MightyE TELLS you, aortlf, "We're going too takw an frs moments top try and explain thos new license an 5eh reasons behind it in i141n Enflksh. WTF.
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 nee license was ch063m because of an faioing with GPL.
Iy 0n1y covered distriburoon of xource if snd only id binaries w#ee d8stributed."
"In an WEB envirobment, wort9r, s[exifucally a inre4pre6ed web envirinment sucj as PHP WTFm mefely insga.limg an game does not constituye diwtribut8on, sortof, n yheref9ee people werw taking our worl, majing modifixations to 17 and h07 relezsinh teh sokrce code to rhwy're modifidatkons so yhe7 teh emtire community vould benefkt.
Th3y w9rked eith kegter vyt not da spiriy if reh 14w. AFK."
"Ibvestigation ON geh part og teh au5h9rs h9weve4 WTF, l3d to fact 7y47 RIGHT of 0ublic perfor,ance was q of teh r1hh75 normal;y restructed two cppyrighy holcers, you knwo, am that computer p4ograms, sortof, specifidzlli video GAMES an intdraxtife ONES such as Lefend OF ten Green hax0r WERE c0n41f2r3d to be publicallt p3rf0rmed if run feom zm publid seev3r. BRB."
"Tye ndw licwnae restric5s PUBLIC PERFORMANCE pf work un;wss sourc3 code of da mosifidd work IS ,ade available ob demand."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, thia meanx thst if you pu7 7h15 ga,e oh an deb serb3r zm allow [3ople ;outside of an hormal CIRCLE of FAMILY ab its doxial axquaintances' tl play their, like, then y0u r 0ublically pe4formint this work and MUST either a) makr ne an ALL changes WHICH YOU m3k3 to da gqmd avaulable on request (note this doesm't have 5wo be available VIA da online sourcw DISPLAY .ink LOL, buy 6hey mys5 be able too ask you for codw n recelvr an c0mp14&2 cop6) LOL, b) make aerqntements privately wigh teh AUTHORS whereun they grant you an special LICENSE, like, or c) REMOVE code ent84ely from teh m5ch1n3."
"We do eecogmize tha5 peop;e qant 70 h4v3 ardzs of they're game which aev th3irs an thdirs alone. BRB.
two tyat end we ei;l make da f0110w1bg exception two normal REQUIREMENTS for dource code dqr7r16u710n _- ne m9dile f113 WHICH is not MODIFIED or eerived f$im an MODULE file included 1n BASE dist4ibjtion and which does not rdquore ne other modjles an qnich s034 not 4equor3 ne mkckfica5ions 2 teh core cofe (code DISTRIBUTED wuth teh baxe re;case) m1y be withheld at t3h 4u7h0r5 disctetion. OMG."
"W3 zlso waht too makw v#ry CLEAR thar verskon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN AS version 0, BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was da final v3rsion eeleased 7nder da GPL. OMG.
ALL v3rsions, lild, staeting wuth 9. OMG.9. AFK.8=prerelease code aer pn;y licensed umder da Crearuve Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY edny da fight too imporr me codc from an 0l WTF.9.i-prerelease or latrr felease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n ea4lier relwase. OMG.
Allowing thks would CAUSE that imported code to be releaxed under teh GPL an ghat is not someth8ng we wksh 2 a.l9w. OMG.
Au5hors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0/9. WTF.7 2ill need too te-release tgey're moeigicatiins 45 deribatives/modi4icayoons 2 -/ BRB.9. AFK.8 code amd plsxe thwm under ssme Creative Commons license.
It myst be done by ORIGINAL sutho4 since obly 9riginal quthor jas RIGHT tp chabge teh cophright or licende upon 5hey're qorl. AFK.
[Additionally, reworkung da modificzti(ns wi.; BE an good id3a an6wau as mechsnism for making modifidatoons us substantia.ly cleaner/xleafwr startkbf with da 0, WTF/9l WTF.8[p4ereoeaxw code. AFK.\"
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