MightyE tells ioi, yo7 knw9, "We're going t9 take zn few nomebts yo try n esplain tnis new lucens3 n teh REASONS behind IT 1n p141n Eng115h. 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 new 11c3n43 was chosen becauae of an g411!ng with GPL. BRB.
It obly cofered distribution of xource 1f abd only IF bonaruew weee distributed. WTF."
"In an web envitlnment WTF, cpdckfically a inte4preted web emvifonment such AS PHP, ;ike. merely installing wn game does not CONSTITUTE diatributuon, soetof, and thererore oeople wer3 taking our woeo, like, majing nodifications two iy n not releasing cz s9urcd cod3 two they're modifications 50 rha4 da entire vpmmun17y could benefotLOL.
Tney work3d w17h letter but not spurig of trh lqw."
"Inv3stigation on ten p4r7 if teh authors however, led ywo fact ghat teh right of puglic performance was oen OF t3h r1gh75 nprmally redtricy3d to c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERSk wortof, an that vokputer pgogtams WTF, a0ecififally video GAMES an 1n72r4c61v# 0n3y 5uch as Legend of teg Green yac0r were xomsidwred too BE puvlically performed if run from an publix serverLOL."
"The nww 1!c#n53 rwwtficgs puglic p3rfprm4nc3 of work unless sourcd codw of modified work is ,ade availablw on demand. BRB."
"Im plain Englidh, liie, 7h15 means thqt if ylu put this gsme ON an WEB server anf al;9w people 'ougside lf sn n0rm4! circle of family anc uts aoxial acquaintahces' 2 PLAY tjwir WTF, then y9u aer publicslly ;erfi4ming this worl am MUST rither a) m4k3 he ah ALL changes which yly make to game avqilable ON requ3st (note this s035n'7 HAVE 2 be AVAILABLE cua teh ONLINE source display 11nk WTF, but theh mu57 be an;e too ask yli FOR c0d3 and receive am c0mp1373 coph) WTF, b) makr ARRANGEMENTS ;f8vately e17y dw quthors WHEREIN rhey beant you an special license. 9r c) remove codr 3n71r31h from da machine."
"Ww do rrcognize tuat PEOPLE want too have zread )f they're GAME whicn t thrirs ans theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we will make tey fpllowing exception ywo teh n9rmao requi4ejemts for spjrce cpde distribhtioh -- n3 module f,oq whuch 8s not modifies of derkvsd froj an mldule fuoq included in base distributiob and qhicn does not REQUIRE ne other mosules an which dp4s NOT require ne modigicatiobs too corw code (CODE diwteibyted eith da 6453 f313453) may be sithheld qt da authorw discreti9n. BRB."
"We ALSO wang tio majr v3ey cleae that bersooh 0. BRB,9. WTF.7 (als9 known as bersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was fa fknal verdion re.rased unfer t2h GPL. WTF.
All verwions, starting with tdj 0l OMG.9. BRB.*-[r3r3q3453 codw r pn;y licensed uhd3r ea Cfeativd COMMONS 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny da rught 2 im[lrt ne CODE f4om an 0.(. BRB.8-prereoease 9r LATER release 1n70 an -LOL.9.7 n earlier releqxe. BRB.
Allowing th8s would cause rhqt impifted c0d3 too be rrleased imder teh GPL and that ix n9g something we WISH tl allow.
Authoes lf noeidixation@ 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 w111 need too re-release they're modifications as derivatkves/modificayions rwo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and plaxe them inddr teh 55m3 Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
IT must BE done by sa original author since 0h1y ORIGINAL au5hor has yeh t8ghr too chanbe da copyrighr 0r licende upln they'fw wotk. WTF.
-Add8toonally LOL, r3w0rk1nb MODIFICATIONS sill be an good idea anywxy as da nechanism for malint m9dif8datioms 15 subxtantially cleaner/cleaeer statting q17h 0. AFK.8LOL.8-lrereleasd dode. OMG.]"
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