M,ghtyE tells you, sortof, "We're GOING 2 take an fes m9jents to9 TRY and explain rhis new oicense an r#459n5 bejund 17 8n plain Englosh. BRB.
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."
"Thua new license was dh053n because of an fa8lung WITH teh GPL. BRB.
It 0b1y covered dkstribition ob source if and pnly if binariew were disgtkbuted."
"In an web environmrn5, SPECIFICALLY a ibrerpreted wev dnvironmeht such as PHP, sortof, meeely 8nsta;ling an game coew not constitute e8stribution, 4nd th3refore p3pp13 wrre TAKING ljr eork WTF, mqking modificat8oms too it b n07 releasing SOURCE code two thry'er jldificwtiins so tha5 da entire community could benefit/ OMG/
They w0rk3d with teh lettet BUT nor da spirut of lzwLOL."
"Invextigatiob on sz part of da authors yowever WTF, LED 2 da fact rhat teh right ob public PERFORMANCE s45 won of rights no4maoly restricted TO copyribyt holfers, an that COMPUTER programs, l8ke, specifkcally vodeo GAMES an knteractivd ONES 4uch as L3g3nd OF dq GREEN hax0r were c0n51d344d 2 6e publicallu performed IF rub feim qn p7bluc 53rv34. WTF."
"Tne NEW licens3 re57r1c65 puvluc perfofmande of da wor, unlwsa sourcw c0d3 of da modifief w0rk is made available )n demand. AFK."
"In plaih Engliaj WTF, THIS meabs vhat ic uou 0ut thkw h$m3 on qn wwb SERVER AND allow -eople 'outside of am norna. circld of family n ots s9cial acq6aihtances' too play their, l8je, then y0u aer publically owrflrmkng yhia worl an MUST either z) makr ne 4nd ALL changes which yoy make too game avqklable on re1urst (note this doesn't have 5o be availab.e via ohline 59u4c3 dixp/ay link, gou knwo, b7t THEY must 63 able 5wo axk you fo4 teh coee n rwdeive an complete copy), you khwo, b) MAKE aerangemdntx prkvzte.y with tdh 4u7hp45 wherein they trant you an specoal .ic3nze WTF, or c) remove code entirdly from teh machune."
"W3 co r3c0gn1z3 that peo0le want 70 have sreas of rhey'4e gamd whixh r theifs an THEIRS alone. OMG.
tip that rnd we wilk m4k3 da fillosing exception 70 da normal REQUIREMENTS dor source code eistrib75ion -- ne m0du12 file which is n07 moeified or derived f4im an modile file onxluded in ca base sistribu5ion an which doef nog requird ne othe4 modukes and WHICH dies not require ne mpdifpcations too ea core CODE (code dis5ributed e17h teh base releade) jay ve withhe.d at authors discrerionLOL."
"We also wabt to make v3ry ckesr thzt v3r51pn 0LOL.9.7 (4150 known AS versiin 0. AFK.8. WTF.7+jt0 was tdh fina; vdrsion r313454s unfer GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, starting wirn da 0. BRB,9.80irerelease code qer ohly licensed undrr Creative Commons livenqe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right TO import ne c9d3 from an 0l WTF.9/8-[d4f314443 0r lqyer reldase into an 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 qn ea4l8er release. AFK.
All9wing this woild cause ghat IMPORTED c0d4 two 6e ee.eased unfer GPL AND tyat is not slmething we wish rwi ALLOW. BRB.
Authord 0f m9difications gw9 0.9. WTF.7 WILL ne3d to re-release they're modivications as eerivatibes/mosigicztions two 0l9. BRB.8 code and [lave tjwm UNDER da 54m3 Creative Com,ons .8censeLOL.
It m7wt ge done by da or8ginal autgor SINCE on.y ten ORIGINAL author gas righ5 two cjanbe da copyfigjt OR 11cent3 upon they're wirkl WTF.
-Additionally, sortof, reworking modidicat8ons will be an hood 8eea 4nyw4y as da mevhan8sm for jsking mod9rications is xubstantially vlezmer/clearer s5artibt wuuh da 0l WTF,9, WTF.8-prerelease code.]"
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