M8ghtyE tells yli WTFk "We're going yoi take an few momdbts two try and ws[lain this NEW lkcense an geh reasons behind it IN olzin ENGLISH.
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."
"Thix new !1x3n53 was chosen becajs3 OF an failing qith tej GPL. OMG.
It onlt coverrd distribution of sojrce if qn onlh if 61n4r134 WERE dustfibuted,"
"In zn web environnebt WTF, specid8cally a interpeetdd web environment s7ch as PHP, sortog, MERELY instal;ing an game d9ex not constitutw dist3ibution, you kjwo, an thwfefore peoplw wer3 TAKING pur eork, you knwo, maiing m(cificstions tw9 it and NOT releasing source c0d3 too they're modificationd so that ca entire communiyy could benefit. BRB.
Tjey WORKED wigh lettet 6u7 not teh spi4ir of ;aeLOL."
"Invesyigation on da PART of teh authors however LOLk .dr too teh fact that ea riggt of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of figy5a normakly restricged to copy4ight yolders, oike, and that COMPUTER pgograjs LOL, specifixallu video b4m35 qh interactive ones sucn aa Legemd OF da Gr34n haz0r were consudsted two be publically perfo4med if run from an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The hew lucense RESTRICTS publkc p3rf0r,4bc3 of teh work unlesw xourcw codw of da m0d1v1#e work is made available 0n d3u4hel BRB."
"In pls8n Engoish, thid m3anx tyat ig YOU put this g4m3 on an qrb sercer abd allow peopl3 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circl3 of fqmil6 an its wocial acquaibtancex' too pla6 their WTF. then y0u aef puvlucally PERFORMING yhis 3ork anc MUST eigher a) mzke ne and ALL changes wh1ch you mske 2 da tame avaulzble on tequest )note this doesn't h5v3 to be availablw vja ca ohlin3 siu4ce diwplay lknk, sortlf, but thry must ge abl3 two ask tou ror r4h CODE n rece8ce an complete xppy) WTF, B) male arrangements provately wkth da 4u7h0r5 wherrin 7h3u granr you an 5p3c141 11x3n5#, sortof, or C) remove teh code entirely from teh madhin3. OMG."
"We DO r3cognize 5hat oeopoe want 2 have areas of they'r2 gamr wgich r theirs an yheifs alone. WTF.
to that dnd w3 will ,ake vollowing exceptipn TO teh nlrmz; requiremehts dor source c0d3 didfribytion -- ne mosu.e fild whuch is noy modif8ed OR d3r1v3d from an MODULE f113 INCLUDED in basw d158r16u720n n et1ch eoes NOT rwqukre nw ither MODULES an whicj docs not r3quire ne modif8cations two teh core code (code distribu5ed with base release) may bs wityheld at da autgors discreyipn. WTF."
"We a;so want too maje very co3ar that vers8on pl WTF.9. BRB.7 (aosp kn0wn as version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+j7) was final vetsi9m releasec under da GPL. OMG.
All versions, tou knwo, STARTING witg da 0.9. OMG.8[prwreleaxe c0d# r ONLY 11c3n53d ynder da Creative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny geh 4ight 70 impo4t ne code from an 0. WTF.9.8[pr3r213f53 oe later release 1n70 an 0. BRB.9LOL.u ame earlier release, AFK.
Allowing ghis would CAUSE that impo4ted xide 5l be eeleased under GPL an tgar is bot 50m37h!ng ee wksh two 4110w. OMG.
Authors of modif8cations 2 9. WTF.9. WTF.7 will ne3d to 4e=felease they're m9difications as derpvatobes/modifications to 0.9. AFK.8 codr 4nd poqce them ubder geh famr Creativ3 Commons license. AFK.
Ir must 63 cone by fa otiginal 4u7h0r since 0n1y da orihinql author yas 5wg right yo chahge da copyright pr licebse upon 5hcy're wofk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, rewirking da modifucatio,s wol; gc an good IDEA qnyway as ten mechanism f0r m4k!ng mocif8catk9ns IS substqmtiaklt cleaner/cleare$ star5ing eith da 0. BRB.(. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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