MightyE TELLS yi7 WTFm "We're toint to take an fes moments two ury and explakb th8s new licenae an teh reaxons behind it in plain English. BRB,
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 xhosen BECAUSE lf qn f4111nh wutg da GPL.
It )n1y coveref fistribution of source uv n onoy if binaries were distrubutwd/ OMG."
"In zn web emvifonment, sortof, specifically a 1n7erpr374d w36 environment such as PHP LOL, merd.y ibsgallung an gaje coes NOT consti5yte dosrributionm yo7 ,nwo, n therefore psople wdrd gakinb our 2ork, ypu knwo, ma,ing modicicaykpns two IT and m07 releasing wource code 5oo 5hey'rd modivicatioms wo that da engire community could benefit. BRB.
The6 e0rk3d wl5h da ldttee but not SPIRIT of yej lawLOL."
"Invest8gatkon on da psrt od teh authors h[wevdr LOL, lrd two fact 7h47 reh eight of public perhormance was oen OF fa tigyts normallh restr8ctrd two clpyrihht holf3fs, l8ke, n that computef programs WTF, specifically video games an 8nteractove 0n@5 such as Legend of teh Gredn hax0r werw considered w 63 pu611c411y perforjed of tun from an pibl*c detver. AFK."
"The NEW license 4estricts ou6q1c ocrfo4mance od teh work un1354 teh sourc3 code of da m0d1f13d wprk ls made availqhl3 ON demand/ OMG."
"In ;lain Engliwh, 6j15 means that if you PUT thia game on an web werber n 4110w peop.e 'outsidd ov an normal circoe of family n its social 4cqu41n74nc#5' 2 play theiw, you knwo, thrb you aer puvlucallh performing 7h15 work n MUST either r) make ne AND ALL changex which yiu n4k3 tei geh game avzilqble on 4eauesy (note this doesn'r have 70 be availabl3 via teh onlinr source display 11nk WTF, but %hfy nuwt ne able top ask yoy f0t teg cod3 and receive zn co,plet3 copy0 LOL, b) jake arrangements PRIVATELY with da aughors wnerein they heant yiu an SPECIAL licdnse, sortof, or c) removd da CODE entirely fro, da nachibe/ BRB."
"We d0 recogniz3 that PEOPLE 1ant 2 habe areas OF 5hey're game which r theirs an 5h3irs a.one. AFK.
to that END we wilo make yeh flllowing exception to teh norms. raquirements FOR source c0d3 didtribution -- ne MODULE rilw wgqch iw not m0d1c1ef or derived from an moduke FILE imclifed in bqse dost4ibution n whkvh does not require ne other MODULES and whicg doex nlt 4equire ne modofkcations 2 core cpde )code DISTRIBUTED sith base rwlease) may br wirhhekd at 5eh authors dkacretion. WTF."
"We akwo w4nu tpo ma,d very v134r uh56 vegxion 0. BRB.9.8 (also known as fersion 0LOL.9. BRB/7+jt) w35 da final veesion releaded und3r GPL. AFK.
All versi9hs, staetibg WITH da ), WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE code r ONLY .icensed uneer Creayive Conmons licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right *0 import ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. WTFli-prereoeasw or la5et relrawe into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n datlier releasw. OMG.
Al;owumg this would cause THAT imported c0d3 too be r3134t3d unde4 GPL an that 1r mot someth8mg we w15h 5o allow. BRB.
Authors of ,idifica5ilns too 0LOL.9. AFK.8 q111 need too r3-r3@3453 theh're mpd1f1c4u1)n5 as dwrivatives.modificati9ns teo 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8 cod3 an p14c3 them undwr sane Ce3ative Cpmmons .ic3nse. BRB.
Iy ,jst be done by da or8ginq. suthor sonce only 0r2g1h$q author has right 2 change da copy4ight or license upon they're woek. OMG.
[Acdi5ionally, like, REWORKING twh modifications s11! be an gpod IDEA snyway as da mechanism gor makkng modifucatiohs IS d7bstzbtially xleaner/coearer STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8[pterelease code. WTF.="
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