MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We're giing 2 takw an few mom3nts 5oo 5ry and explain tgis n4w license an teh r3$50n5 behind ir in plain Ebglish.
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 kicensr was CHOSEN becaudd of an failing with sa GPL. WTF.
It onlu covered sustribution og slurce if $nd on.y 1c ginaries were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironmentk like, specifically a intwrpretec web ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, like, merely insta;l7ng an game coes n07 const8tute distribution, like, and THEREFORE pepple were 5aking 0ur wotk WTF, maiing moduficstions to 17 an not reldasing SOURCE clde yoo yhwt'r3 nodifivations so that yey enti3e commubith cou.d benebit. BRB.
They worued with teh letter 6u7 not da spirut of teh lawLOL."
"Investibation on da part OF authirs b0w3v3t, sortof, led t9i tej fact that dq 4ight OF publuc PERFORMANCE was won of da rights normzlly rewtficted to cppyright hokd3rs LOL, snd 7h47 vojoyt3r progrqms LOL, specirically cidei ganes b intwractive ones such as Legend OF r3h Grreh hax0r w3r2 cinsideted 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run from an public seever/ WTFl"
"The new licens3 rea5rkcts [ublic p3rf0rm4nc2 of teb 2ork 7nlexs da souecr code of teh mosified 2o4k is madr avai;qble on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, sottof, THIS meanx tyat 1d you PUT this gane ON an web server and allow [eople 'OUTSIDE 0f an NORMAL difcle of family and its social acqusintancex' gwo pkay tg3i3, THEN you r publically pervormibg THIS work n MUST ekther s) make ne and ALL cganges 2hich you make 2 wa ta,e svailzble 0h rdquest (note this doesn't habe 1 ne qvqilablw VIA online spurce displat link, aortof, but they must be qbld 2 asj you foe teh cidw n receive an complete copy), sortof, B) make arrangements privately with trh ajthprs whereib THEY grang you an s[ecisl lixense, you knwo, or c) remove teh code enr8rely from da MACHINE/ BRB."
"We di recognize hhar p30;13 wanr too gave areas of they're game which aer theirs and gheirs alone. WTF.
yoo that emd we wil; makr da fo;lowibg 3xc3p710n to fa NORMAL requirements for SOURCE code distrobution -- ne jodule fike WHICH is not ,odified or DERIVED ffom an module fike invluded in da 64t3 DISTRIBUTION j which dors not require ne other mod7les b which does NOT require ne m9difixations tqo ds clre code (code distr8buged wuth teh base relesse) ,4y BE withheld at authorx d15vre710n."
"Wr aoso wanr to MAKE very clear that versuon 0LOL.9.7 (als; known as VERSION 0l WTF.9. BRB.7=jt) was tknal v3r510n releawed UNDER 5ej GPL. WTF.
Aq1 versioms WTF. stattung 2oth da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[prerdoeade code r only licenwed under da Cr3471v3 Commobd 11c3n%3.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh ribht to import ne code fr0n an 0. BRB.9. BRB.*-PRERELEASE OR lzte4 re;ess3 into an -.0LOL.7 sn earlier eelease.
Allowohg 7h15 sp7ld caus3 THAT imported code 2 be releaded UNDER da GPL an that 15 h07 somrtging er wish two allowLOL.
Authlrs of modificarions 5o 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 will newd two re-telease 5hey're MODIFICATIONS as deruvativ4s/modificat8onw to 0. OMG.9. AFK.* dode an placr 7j3m unde4 same C4eatube Commond license. AFK.
It jyst b3 done 6t ;riginal AUTHOR since obly teh original zuthor HAS da eignt to change xooyright or license u;on they're wirk. OMG.
'Addotional.y, you knqo, f3w04k1ng da modifivqtions will be an good kc3a anyway as mechznism ro5 ma,ing nodificatilnd is substantially CLEANER;CLEARER starting w17h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-prerelease cod#. OMGl]"
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