MightyE rells y0u WTF, "We're going to ta,e an rew momrntw t3o try n exp;ain 7h15 new license n teh reasphs behind it in ;lain English. OMG.
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 n3w lkcensd w45 chosen beca7se of ah failing 2uth teh GPL, WTF.
Iy only cove4ee diatribjyion pf SOURCE if n 0n1y IF b8nsries wdre distributed."
"In an web environmdbt, yoy knqp, spedifical;y a INTERPRETED WEB environmemg such as PHP WTF, merely ins5alling an tame dles not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, s9etof, and THEREFORE [eople wdre taking 0ur qork WTF. makimg jofificstions go it ans not releasing source CODE 2 thdy'ee ,odofications si that da ENTIRE communiyh xould nenwfit.
Theu worked WITH da lwtger b7t n9t spirit of law."
"Ibvdstigatoon on ueh PART of authors howevdf, led tlo da fact that right 0g pub;ic perforjsnce qas won of teh rights nlrmally restricyed @ copy4itht yolders LOLk and thag COMPUTER programs LOL, specifidally video gamrs ane interactive obes such as Lshend of Green gaz0r were consudeded too vr puboocally perfo4med IF fun grom an ouvlic 63rv3r. BRB."
"The new license restficts public performance lf ca work unleas xource cide of teh modified w9rk us made acailabld ON eemandLOL."
"In p!41n Eng115h WTF, tjid means that if y9u pyr tyis game on an seb serv3r and aolow pwople 'outside 0f an NORMAL circle 0f fsmiky ah itx alcial acwuaintanxes' two plat thei5, then yo7 aer publically p3rf)rm1mg thkx work znd MUST eother a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH YOU maje too gane avqilablr 0n 4eq7est (NOTE thks coesn'r h4v3 teo bd available v8a ds online soirce disp.ay link, like, but tgey mjst br able t;o ask you dor teh coee n rwceive an xomplete coph) LOL, b) m5k3 arrangdments privately 2ith teh 477h0r5 whereun they trsnt you an special license, or c) rd,ofr xode entirely FROM teh ,schine. WTF."
"We do r3x0gnqz3 that pe9ple wwbt 2 nave areas OF gheh're game wh1ch aer 7h31t5 n THEIRS 410n3. BRB.
two tna5 3md 2e WILL make teh vollo@ing 3xv#p810m tp teh n0rm41 requiremen5w FOR source code distribution -0 n3 module file which is npt modified or derived from an mocul3 FILE included in teh base disreibytion qmd which does n07 rwquire ne othwr modules an whivh DOES npt 4e1uire nw modifications 70 cire code (c0c# DISTRIBUTED with tas3 rrkezse) mzy nc w17nh31d st da authors discret7on. OMG."
"We alsi WANT 2 m4k3 very c.eae that version 0.9.7 (alao khown as version -. BRB.9, BRB,7+jt) w4t 5eh final version re.rzsed UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
All vrrsi9ns, slrtof, staftkng with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prdrelease code aer only LICENSED unfwe Cf3471v3 C0mm0n5 licrnxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tl import ne coce FROM an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[prdrelease or lat3r release 8nt0 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earloer releasw.
Allowing this wou.d cause that importdd vode too be r3leqwed under 5en GPL an thar is not SOMETHING we wosh too ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 1 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wi;l need to re-rwldase the7're n0d1f!c4710n5 AS derivativfs/modifkcations two 9. WTF.9. BRB.8 CODE an place t6em under da SAME Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must be done by teh ORIGINAL 47uh0r since ob;y ca orihinal author n35 RIGHT TO change vopytight or LICENSE upon the6;re wo4kl
[Additionally, like, reworking da mofifkcations w111 63 sn good 7cea antway aa meshamism f0f MAKING modifications ia substabtially cleanrr/clearwr starting 217h da 0, OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code/]"
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