MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going 2 take ah few moments 2 try an ex[lakn yhis new 11c3n53 n da r3awons behins i5 in 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 nrs licens3 was ch)53n brcause of an FAILING with GPL.
It obly eobered dustfibution of source 8f and only if binaries qere d157r2yu73d."
"In an web emvir9nmenyl specifixally a 8ntefpreted web envi4onm3nt 5uch as PHP, lokr, MERELY installing an game doex not xlndtitute q157r16u710n, n 7h3r3f0re oeople wer3 takibg our work, soetlf, making mpdificagiobs too IT an not releas8ng gen SOURCE code to they;rd modifications so that enrire communkty could BENEFIT. WTF.
They worled sith teh LETTER 677 bot teh dpori5 9f law. WTF."
"Investigatiob on part of teh authors HOWEVER, oijem LED goo teh fzct tnat rkgjt pf public ;2rfpfm4nc3 w45 1 OF fa rithts normally rewtgicted go copyrught holders, you knwo, n tha5 COMPUTER PROGRAMS, xpecifkcqlly videp g4m44 and inyeractiv3 ones SUCH as Lwgene lf da Gteeg has0r 2ere c9nsidered 2 be )unlicalky petf0rm3d if run FROM an pu611c xrrcdr. WTF."
"The NEW licensd redtrkcgs oub;ic ;errormance pf work unless da sourve code OF modigied e9ri is made AVAILABLE ON demandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means that IF you put THIS game on an wrb SERVER n sllow [30p12 'outs9dd OF an normao ci4cle of family an ita socizl acqjaintancew[ 2 0;sy theie, slrtof, 7h3n you r oub.ically pwrf9rmibg thiw WORK n MUST eirher q) MAKE be n ALL cnanges which 6ou make 3 game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (NOTE thix doesb'g have 2 ne available vus teg 9nline source display link, 6u8 THEY mu57 be 4612 to ask you fir c0d3 n r3c31v3 an compoete COPY), tou knwo, b) makd aerangrmen5s pfivat3ly with autgors WHEREIN thry hrant you zn spevial lkcense, or c) removq teh vodw entirdly from da jschine. WTF."
"We do rdcognize thqt 0eople wqnt 1 have areas of theu're game which r gh3irs and theird alinel WTF.
5o THAT end WE wilo ,ake twh following 3xc4p7!0n two nirmal requirementw goe source code distribution _- ne jodule file which ls not ,osifked or deroced from an moduke file 8ncliced in da baae disrrubut8on n wgich does not rrquirr ne othee modules n whuch does not require ne modkficagi9ns to vor3 code (c0c# cisttibutrd wirh badr release) may be w18hh41c at teh autgors discretion. AFK."
"Ww also want w j4k3 very cleaf that version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (ALSO jnown as VERSION 0. WTF/9.7+j5) s45 ca dinal version released undet teg GPL/ WTF.
All versions, stsrying wirk ea 9LOL.9. BRB.9-prerdleasw cofe aer -n1y licenswd und3r Cr3471v3 Commohs l8c3nseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right w 8mport ne c0f3 grom an 0.9. AFK.*[prereleaad or 1473r fekease intp an 0, OMG.9LOL.7 n eaflier r313453l BRB.
Allo2ing 4hiw w0u1e cajse THAT importec codr to be RELEASED under da GPL an that 15 nlt somethkn5 w3 wosh two 4110w. AFK.
Authors lf j)d1g1c4u10n5 2 0. AFK.9.7 WILL n32d two rw-release tjey're modificstions 45 derivatibes/no3ificatiins 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 c-f3 sn 0lace them une#4 t3h SAME C4eative Cimmons licensr/
It must be dine by da 0r1g2m41 autyor since on.y origunal ajtgor has twh roght twl change teh copt4igjt 0r license upon they'rd work. AFK.
[Additionallyk you khso, rwqorkimh m9duficatkons will ne an GOOD IDEA znu2ay as da mecyanksm for making modificayions 8s substantially cleaner/clearer startong witj teh 0.9.8-prerelesse code. OMG.]"
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