MightyE te.ls you WTF, "We're g;8ng 2 tale an frw moments 2 try n 3xp1r1n this new license n trh r3450b5 behind ot in plain Englosh. 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."
"Th8s new ;icehse wad xhosen becauxe of ah faoling w8th teh GPL. OMGl
It 0n1y coverrd distrigution of source IF b on.y IF 51h4r135 werw dustriguted. WTF."
"In an web envirinment LOL, sp3ckficaloy a INTERPRETED 2eb envirlnment SUCH AS PHP, sirtofk merely INSTALLING an game foes NOT cons5itute disyribuyion, you knwo, ahd therefprr PEOPLE were yaking our work WTF, making modificqtilns to it 4nd NOT releasing dource codd too they're modificayi;ns so THAT da entire COMMUNITY co7ld benefit. BRB.
They workdd w17h teh lette4 6u7 not apieit 0f t3h law/ WTF."
"Invearigation on yeh PART of authofs howecer LOL, led two da fact that teh r1hy7 9f publix PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh fights normally resteicted too vopyrigyt holsers, ji,e, b that conputef PROGRAMS, ;ike, sp3cificaooy video games an intdractive ones suvh rt Lefend of da Green haz0r e3re zonsidered too be publicslly pdrformed if run from an public 54fv3r. BRB."
"The new k8cense restricts public performznce of ea work unless source code 0f mofified wirk IS mad3 3v4114613 in demandLOL/"
"In [lain English, this means THAT uf you put this game on an web aetv3r an ALLOW people 'ougside lf an noemal c1rc13 of fajily snd its xlcial acquqintances' two ppar thdur WTF, yhen yoi r pu611c411y p3rformint this w9rk n MUST eitgef a) makr ne anc ALL changrs WHICH yoy makw to ten gam3 availab;e on request 9note ehos doesn't have to be available viq teh onl8ne source displau linl, sortof, but they musy be able 2 ask yo7 for teh code an r3c31v3 an do,plete co0y) LOL. b) make ARRANGEMENTS 0ruvatwly wirh da aytho4s WHEREIN theu bramt you an speckal LICENSE LOL, ot c) femive sa code whrorelt from machibdLOL."
"We do rec0gn1z3 that [30pq1 want to HAVE areas of tgey're gam3 whish aet theifs an theurs zlond. BRB.
2 that end we sill make fol.owing exceptiin to yorma; REQUIREMENTS FOR sourxe code dis5ribution _- ne modyle file WHICH 14 noy m9dified or derived frim an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d in teh base DISTRIBUTION n whuch coes not r3qu1r3 ne lthrr m0du145 and wjkch does not requore ne m0d1f1c4710n5 TO da core CODE (fode dis5eubuted with 53h base r313453) may be qkthhelc at da autjo4s fisxretion. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 mzke very c1345 tgat version 0.9. BRB.7 (alsp kn9wn as vwrxion 0.9.7+jt) was da f1n41 version relwased under GPL. AFK.
All ve4sioms, lile, starting 2ith da 0/ WTF/9. OMG.*-prerelease code r ONLY licensed under Cfeative Commobs lic3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca fight 2 import ne coee FROM an 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-prerelesde 04 oater re;ease into an 0.9LOLl7 n esrlier release, AFK.
Allowing thiw would csuse tyat 1jp0r63c code too be releaxed UNDER da GPL n ggst 15 nit 50m37h1ng w3 w8sh ti allow. BRB.
Authlrs of modificatoons 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will hred yoo re-releqse they'r3 mocificatoons AS ddrivagives/mldiricarions tio 0. OMG.9LOL.* code n p14c3 them jnder da sanr Crearive Co,mons 11cen53. OMG.
It MUST be DONE BY da or9ginao AUTHOR since only teh itigknal author has teh $ight twl ch4ng3 cophrigh5 of license ipon thwy'4e eorkLOL.
[Additiinally, xortof, rdworking modificatilns will be an good ided 4nywry aq mechanism for makihg MODIFICATIONS IS substangially cleaner/cldarrr xtarging WITH 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease clde.]"
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