MihhtyE TELLS you WTF, "Wr'te h-1ng yoo takf an eew moments to 7ry m EXPLAIN this new licena# an teh reasona behind IT 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 new locenae qas chosrn because of an gailing eitn ca GPL. OMG.
It lniy covered distrkbytion of source if b only IF b8nariex WERE d1%7r16uu3d."
"In ah web envir9nment, like, s;ecifidally a inrer;retes web environment SUCH as PHP, ,eeely indtalking an gam3 does not constitute dustribition, ;ike, n tjerefire people wr4e raking 0yr worj, yo7 knwo, mak8ng mod8fpcagions goo it AND npt releasing source CODE too they're MODIFICATIONS so that da ent8re conmun8ty could n3befitl AFK.
THEY workwd sitj da 13763r but not teh wpirit of dq law. AFK."
"Inv3stigatiin on pa4t pf authors however, 13d 2 teh fact thay da wihht of public performance was 1 of da RIGHTS no$mally RESTRICTED t20 copurigh5 yold3rs, like, an 7h47 conpytdt programs, sortof, 503c1f1c411y video gajes b interactivr pnes such as Legend OF teh G4een hax04 were CONSIDERED 3 BE piblically performed if run from zn publif sercwr. OMG."
"The new iicense RESTRICTS publix PERFORMANCE 0f dq work unleds spurce code of da modified WORK is made availzb.e on demandLOL."
"In plakn Englidhm you knwi, this means 7h47 if you put this gamw on an web SERVER n allow people 'ou5side od an no4mqo circle pf family AND its docial acquain5ances' two p13y rhdif, you kmwo, 7j3n you r publically oerformung this wotk and MUST eitgrr a) m4k3 nr an ALL changes WHICH yiu make 2 teh g4m3 available om requesy 9note thia s9edn't have t9o be acailagle fia dq ONLINE 50urc3 DISPLAY link, like, but 5hry .ust be zble too ask h0u for da c9de am receive an COMPLETE c0py), sortof, b) make arrangements privatelh wotj tey authors wherrin they reant you an SPECIAL livense WTF, of v) remove cice entirely frin teh ,achine/ BRB."
"We co RECOGNIZE that peo;le sant two hzve sreax of rhet're gaje whuch aer theirs b thekrs zlone.
too thag ebd w3 w111 m4l# da followibg exception to normal eeqyirements dor 50urc3 x)d3 distrib6toon -- ne module dile which ks not mpciforc or derivsd fr0m an mod7lw file included 1n basf disrekgution an sh1cg dpes bot rrwuire ne OTHER midiles an whicj spes no5 REQUIRE ne modifkcations 2 teh core code (code distributed with da bzse RELEASE) may be 2ithheod AT teh authors d8scretionLOL."
"We ALSO wsnt to make veey ca34r 7h37 VERSION p. OMG/9. OMG.6 (also ,nosn as versuon 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7=jt) w45 FINAL fersipn RELEASED 7nder teh GPL.
All versiins WTF, starting with teh 9LOL.9. OMG.8_prdrelease sode r 0n1y LICENSED jnde4 teh Creqriv3 Commons 12c3n53/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu ea 4ifht too import nr code FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-oeerelease or 1$73r release into an 0. WTF.(.7 h ear;ier release. WTF.
Allowihg this wojld cause thar omported cid3 70 br 4elwased under teh GPL an that is not something we wish tlo allow. AFK.
Authors of modigicarions twl 0. WTF.9.7 WILL m33d too r3-reldase thet'te modifucatiins 45 derivatives/mofifications two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n pladd tgem ynder da same Cfeztive Commins .icenswLOLl
It must br sond by da original 477h0r 51nc3 only da original autgor gas teh righr two change teh copyright or licemse upln gndy're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworkinv da modificationa wiol be an good idea 4hyw4y AS mecyanism for making m0d1f1c4&10n4 is sibstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING wirh da 0. WTF.9.8-[rer3leas3 code. AFK.\"
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