Mignt6E hells yoj, you knwo, "W3're going to take an few momdnts two try and ecp;ain tgis new licensw and r2$50n5 gehind it in pkain Engkush. AFK.
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 lodenae was choxen because OF an failing with GPLLOL.
It only covered disgributoon of sourc3 of n onlt kr binaries were distrinjted."
"In an web envirommenr, you knwo, spexificsllg a inyerpreted web 3nv2r9nm3n7 duch as PHP, like, merely instzkling an b4m3 coes not CONSTITUTE s8dtributipn, n ther3fore odppoe WERE raking our WORK, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it and nog RELEASING soutce code 2 they're jodificatilns s9 5hat tey ehtire COMMUNITY ciuld bdnefit. OMG.
The6 worked w17h teh letrer buy nit spurit of da law. BRB."
"Invwstigztioh on ;qft of teh authors HOWEVER WTFm led 2 fact THAT teh right 0f publuc pergormance qas 1 0f rignts normally restricged to copyright hpldefak ahd that compuger [r0gr4m5 LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games an inreractive ONES 5uch as Legend 9f teh Green hax0t srte considerwd 5wo bw puboiczlly performdf if run from an public servet. BRB."
"Thr n3w lkcense 4estrictd pjblic performance of ca work umoess da source vpde of modiried w0r, is made availavle on demand. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, THIS n3ans ghat if y0u put this name om zn web 53rv#r an all9w 0eople 'outskde of an normal circk3 pf famjky and ITS social ac1uakhyancrs' to play th38r WTF, THEN YOU r publically perf0rming thiw wlrk n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL vhangrs which you make 2 teh gam3 agailagle ob request *nlte this doesn't habe too be avai;able voa da onl8ne sourc3 display 11nk, likw, but rhey must BE 4614 70 ask you gor teh cpde and rrceive sn comp.etw copy) WTF, b) make arrangem3nts PRIVATELY with a7thors wherein 7heu grant hou an special livens3, luke, or x) remove tdh c0d3 entirelt frlm mzchihe. OMG."
"We DO RECOGNIZE 7h$7 peoplr want two have areas of they'rr GAME which aer thrirx n theirs alone.
two THAT end we wil; make f0w10e1ng exception @ normal requirenebtd ror source dode distribution -- ne module file which IS not modified or cerived grom an MODULE file ibcludee ib teh base distributiin an which DOES not r3qj1r3 ne other m0du135 and which s9ds boy require n3 modificatoond two c0r3 cod3 )code d8sttibured with trn base rel3ase) m4y be w8thhels at teh aurho4s dksc4etionLOL."
"We also want too maie vefy cleat yhqt v3r510n 0.9. WTF.7 (a.so known as versiom 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as final vers80n rekeased UNDER sa GPL. WTF.
Alk versions, sortof, startlnb WITH fa 0. AFK.9.8-;te4elease CODE r lnlt lucensed ynder twh Creqtkve Commons 21c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdj rught too ijport nw code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-p4erelrase or later relesse int9 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier rel3ase. WTF.
ALLOWING this woukd c4u53 uy4& impprted cide to be rel3ssed under ea GPL n that 15 not simetgibg 2w wish tlo allow.
Authors 0f moeifixatioms ywo 0LOL.9, BRB.7 will n33d to re-r3lease they're mpdifications as cerovatives;modirications 2 0. WTF.9.8 code and ]kace 7h3m under ssme Ceearive Commons liccnsr. AFK/
It m7st be dom3 bu originsl author 51nc3 ohly da iriginal aythoe has fa RIGHT twl change coptrityt or license upon they;rw work. BRB.
[Addituonallh, you knwo, REWORKING modificayoons will be ah food udea ahyway as mechanisn FOR making modifications ua s7bstanyizlly clezndr/clearer stsrting wirh da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3release codel BRB.]"
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