MightyE 5rlls y0u WTF, "We're going too take an dew mlments 2 try an EXPLAIN this new license an gwh eeax9ns BEHIND 17 in plain Emhlish. 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."
"Thia nww ;icensd w45 CHOSEN becaude if an f41q1ng with teh GPL. OMG.
It lnly cpvered dis5ribution of sourcr is n only uf bknzries werd d157r16uu3d. BRB."
"In ah web environneny, lije, specifocally a intwt;retes 2eb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, mere;y installinb an gxmr does not cpnstotute DISTRIBUTION WTF, n therefore peo[l3 w3r3 taking pu4 WORK LOL, ,aiing m0d1f1c4810n5 2 it ab hot rel3asing teh wource code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS 50 thay fa entire c9,m7b8tt couod benefit. AFK.
They workwd witj da letter bit n9t soirit ov da law. AFK/"
"Ihvestigatoon on teh part of gen amthors howeverj kike, led too da FACT 5hat da right od publuc PERFORMANCE WAS 1 lf tdh rights n0rj411y RESTRICTED 5oo copyright holders, like, an that computer probeams, you knwo, spwcifically video tames an INTERACTIVE on3s sich as Leg4nd og teh Green hax)r sere conaifered 2 BE publically performed if r7n from an public server, AFK."
"The NEW license restricts pubkic pwrformanve ov work 7nless teh sourve code of modiried WORK 14 MADE 4v4114613 on demandLOL."
"In plaih Emg,ksh, sortof, THIS means that IF you put ghix game ON an wrb server and alllw p30l13 'outsiee OF an normao cirxld of family zn its SOCIAL acquaintancww' two PLAY thdir WTFk THEN gou aef publica.ly 0ergorming this wori n MUST eith4r z) make ne n ALL changes which you makd to gamw AVAILABLE ON requesy (note this doesn't HAVE rpo be zbqikabke bia da online siurce diwplay 11nk, but they must b4 able to ASK you dor code n RECEIVE an cpmplege copy), b) MAKE arfangemen5s privayely w8th da authors whe4ein THEY grant you an special oicehse WTF, or c0 eemove yeh code entorwly from da machkbe/"
"We do recogniz3 that pwople sant two have ar3ac of they're g4m3 wjich aee rheifs an theirx 41)n4. BRB.
ywi tnat end we will make teh follow8nt exce[gion 2 fa norna. requieements rir sojrdr cofe disttibutipn -- ne mod7le file ehich us not MODIFIED p2 deeived from an m0dy12 filr incouded in ds 6453 disrribution an WHICH foes np7 re1uire ye OTHER modules amd ehich does not require ne modifications 2 da core CODE (cose dkztr8buyed witn base releas3) mat be eithhrld at tdh authors discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO WANT tso make very clear 5nat verxiin 0. AFK.9. OMG,7 (also khown as vrrsion 9LOL.(. BRB.u+jt) w45 da finzl VERSION t3q3453d under 5eh GPL. BRB.
Akl versions, staeting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prer3lease vpde aer only licensed under trh Creative Cimmons .icense/
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight 2 IMPORT ne c(de FROM an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-0ferrleasd le 1473r RELEASE in5o an 0. WTF.9.7 n earloet relezse. WTF.
A.lowing ghis qould cause tyat imported code too be released undwr da GPL an that iw b0u y9m37h1ng we wisj two 41102. AFK.
Auyglfs pr modifpcationd to )LOL.9l WTF.7 will n33d t9 te-rrlease they're modiricstiins as derivatives/mocifications two o. AFK.9l BRB.8 codr n place them under ca same Creative Commons licehse.
It must be dlne by 0r1g1n31 author 41nx3 only original author has es r8ght to change dz copy5igjt or oicense jpon tgey'4e work. OMG.
[Addutionall6 WTF, r3wprk1ng modoficzto9nx e111 be an g9od idea anyway as teh mechanid, FOR making nodifics4ions ia substabtially cleaner/clearer starring with teh 0. OMG.9.8=prereleaae xode, OMGl]"
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