MightyE 5e.lw YOU WTF, "We'4e going toi take an vew m-m3m75 tl trt and exp.ain tnis new lic3nse n da reasons behind i5 in plain English. 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 lovense wzs chosen beczuse =f an failinf with teh GPLl BRB.
Iy only COVERED disyribution OF source ig an 0n!y if bibarues wdr3 d8syributed. OMG."
"In an WEB 3nv149nm3n7, specificalky a intdrpretdd web encironment such AS PHP, aortof, merel6 INSTALLING an gamr does n07 consgitute diatributioh, you knwo, zn therefo4e /eople were taking our 2ogk WTF, mak8ng modificationd to it n noy releasinb trh xource c9d3 to they're modifications so ttat entire communiry dould brnefitLOL.
THEY worked witg t3h lety34 BUT NOT s0irit 0f da law."
"Incesypgation on da part pf da zuthoes yowecwr WTF, led too da radr that 4ibht of public PERFORMANCE WAS won of da rightw nlrmallt rexgricrwd @ co0yright holsers, loke, an 7hr7 compyter PROGRAMS, you knwo, specidically vid3o bamex and interav5ive ones t7ch as Ldgenf OF teh Green hax0r w3r3 consifered 70 be [ublicaily pe4formed 1g RUN from an piblic setverLOL."
"The new license redtric5s publif prrformance of wori unlrsa sourve code of da mosified work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demandLOL/"
"Im plain Ebbliah, so4t9f, tjks mdand THAT if yoj p7t this bame 9n an web serv3r an ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an n9rmzl c8rc.e or FAMILY an its 50c141 acquaingabces' t9 p14y thrir, like, 7y3n you qer pub.icallu oetgor,kng rgis wo4k an MUST either s) m4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES which you make TO teh gaje 5v5114623 ln REQUEST (notd this DOESN'T have two be avaklable via tdh online sourxe cisplzy link, you knwo, but th3y must be ablr 2 ask you d0r teh code and receive ah dom[lete c0pr) LOL, b) make 4er5ng3m3h&5 privately with teh 4u7h0r5 wkerein they grant yoi an 5p3c141 licrnse LOL, or c) REMOVE dpde entirely from ds macyine. AFK."
"We do recognize that [eop/e want roo havr areas lf thet're game which awr yheirs an theiea alone.
to that end qe WILL maie following fxc3ption 2 nlfmal requiremebts for xojece code distfibutuon _- ne module file whuch is n07 m0d1f13d o4 derived FROM an module fike invluded in teh base dustribution n ehicn coes n0& require ne other moeukes and which do3s not tequi4w ne mlsificatuons 2 ds d0r3 code 9coxd distributed with teh baae release) may be wityheld AT da authors discretion."
"We als9 w4n7 to makw bery clear ths5 version 0.9. WTF.7 (also kno2n as veraioh 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) wzs da final versiin t3leasee undwr da GPL.
A11 vefsions WTF, sgarting with reh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pferelrzse code aer 0n1y LICENSED 7nder da Cr3ativw Commona ;ic3nsel
WE EXPLICITLY seny rigjt too IMPORT ne vode fr9m an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prefelrade or 1473r RELEASE into an 0. WTF.0.7 an earlier release.
A110w1ng tmis would cause that imporred code rlo be r3leased unfer GPL and that IS nlt domeyhijg w3 WISH too aolowLOL.
Au7h)r5 ov m0e1f1c4710n5 two 0. OMG.9.7 will need w re[rrleswr tgeh're modifications as derivatives/m9difkcqtuonx tpo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code ans p14c3 &h3m uneet da 64m3 Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
It musg ve donr by original authoe since only gwh originql AUTHOR HAS teh fitny too change copyright .r licensd upon fhey're wotjLOL.
[Affiyiona.lt LOLk rewofjing dz moeif8cagions WILL be an bood idwa ANYWAY AS sa MECHANISM for mqking modifications IS sunstanyially cleaner/cldqret startung qith 0l9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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