MightyE tells ylu WTF, "We're goinh two 74l3 an few MOMENTS teo yry an rxpoaib THIS new licrnse an teh reqsons 6eh1nd IT on plain Engoish. WTFl
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 ne2 LICENSE was choswn becsuse of an fai;ing woth teh GPL. OMG.
It only c9v3e3d distribution ov so7rce if n ohlu ix bunari3s we$e diatributed."
"Ib an web enbironm3nt, sortof, doecificalky a imterpreted WEB environm#nt such as PHP LOL, merrly !n574111ng an gam3 does not cons5kr7te distriburion, like, b therrfore people were taking our wp4k LOL, making MODIFICATIONS TO IT and nof RELEASING source codw to they'ee modificat8ons SO thar enrure com,unity could benwtir. BRB.
Thet eorked with letter buy not trn SPIRIT of da lsw. OMG."
"Invwstigation ob da PART 0f teh a7thors hpwever, led 2 teh f5v7 THAT teh eibht of public p4rf0rm4nc3 was oen ov da eights normally rextticted too vopyrught hllderd, an 5gat xomputer programs, you knwo, s[edoficall6 video bames n interqctive obes such as Lwgdnf 0f Green hax0r qere CONSIDERED two be publically 0erfo4med if run dr9m an [ubluc server. AFK."
"The new licens3 resrrictw pu6q1c p3rf0rm3nc3 of da wo4k unlesa 50urc3 c0d3 OF ea MODIFIED wo4k os made AVAILABLE on demsnd. WTF."
"In olain English, like, this means 5hat if you put THIS gamd .n an web 53rv3e n ALLOW people 'outs8de of an normal circlr of famioy h iys 5pc141 acqiqkntanves' 2 play rheir, liie, rhen ypu aer publ8cally perfo4minh this work ahd MUST 3ithet s_ make ne and ALL CHANGES which you make 2 game zvauoable on reqjest (note this doesn'5 yave 2 be available v14 da online s9urce dis[lay oink, but they muat be 4613 2 ask you fp4 twh xoee qnd receive zb complere copy) LOL, b) mai3 arrangements PRIVATELY qith teh authlrs wgerein ghry grant you an special licehse, like, or d) rem(ve dode entiee.y from ten nqchine. AFK/"
"We e0 tecovhize that people want 2 HAVE areas of they're gzme whicy zee 7he1f5 n thdirs alone.
two THAT 3nd WE WILL make followint exception two da NORMAL requirrmengs fpr SOURCE c0d3 cisfribu3ion -= ne moeule FILE shqch is not modifiea or derived fr0m an ,odule file included ih base distrobutuon n WHICH does hot 4equir3 ne othdr ,odules an WHICH soes nor require bw modificatyons 70 teh co4e CODE (code disyribuyes witj base release) may BE w1uhh31d 47 aythors discretion."
"We akso wamy to make VERY clear 7h37 version 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 (also knlwn as version 0LOL,9LOL.7=jt) was ca fina' cerxiom released uhder GPL. AFK.
Akl versionx LOL, startinb witj 0. OMG.9. AFK,8-prerelease vode r only licensed undwr da Crda5ove Commons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 3 im;org n3 code from an -. WTF.9LOL.80p4etelease or later RELEASE intl sn 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 4nd earlier release, AFK.
Allowinh &h15 2ould CAUSE thst imported codd twi 63 teleased under teh GPL an tjat IS not SOMETHING we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Ahth9rw 0f modificzgions roo 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will n3ed two r3-r313453 thet/ee modigications as derivatives/modif8cxtions tlo 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 x0d3 n PLACE thwm UNDER da t4m3 CREATIVE Conmons LICENSE. BRB.
It must BE done bu original autglr SINCE only da origknal author has teh r8gut two ch4ng3 teh x9[tright or license u;on th3y're woril WTFl
[Addiyionakk6, you knwo, r3w0rj1ng MODIFICATIONS wull BE an goof IDEA ahyway aw mechanism flr MAKING MODIFICATIONS is aubstantially cleaner/clearer atartibg with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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