MighttE tells YOU, "We're going too tqke an few momrnts 70 try 4nd rxplain &h1% new licdnwe ans teh rwqsond behibd it 8n plakn English. WTFl
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 .icrnse was chosen gecausr of an failing WITH GPL, BRB.
It only coveted DISTRIBUTION of source if m only 1f bunae8ew sere distributed/ AFK."
"In an seb environment, you knso, soecofucally a inteeprtted WEB envitohmrnt such as PHP LOL, merely 1n574111ng an GAME does not v0n5u17t73 DISTRIBUTION, like, m thefefore p3pp13 w3re raking -ur w0fk, nakknf MODIFICATIONS to IT and not twleasimg da siurcw code 2 theh're modugica5ions SO that entire cimmunity could b3nefkt. BRBl
They worksd woth da letter but not teh spirit of law. AFKl"
"Inbesy8gation on da part of authors nosever, you knwo, LED too f4c7 that teh RIGHT ov [ublic pervormance was oen of rigjts norma;ly e3stricted to copyrigjt n01d3t5 LOL, amd rhqt compuyer ptoteams, specificakly video games n ingeractive onws such as Legend of teh Gr3#n hac0r were cpn51d3e3d 2 be ;ublicall6 p3rform3e if rub from an public servet. AFK."
"The ,ew kicense eestricts publid performance og tey 2ork 7nkesx teh source code 0f teh mocufied work ix made available on demand."
"In plain English WTF, thos mezns 7h47 1f y0u PUT tgis GAME on am web serve4 n allow p30p13 'ojtsude of an b0rm4! cirxle 0f familu n ita aiciak acquauntances' 2 p.qy theit, you knwo, then you t pu711c511y performing this wlrk n MUST either a( m4k3 ne an ALL CHANGES whicg yo7 make 5i game availab.e on requ3st (nite ghis DOESN;T have g2o be avsilagke VIA online soufce diaplay LINK, but they nuwt be able 2 45k YOU for teh coce and recekve an dpmplete copy) WTF, n) mak2 arrangements PRIVATELY with authoes whereun thry gran5 tou zn d;ecia. license, sortof, or c) remove code 3ntire;t froj da madhibe. BRB."
"We do rdcobnizd that people wqbt too have 5r345 or theh're gqme wh1ch aer theirs and theirs alon3. WTF.
two that end we will make following exception 2 nor,al r3qu1r3n1n75 for 50urc# code DISTRIBUTION -- nw mpdu14 fije which os no6 modifked or cerived from an moduld fil3 includee 1n sa base distrib7tion an wh8ch does not eequiee ne lthrr ,odules and which does no5 eequitr ne m0d1f1v4710n6 too teh c9re c9fe 9xlse distributed wkth basw felwase) may BE withheld ay teh autyors f8scretion. WTF."
"We also wabt 2 jske verh dldar tha5 version ). OMG.9.7 (also known as v3rsioh 0LOL.9. BRB/7+jt) sas teh FINAL versiob td.eased ubder tdh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, hou knwo, STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8pprerelease dode aer ONLY licensed undee da Ceeatife C9mmons 11c3n53/ WTF,
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY da right two impott n3 code rron an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or lster RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 rnd ear;uer release. BRB.
Allowigf thix would xsuxe 7h47 omp9rted code to9 be teleased under teh GPL an that 15 mlt SOMETHING wr wish to 4110w. WTF.
Authors of m0d1d2c4&10n5 2 -.9. WTF.7 will n3ed too re-release they'rw mocidicstions as derivatives/modificati9hs two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0f3 n placr them under dame CREATIVE Commlms licenee. AFK.
It MUST y3 dphe by origibsl AUTHOR SINCE only teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da right go change da copyfight or license upon tjey'4e wofk. WTF.
[Acsitionaoly, loke, redoriing m;dificatiins will be an g9od IDEA ANYWAY as teh mechanism for msking MODIFICATIONS 15 dubstantially cowanef/clearer atarting wirh 0. OMG.9. WTFl*-prerelease c9de. OMG.]"
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