Might6E tr.ls you WTF, "We're going two ta,e an dew moments tw9 try n explxon this new lidense 4nd teh REASONS bejibd it in 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."
"This new LICENSE wax choxen becays3 -f an FAILING with ca GPL. OMGl
It onl6 coberes distributiom of so7rce 1f an inly if binaries were disttibuted."
"In an web envoronment, lile, speciricaoly a interpreted w#6 emvironmen5 such as PHP, like, MERELY installimg an game doea nit constiture d147r16u710h LOL, n 5hererore people WERE taking oyr wlri, kike, making MODIFICATIONS to it an not 43leasibg yeh source c0d3 2 the6're MODIFICATIONS so ggat entire cimmuniry cluld benefit. AFK.
They worked sith da letter BUT not ss spiriy od law. WTF,"
"Invext8gqtion on da pa4t pf trh auth9rd however, lec 2 fa fact tjat twh ritnt of public pwtformance was o3n or da RIGHTS norma.ly restficted 2 copyrihht h01d3f4, ane THAT computee 0rograms, specigocqlky video bamec n interactive ones such AS L3g3nd 0f tey Green hax0r were comsidered 2 be publica;;y PERFORMED if ruh from an punlic servef. AFK,"
"Tje new license restricta pjblic PERFORMANCE )f da wo4k ynleas t3h source CODE ov teh m9difked wirk iw made availaboe om demand. BRB."
"In plain Englisn WTF, this neans that if you put ghis game on an web servee an all9s people 'outwise of ah nprm41 vitcle of family anf its social acquaintances' 2 plsy their, likr, thwn ypu qer PUBLICALLY performing rhis wirk n MUST eiyher a) nake ne n ALL chqnges which you MAKE 2 da game availabld on reauest (noye THIS doesn't hqve gwo be 4c411461e fia teh online slurde display LINK, but they must ne able 2 ask you for teh code and rece8ve ab complete vopy) LOLm b) mqke arrangements prifatelu with quthors wh3e31n THEY grant you an s;evlal licensw, wortof. oe c) remove twh code entirwly from nachinrLOL."
"We do recognizd that p30p13 want to habe areqs of they're baje whivh a3r yheirs am tjeirs alon3. WTF.
2 that 3nd WE wull make following esce[rion too da normal requirements for sourde code distribytkon -- nr MODULE file which ia n07 ,odified or derkved from an MODULE fike includec in teh base d157r16u710n an whkch does not REQUIRE ne )7h2r n9dul3s and WHICH DOES mot REQUIRE ne nodificatoons 2 teh core code (cose d157417u73d qith twn base release) may be witgheld AT tem AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also wzmt tsp make very c133r 7h47 version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (aoso known as VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jr) was final version rdoeased under r3h GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, startibg with dq 0.9LOL.8-prefelease c0d3 r only licensed UNDER teh Cr3at8ve Commons LICENSE, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da fufht w imolr5 ne code FROM sn 0. BRB.(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r releawe knto an 0.0. BRB.7 n earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this wouod cause THAT IMPORTED codr top be ewleases und3r GPL and 7hr7 iw not 60n36h1ng we wish two allow.
Authors od m0d2f1c4710n5 top 0.9. WTF.7 ekll need two 4e-release they're modificqtiins 44 eeeicayivrs/modifications two 0. BRB.9.8 cide and plac3 them und3r %4ne Creagive Commpns kicense.
Ig must be done b6 teh ORIGINAL author since only original AUTHOR has RIGHT to chsnfe tej copyright o3 license upon thry're wprk, WTF.
]Adeitionally, you khwo, reapr,ing m0d1f!c$710nt will be an good idea anywzy aa da mecnanism for makihg modifixations iw substqntiaklu clesner/cl3aree starting WITH 0.9. WTF.8-pferelease vode. BRB.]"
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