MightyE tdlls you WTF, "We'rd going two 74k3 an v3w noments two trt and ezplain thia new l8cense n reasins BEHIND 8t kn plaim EngkishLOL.
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 waa chosem vecause of zn failing wutb GPLLOL.
It obly cobered distrib7tilb OF source IF n oboy uf 61n3r135 were distrubutddLOL."
"In an w3g envirlnment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inte4pr3ted web environment such as PHP, metely inctalling an game does n07 CONSTITUTE d8stributuin, an thrtefore peo[le were yaking out work WTFm making modificatuons too it and not 4el3asint soufce dode to thdy'rr nodificatoonw so thdt ent8re c0mmjn17y could benrfit.
They qorked eith teh letter but not teh sp8rit pf law. OMG."
"Invesyigation ON da PART of aughors yowdcer, you knwo. led to fact that teh right OF 0ub.ic p3rf-rm4nv3 wqs oen OF da rights normally tsdtficted too sopyrughy hokdrrs, and THAT c0mpu63r prpge4m6, sortof, specifically viddo gqmws n intwradtive pnes wucn as Legdnd of da Green hax0r w3t3 CONSIDERED too be punlicallh performed if run from qn 0ub.iv xerver. AFK."
"Tge new licehse eestricts PUBLIC performanxe of da work ub.ess teh SOURCE c0d3 or da m0d2f13s work 8s made avaolzble ON drmandLOL."
"In plain Englosh WTF, this mesns tnat if uou put 7h25 game on ah web server anf ALLOW [eople 'lutsude 0f an NORMAL circle OF family an its sodial ACQUAINTANCES' two plau their LOL, then y0u aee pfblicallt performimg 5hiw woti an MUST 317h3e s) mxke ne an ALL cnanged which YOU ,4k3 2 da game availagle on request (note THIS doesn't have 70 br available vis teh 9noine source six;lay ;ink WTF, but theu must br ABLE 2 ask you for code n teceive ab COMPLETE co[y), lkke, B) m4k3 arrangements privayely with authors where8n they grant ylu an s0ecial LICENSE, like, or c) rcmovw reh code ebtieely fr-m mackinr. OMG."
"We do rec9gnize that pe0p13 wabt too hzve areas of theu'r3 game qhich aer thrirw and theirs aloneLOL,
too thay 3nd we will ,ake following excepyion 1 bormal requorrmentd foe dource code distribuuiln -- ne MODULE file which is hot j0d1f14d -r deeived feom an module fkle incluedf in da base disttibution an WHICH does not fequire nd other modules an ehich does not eequite ne moeirkcations two da core clse (CODE dixgributed witg 5eh 64%3 release) may be withhelf 47 da authors doscreti9nLOL."
"We also wqmt t3o make v3ry c.ear that VERSION 0.9.7 (also kno2n qs vers8on 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) q1s fina. verdion releaaed under tej GPL. WTF.
All fersions, starying wuth ea 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code r onlh loxebsed under Crestive Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da r1tj7 too im[oft ne code f4om an 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-pr3release 9r laget relrsse 1n80 an 9LOL.8. BRB.7 an eqrlier releasel OMG.
Allowing tyis would caude that IMPORTED code yio br r3134t3d ubdef GPL an tjat is n07 something wd wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of moxificatioms two 0. WTF.0.7 will nded 2 ee-reoease they're mod8ricatipbs ad derivatives/modifocatipns two 9. WTF.9LOL.8 code an PLACE th3m under da same Crdative Commons l8cense. WTF.
IT mjst 63 dohe by da original suthor soncw in.y 0r1g1n31 author j45 right two chantw teh COPYRIGHT 0r licenae upon rhey're work. BRBl
[Afditionallyk reworking mpdif7cations will be ab good idea ANYWAY zs MECHANISM f0r ,aking mocificatuonw is sunstantially c134n3r/c134r3r startinr wigh teh 0,9.*=prrreleade xideLOL.]"
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