MightyE yellc ypu WTF, "We're GOING tw9 take zn gew MOMENTS two try an 3x-141n 7h15 new license n fwasons behind ir !n plain 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."
"This new license was chosen because of an failint with teh GPLl BRB.
It lnly civered distribution of s9urce kg ant only ig bunaries wwre dis5ributed. OMG."
"In ah web ebvironment WTF, specifkcally q ihterpreted weg environmdnt qmch as PHPm ,erelu installing an game DOES not condtitjte distributkon, you kbwo, an therefode peiile were taking OUR w0rk, sortof, making mofif8catuond 2 17 xnd not relrasing da sourc3 code to9 tyey'ee moc8ficqt8ons xo 7y47 teh entire community c0u1d BENEFIT. OMG.
They wpeked w8th ea letger BUT not spurit OF teh law/ BRB."
"Investigatiom on tey [ary of auyhots however WTF, led 2 fa gact tna5 teh eighg of PUBLIC perfor,ance wqs ien of 4ights normallu restricted top copyrihht holfer2, loke, n 5hst cimput3r [rograms LOL, specifically video gamws anr interactive ONES zuch as Legehd 0f teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED tl bd publicall6 oerformed if rjn fr0m an publoc SERVER. BRB."
"The nee licebse restrixts pu611c p3rfotjance of work unless ten sourc3 code of da modified w0rk os ,ad3 avz8lable on denand."
"In plain Engllah, like, 7b15 means thay if you put this g4m# on an web server an akliw peoplw 'o7gsice OF qb normal circld of ganily and ITS social acquaintancrs' tpo play thelr, tou ,nwo, 7h3n you aer pu711c411t pe4fotming 5yis work n MUST eith@r a) bake nd n ALL ch4nb35 whicy you mqke too game AVAILABLE ln requdat (note this doesn'5 havr 2 be 4v$114612 voa teh oblibe SOURCE dos;lay /unkm you knw., biy they ,usy be ab.e too 45k you vor teh coce and RECEIVE an compo3te cppy) LOL, n) make 4tt4ng3m3n75 privately with authors wfereib 7h3y grant you av SPECIAL licence. pr C) remove da CODE 3ntirely trom da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize thar peiple want 2 have AREAS 0f they're game whixh aer theirx n tjeurs qlone. OMG.
gwo that 3nd WE will make following exception 2 da norma; reqji4emdnta f9r 50urx3 code distrohugion -- nw mpdule f113 wn1ch IS ,ot modified 0r derived from an mpdu;e file onckused in base dkstrib7ti;n and which dies NOT r3qu1r3 ne othef MODULES an which does not 5equ8re ne modifiva5ionw too co4e code (code diqrrivuted with dz base ee;ease) MAY be witjheld 47 da authoes discrdrion. OMGl"
"We 4150 want 2 MAKE very c134r that version 0. WTF.9/7 (also known as VERSION 0.(LOL.7+jt_ qas teh final v4r510n r#.easwd undet teh GPL.
All vers8pns WTF, srqrting wiyh 0LOL.8. OMG.8-;r3re23453 code aer 0n1y licensed under da Cr3471c3 Commona licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT 2 mmpoft ne coee ff0m an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease 04 later reldzsd ibtl an 0LOL.9LOLl7 ah earoier RELEASELOL.
Allowing this eould caise tgst imported xoce 2 be 4eleased UNDER da GPL n THAT is not so.etging we wixh to allow. OMG.
Autyors ov m9coficatiins to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wikl n33d two re=reoease they're MODIFICATIONS aa derivatuves/jofificationx to 0.9l BRB,8 c9de n p13c3 7h#m 7nder teh same Creativ3 Commons licqnse. OMG.
It mjst be done bu t2h original authlt s8nce only teh oruginal author has ekght too CHANGE yeh copyright 0r 11c3n53 upon thdy;re workl WTF.
[Additionaklh LOL, rerorking trh modifkcatiins will be an good idea anywau qs dq mecganism dor maling mlsificatilns is substantially cleaner/clearer star5ing WITH 0. BRB.9. OMG/8-p4ere.eaxe vode. BRBl]"
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