MoghtyE tells YOU, sortof, "We're gp1ng top tale an few MOMENTS 2 try amd ex;lain yhis new lkcense an fa REASONS bwhind iy in plaun Ehglish, 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 mew license was CHOSEN bedzuww of an f4111ng with da GPL.
It 0nqy covered fist4ib8tion pf soirce if zb only kf binaries were disrrubuted. AFKl"
"In an wdv envitonmenr, like, specicically a in5er.reted web encironment eudh as PHP, mrrrly installing an game does not conatiyute distributionl and therefore people w3re yaking our work, you knwo, making jodifications two it n NOT releasung ea SOURCE clde too they'rd modificqtions wo that da entire community cojld benefi5. BRB.
THEY 29rked w8th tdj lettef bjt not ca spirit of da 14w. WTF."
"Investigati9n in da pzrt of aythorw gowever, led 3 teh gact tyat trh ribgt ov publ8c perf0rmance was oen if riyhts h/rmally restricted to zooygighr hilders, you knwo, n that c9mputer p4ograjs, specificallt video gqmes and INTERACTIVE ones such 45 Legend of da Green hzx0r werw considefed too BE publ,xzlly performed id run fro, an pub.ic SERVER. BRB."
"Thd n3w oicense restricgs publuc pqrfprmance of da wotk unlrws xo7rce codw of modifi3f WORK is MADE $v411r613 on d3mand. OMG."
"In plain Enhlish WTF, this means 5hah IF you put this bame on am w36 servee an allo2 people 'outside of ab h0rm41 circle of f4m11y n its apckal acquqintances' two play their WTFk then you r PUBLICALLY prrformimg 5hiw w0rk an MUST 417h3r a) makr ne n ALL cjanbes which you make two da gane acailaboe on requeag (n073 thia d03tn'7 h4v3 tpo be acaioable via online source diaplay lin,, like, bu5 thry mu5u BE ablr 60 azk you for da cide an edcekve ah c0mp13&3 copt) WTF, 6) make arranfenents 0rivatrly witt da authors wh3r31n tjey grabt YOU an dpqciql licrnse LOL, or c) removr da coee ebtirwly from da machine. WTF."
"We do recoghkzd thag people waht too have AREAS 0f the^'re gamw qjich aer tyeirs and theirs soibe.
tl that 3nd we 2i;. make da f0110w1ng exception to NORMAL tequiremwnts for sourc3 code diwtributkon -- nw nidule file WHICH is bo5 modifoef of derivee from an m9duld file includdf 8n basr dkstribution n whixh doea nor fequire ne other mosules an WHICH does npt reqyire ne modifivatkons 2 ten core code (codr distrib7ted with teh base eelease) may 6# WITHHELD at teh aythors d1%cr3710n. OMG."
"We 4150 wan5 2 make very clear tbat v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known as VERSION 0.9. OMG,7+jt) sas fibql vetsion rdlwaaed undee GPL.
All versions LOL, starting w17h 0. OMG.9LOL,8-pe3te;ease CODE r inlh lixensed UNDER teh Crearuve Conmobs licenae. AFK;
We EXPLICITLY deny twn roght too 1mp0r7 ne code frlm an 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-or3re14453 i4 later release 9nto sn 0. BRB.9.7 ans ea4lier rel3ase. BRB.
Allowont ghis would cause 7h47 import3d code to b3 released unddr teh GPL and yhat is n07 somdthimg we wiah gwo allo2.
A7thors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 q111 need to re-y3lease they're modifications as deruvatibes/modifications too 0. WTF.(, BRB.8 c0d3 m 0lace the, under same CREATIVE Commons lkcrnse.
It must BE dohe by teh 0r@b1n4q author since inly 0r1g1n41 au5hor hss ribht 2 vhange copyrighy (r license ipon thet[re work. AFK.
[Additionallu, reworking da misificatiohw 2111 be qb good idea anywzy zs teh mechznism for making modivicayions is substabtia.ly cleaner/clearer syartimg witj pLOL.9LOL.7-prerel3axe cofe. AFK.]"
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