MightuE TELLS tou WTF, "We're goiyy 2 take an f3w momdnts TO try snd explain tgis new LICENSE n reasons behind 17 in p141n Entlushl
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."
"Tgis new lucense was chosdn bedause of an FAILING with t3g GPL. OMG.
It pnly covwted ristributi;n 0f soutce if and only if binaries were disgribuyedk WTF/"
"In an eeb envirohment, speckfica.;y a 1n83rpr373d web envitonment such AS PHP, yo7 knwo, me4ely unstallibg an GAME does not constitjte distributiim WTF, n 7h3r3f0r3 peopke wdre yaking our work, you knwo, making modificatoons ti it ab not rdleaxing tej source code two they're modificatioms so tbat teh emtkre comjunity COULD benedot. BRB.
They worles w17h 5eh LETTER but not heh s0irit of teh lzw/ BRB."
"Inveatigarion on tey p4ri pf authors however, likw, lrd 1 teh FACT 7n47 t1gy7 of publkc performance qaa won ob teh rightd normaloy festricted yoo copyright h)!d3r%, ;ike, and THAT computer programsm you kb2o. specificakly video GAMES n 1m74r4cu1ve onex such as Legend of Green hax0e were considered too be PUBLICALLY performrd IF rum from an public serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE rrsttic5d puglic performance OF da WORK ynlesw teh SOURCE code or ten jodifo3d work os m4de 4v4114513 on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English, kik3, this means that 8f you put th7e gsme on ab web SERVER and 4110w pdople '9utsidr if an norma. c1rc13 od family an 8ts social acquaintanced; too PLAY their WTF, then uou r puvlicslly ptrforming this work ans MUST either 4( make ne n ALL chanfrs wh1ch you ma,e two ca fame qbailable on rdquest (nlte ghis doesn't have teo be 4b4114613 vua teh onoinw soutce diw[lay LINK, kike, bu5 they musg BE ab;e two adk uou for da code and teceive an compldte copy) WTF, b) m3k3 arrangements peivately with autgits whdrrin they frant tou an SPECIAL licehse, you knwo, or c) remove cowe entirrly froj teh machine/ BRBl"
"We eo redogn8ze that people want tqo have 4r#$5 of they'rd game WHICH r gheirs and 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
two thzt emd we w8lk j4k# following exception two da NORMAL requkremebts for source code distrinution -- ne mod7le gile shich is noy modified or dericed fro, ah modulw file ihcl7dec in da baxe DISTRIBUTION sn qhixh dors hot require ne lth3r modulrx and which dpes NOT tequire ne j0d1f!vr810n5 too teh core c0d# 9code d157r16i73d WITH teh base release) may be wuthhekc at quyhprs discrerion."
"We also wany top make very clear that cdrsiln 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (a.so knpwh as cersioh 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was da FINAL vetsion weleased under da GPL.
ALL versionw LOL, stsrting wkth reh 0. WTF.9. WTF.9-prereleaa3 code r only licensed uhddr teh Cr3ative Cimmpns license.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right too impoet ne code drom sn 0.8LOL.7-prerelease or lqter gelease into an 0.9/ BRB,7 n eaelier releaseLOL.
Aq10w1ng THIS WOULD cause tnat 1mp047wd c9se 2 be relrased under teh GPL an THAT is hot something 2e WISH goo 4110w. BRB.
Aurhors of modif8dztkons 5wo 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 w211 newd tw9 r3-r313453 they;re modifixations zx derivatives/modoficayiond tso 0LOL.9LOL.8 code amd plaxe them under reh sa,e CREATIVE Commons lic3nxe. AFKl
It muxt 63 donr by or8gknal author since only da 9riginal 4u7h04 HAS da ribgt too chang3 copyriggt or licwnse upon they're work.
[Additionallh WTF. rdworkibg modif8cations WILL be an goof 1d34 abywsy as teh mechanism for makinb modificafions id substabtiskly cleandr/cleareq starting witj da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pregrleaae c0d3. OMG.]"
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