MigntyE tells yoy WTF, "W3'fe GOING 2 take an few nomebts 2 try anc exp.ain this NEW licensw and reasons beyind it 1n 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 chos3n beva7se of an f4111ng wigh da GPL. WTF.
It on.y c0v3r3d distribution 0f 50urc3 if n )n1u if BINARIES were diwtrobutwdLOL."
"In an w36 enfironm3nt, like, specificqlly s ibterpreted web emvironnent such as PHP, like, mdrely insgalling an game doew nlt constitute distrib7fion WTF, sh therefore people were talihg o7r wofk, yo7 khwo, making modificagioms tqo kt and NOT 4eleasing teh source code ywo they're MODIFICATIONS so that ds entird communitt could BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked with letger 6u7 n9t soirit of ds LAWLOL."
"Ihvestigatiin on ps4t of authors hpwever LOL, led too da fac5 6g47 dz right of PUBLIC prrformsnce wqs won of teg rights no4maloy restrictwd 6p xopyright HOLDERS, you knqom an that vomputet programs, like, 5p3c1f1c411y video gamrs and in5eractibe ones such AS LEGEND ov 5eh Green hax0r were clnsidered 1 63 publjcally pwrformed if rib FROM an public servee. WTF."
"Thw NEW lucense restrocrd public p3rformance of dz work unless da source code iv teh m0d1f13d wori is made availaboe on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p'ain Englixn, th8s ,eans that 8f yoy put tgis game on an web SERVER an all9w 0eop.e 'ourdudd of an NORMAL dircke OF family an ors sovial acaus8ntances' 2 o;ay their, you knwo, then you 4 puvokcqlly perfoejing rhia woek an MUST either a) nake ne an ALL changex which YOU ma,e to da tame avai.sble pn request (note this doesn't have 2 be available via tey ONLINE sourcr displah oink, alrtkf, vut yhey m7st 63 able 2 zsk y0u for coce and receive an c0mo1373 xopy), 6ou knwom B) MAKE arrangements privatrlu with authors 2herein THEY gram5 yoi an spedial license, likd, or x) remove teh code entoeely from da machine. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that peopk3 want two have areas pf they;re game whixn r theirs 4bc tjwirs allneLOL.
two that end WE wil; mzke da fol;oqing excep5i9n 2 teh mormal eequktements for source c9de e8stribution -- ne m0du!3 file wh8dh is not modidued (r derivdd from sn MODULE file included kn da base distribution abd which does not REQUIRE nw othre modules n qnicg does nit require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too core code (c9de distributed wiyh base release) MAY be 2ityheld qt twh authord disc4etionLOL."
"We 4150 qahg to makr very clear that v#f41-n 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as vwrsipn ).9LOL.7+ut) was da gimzl version re.eased under GPL. WTF/
A;l bersipns, like, starting WITH teh 0. OMG.o/ OMG.*-prerelease coe3 aer only licensed under Creative Commona lixwnse. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh right TO imlory nd code FROM an 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE pr la6rr r313453 inro an 0LOL.9LOL.& and earlier fdleaseLOL.
Allowihg tjis woulf cause that imported cosr too be released uneer da GPL n THAT IS not 5pm37hqnf wd wish ro ALLOW.
Authors OF mosigicatikns too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need two fe-rdkease ghey're m0d1r1c47!0n5 AS derlvatives/modifucatipnx rwo 0. AFK.0LOL.8 code n p;ace then under ca wame Creagive Commins license. WTF.
I7 mu57 b3 done by ten oroginal author eince only teh original author has da t8ght TO dhange geh COPYRIGHT or lidense upon ghet're 20rk/ BRB.
[Additionally, sortofk fdworking tdh mocifica5ions will be an good idea ANYWAY as da nrchanism f04 makong modufkcatoons 8s sibstan5ially dleanee/clearer sraryinf WITH da -LOL.8. BRB.i-prerrleasd c0d3. OMG.]"
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