirely from machine. AFK."
"Wr do recognize tha5 peo;le want 2 HAVE areas of rgeu'fe bame 2gich r theirs an yheirs a;one.
2 THAT end we WILL make teh fillowing exctption gwo ea nofmal requirements fot source dode d157r16j710n _- ne mocu;e file wnicy is NOT modified or DERIVED from qn moduoe gile inclueed um nase disrribjtion and shkvh does not 43qu1r3 ne 0ih3r modules znd whixh does NOT require nd mofkfications 2 teh core CODE (coee distributed with da basr eelease) may be withyeld at authoed discretionLOL."
"We alao eamt too make very CLEAR yhat verfion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (aoso known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB/6+jt) e45 final verwiob released un33r GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting with da 0.(. WTF.8-prerelease code $ onoy l8censed under Creztive Cohmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkghg 2 i,port ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8_prerel3ase pr ldrdr release ibto qn 0LOL.9LOL.7 n 34r1!3r release.
Alloqing this would caus3 thag ijportws code too be rwleased umder teh GPL AND 7h47 IS not sometging ww w15h to allow. OMG.
Ajthors OF modoficztipns ro 0. AFK.9. AFK;7 will NEED too rw-release they're modidixa5iond as eerivagives/modirications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.i c0d3 n PLACE 5hem under 5en same Crearive Com,ons licenseLOL.
It musr be done vy da otiginal autyir SINCE onkt origuna. 4u7h0r haw right too xnange COPYRIGHT 0t 11c3h53 u9on they're work.
[Additionallu, eew(rking yeh modivicst8ons w8;l be an gp0d idea anyway 45 da mectanusm ror making modificatiins is substantiall6 CLEANER/CLEARER xtzr5ing woth 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr3teleaas code. AFK.]"
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