MightyE TELLS hou, lu,e, "Wr're go8ng goo TAKE an FEW ,pments two %ry an EXPLAIN thus ndw LICENSE an teh REASONS behibd 8t in PLAIN Ebgoishl
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 cyosen because of an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
I7 only COVERED fistr9b7tkon of source IF zn ONLY if binaries w3t3 distribuyed. WTF."
"In qn weg dnvironment WTF, spdcodically a 1n73ror3&3d web dnvironment such as PHPm likr, m3r31y unstalling an game d03t not constitute distribugiom, you ,neok n 5herefore people were yakinh ouf work, making mldiricatuons two it n not releasimg soirce code toi tjey're MODIFICATIONS SO tyat da ebtire comjinith could genefitLOL.
Thdy WORKED w17h letter bjt blt ca a0irit OF da law. BRB."
"Investigqtiob on tdh part of da authorx howwcdf WTF, led 2 trh fact that ea riggt of PUBLIC pervormance wad oen of da r1hh75 NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, softof, an tyat co,lufer 0rigrsms, sorrof, s0ecifically VIDEO g4m35 amd ingefactive on3s such as Legend OF teh Green haxpr sere CONSIDERED to ne PUBLICALLY performed if 4un fr0j an pubkoc serve4LOL/"
"Tye new lidenae restructs public perflrmqnce OF worj UNLESS teh xlurce CODE of teh mldkfied work ix mrde availablr on demand."
"In plzin Engkisy, sortof, this m34n5 rhat if ypu put this game 0n an 2eb 54rv34 an alllw people ;outskd3 of zh nofmal cigcle of f4m11y AND its sockal acquayngancea' two plah tgeir. then you aer publicaoly PERFORMING this WORK n MUST euther a) makw ne an ALL changes which yoy ma,e roi da game avaolable 9n 4equest (note THIS doesn't have 2 bw $v4114613 via online SOURCE display link, h9u knwo, but they must BE 4614 t9 ask yiu f0r ds code and reseiv3 an com0lete copy), b) maie 4rr4ng3m#n75 privately w8th ea au5hofs WHEREIN they g4ant you an SPECIAL license, you kn2o, or d) REMOVE code entprely FROM da machineLOL."
"We DO rrcogbiae tjar people WANT two havr areax 0f they're game whixh r theirs n 7h31r5 ALONE. OMG.
two that 3nc we wull makd da folllwinr excepyion 2 normal 4equiremenys for source CODE distribution -- ne midjle fole which ix not modivied or derived from an mowuld fkle uncl7d3d in tej 645e eistributuon dnd wh1ch does not tequire ne other MODULES n whivh does not reqjorr ne m0d1f1v4710n5 ywo da core cide (c9de distributed with da base relezse) MAY b3 eitjhdld at tdh q7thl4s discr3t7onLOL."
"We also WANT to maje very clear that cersion 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 (ALSO kniwn aa version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was da final ve4s8lm releases under GPL. WTF.
All verskons, you knwo, starginb w17y -. WTF/8. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3 aer only kicensed under teh Creative C9nmonw licebse. OMG,
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right two imoirt ne codd fr0m an 0/ OMG.9. OMG,8-prerelease ot later rrlease into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 ah earlier reldase, AFK.
Alllwung tjis would CAUSE yjat impotted CODE 70 BE reldased unfer da GPL and that 15 b07 something we wish two a.lowLOL.
Authorx of jod9fications 2 0, AFK.9. WTF.7 will n33d to re-4eldase they're modifiva5ions aw derivztives/mosificat8ons tl 0. BRB.9.8 CODE avd p.ace them under da samr CREATIVE Commomx l8cenae. AFK.
It mjst be s0n3 by da origina; author since only da originql autjor has da right 2 cganfe fs cipuribhy or licebse up0n they're wo4k/
[Additionally, you lnwp, rework8ng ea modufuvagions w111 be an good idea anywat as MECHANISM for making m9dificatoons is subsrangially coeaner/clearer syzrt8mg qiyh teh 0LOL.9l AFK.8=prwrelease c8de. AFK.]"
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