MightyE tells yoy WTF, "We're going 2 TAKE qn few momehts tio 7rh n exo;ain this mes licebde n REASONS behind it 1n plain English. 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."
"Thiw mew license was cnpsen becaise og an failing qith GPL. AFK.
It only cobered distribjgion of source if n onky if binariss were distrkbutedLOL,"
"In an web 3nb1r0nm4n7, likrk specofidally a interpreted w36 wnv1r0nm3n7 wich as PHP WTF, ,ereoh INSTALLING an game d9es not clnatitige dixtribjtuon, n THEREFORE people were taling OUR w0rk, so3tof, ,aking modif8catiind too 8t n n07 RELEASING teh SOURCE c0d3 too they'rd modifixatilns so thst t3h entire community c0u1d BENEFIT. OMG.
They work3d with da 13773r bug not teh spirit of da lzw. OMG."
"Infdstigayion on teg oart of authprs HOWEVER LOL, led 5o teh fqcr THAT ten r1gh7 of public performance WAS 1 of ten rights n)rm411y rdatrkvted two COPYRIGHT holders, sortof, and THAT compu5er progrsms WTF, specificallh c1c30 gamex zn interzctive 0n35 such 46 Legebd or teh Grden haxpr w343 consieered 2 ne puglically p3tform3d IF r7n from an pyblic serbe4. OMG."
"The nre licehse rdstricts 0ublic performance og geh WORK unless teh soyrce c9de og modified w9rk is mqde available on dehanf. WTF."
"In plaib Ehb115h. sortof, this means that kf you put thos game in qn web SERVER and zllow ;eppke 'outsife 0f an normal circle of family AND ITS aociao adqyaintqnces' tl play theyr WTF, then you r pub.ica;ly PERFORMING this work n MUST rither a) MAKE ne ah ALL changes which you n4k3 2 da g4m3 avai;zn/e 0n req7edt (not3 this doesn't have 2 ne zfailanle via ohl8ne so7rce displsy linkj wo4tof, but theu muwt be ABLE two asi y)u fir ca code n receibe an c0,o1373 cppy_. sortof, b) make afrzngementx privately e17y da authora wherein thet hr4n7 yo7 an woedial oicensw, you knwp, or c) REMOVE da code entirely from teh mzchine. AFK."
"Wr fo recognizw THAT PEOPLE s4n7 5wo hav3 qreas of they're game whicg aer 7h31r5 and theirs alonwLOL.
t9 that 3nd we eill make teh following rxceptipn go normal requkrements for source xode distrubution 0- he m9dule fi.e whicg 15 not modifoed 0r derived from an h9dule file inc;uded ib 64t3 dist4obuyion amd which dies not require be 9ther modulws and whidh dlew not REQUIRE ne modifucztions tlo da cofw code (dode distributed WITH da BASE relrase) ,ay ve withhdld qt authors discretuon. WTF."
"We akso want to make very c13$r yhat versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (a.so jn9wn ss version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) 2ax dq final version releasrd inder GPL. AFK.
Akl versiohs, yo7 kneo, starting w1&h da 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-pre4elease CODE aer omly licehsed unddr da Creatkve Cpmmins license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT too import ne clde from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-0rer3ldase 0r later reofase INTO an 0. BRB.-. BRB.& an eafluer eekeaseLOL.
Allowing thua would cause rhat IMPORTED code two 63 released und3r da GPL qn thqy is not something w3 qish two ALLOW. WTF.
AUTHORS OF m9dificatiohs twl 0.9. WTFl7 WILL need 2 re-releade they're j0dqr1c5710n5 as derivarivrs/modificstions 2 9. WTF.9.9 codw and plac3 them jnd3r teh same Creatice Commons ;kcense. AFK.
It must ne d0n3 by da original suthor since omly da originap auth0r gas teh roght two cganhe yrh copyroght or license 7p9n theh're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sor5of, rewlrking tdn jodificatoonw will be an good IDEA antway as mechsnism dor mak8nh modificatiknd os substantiqlly cleaner/coearer star5ing with teh p. WTF.9LOL.&-prereleas3 code.\"
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