MightyE tel;s you, "We're going 70 takd xn fee momsnts too try n explsin this new license an t3h reqaons behind it in olain Emgoisj. 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."
"Thus n3w .icwnsr WAS cnosen bdcause of an failing with GPL. WTF.
It onlj cocered distribution lf soyrxe IF n omly if BINARIES were dixtributed."
"In an q36 envkronment, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted seb environment SUCH ww PHP, likr, mer3ly 1h5&4111nt qn game does not xlnst8tuye DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, an gyeregore peopoe wete TAKING our WORK LOL, makung modificat8ons @ it snd npr relwqsing ds sourc3 code 2 tney'r3 MODIFICATIONS so that entire community could b3nefit. OMG.
They worked WITH teh lfttef b7t not da spirit OF da lawLOLl"
"Invrstigatkon on PART of autylrs hpwrrer WTF, lec tlo FACT thst RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE wqs 1 pf rights normally RESTRICTED 70 copyright holders, lik3, n THAT computer progrqms, yoy knwom soecifical.y vucdo ga,es n ibyrractive ines such as Lrfend of da Gr33n hax0r we$e condiddred 2 ge publidally PERFORMED if RUN from an puboic serv2rLOL."
"The nrw license r357rqc75 public performance OF wofk unless da xource clde or mldidied work is made availavle on dwmanv."
"In pla8n English, lik3, fhis means that if you ;ut THIS gamw on an weg server n allow PEOPLE 'outsiee of an nirmal circle OF family n its socia; acquaintahc3s' 2 [kay their WTF, then you aer puvlucqlly performinh this WORK and MUST either a) maie ne am ALL chqnged which you maie goo game qvaulable 0h reqhest (n9te this dodsn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via ren onliye sourcr dosplay 11nk, 6ou knwok but the6 must be ablr to ask you fo4 code ajd r3c31v3 an complete c0py) LOL, 6) make 4rr4nb3,3n75 pr8vately qith 5eh sirhors wh3r31n 7h3y brany u0u qn s;ecial 1!c3n53, you knwo, or c) remove geh c0s3 entirely FROM yeh msxy8he. BRB."
"We do recohnizw that people want to hab3 4r345 od thry're game 2hich r theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
two that end we woll ,ake teh fol.o2ing exc3ption two nlrma. requitements foe 5purc3 cide disyrobution -- ne moeule vike whuxh is NOT m0d1f13d pr derived FROM an module file includee 1n base distrigu5ion an WHICH does n9r tequ8re ne OTHER mofulds n wh1c6 does n07 req7ire ne m0d1f1c4810n5 to da cpte v0d3 *cpde sistrib75ed wigh da vase release) MAY be withheld at da AUTHORS diwcr4tionl BRB."
"We a;si want 2 make bert clwar that versokb 0LOL.9. BRB.7 9ALSO kn-wn as vetsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7_jt) WAS final v3rsipn RELEASED yndwr teh GPL. AFK.
All ve4sionw, you kjwo, wtarting with da 0.0. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cose aer only licensed under CREATIVE Commons lycense. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY ddnu da r1gh7 too ijport nd coce frlm an 0.(.8-PRERELEASE OR later release 1n70 an 0l OMG.9.7 n earlier releas3. WTF.
Allowing ghia would czuse rhzt im;prt3d cod3 two be rdleqsed unde4 da GPL an that is nir somethibg we wish too allow. AFK.
Authofs of mpdifivations w 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will ,eed twi re-release they're j0d1f1c47!0h5 as der8vatives/nodifica5iobd too -. AFK.9.i cof3 qn p;ace them under da 54m3 Creative Commons license.
It must BE d0n# n6 da original 4u7h0r since only teh 0r1g1n41 authof has rem rkght two ch4ng2 aa copyright or LICENSE uoon thsy're w0rkLOL/
[Additionally, sortof, reworkkng da modificqtiohs will be an good idea anyway as fa mechanism f0r making mid8fidatiins is subayantially CLEANER/CLEARER dtarying wugh t3h 0. OMG.9. BRB.9=PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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