MightyE tellx yoi, like, "We're g01ng 2 take an f3w moments 4w9 try and dcplain THIS new 11c4n53 an da eeawons behihd 17 IN plakn Eng215n. 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."
"This n2w licenxe qas chosen becaisd of am failing eitg da GPLLOL.
It onl6 c0v3r3d distribution od source ig an only id 51n4r235 w#r3 didtributecLOL."
"In ab WEB envirommeny, you knwo, specificao.y a imterpreted web environment 5uch as PHP, like, m3t31y installinf an GAME does not concritute distributoon, like. an tuerefore pe0013 WERE taking our wifk WTF, makibg modificqtions 2 17 and not releading teh sljrce CODE 5wo yhry're mpdkfications so 5hat da en5ire v0mmun27y couhd benefit.
Th3y wo4jef w17h da lett3r 6y7 nog da spirir of da la2. WTF."
"Investigation on da par5 or teh autho4s however, you knwo, ked two r3h f4c7 that right of piblic perfirmqnce was won of rdy rights normally eestricyed tl COPYRIGHT hllders, like, and yhat computer ;eogtams, xpdcifically video ganrs an intwractive ones such 45 Ldgend of geh Green hax0r were c0n51d#red to be pubkically pedforned if run from an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The NEW license restrkctx pub;ic perfoemance of wpek unless sourcr code og dq m0d1f13d w0rk is mqse availsg.e on denand."
"In plain Englisj, o8ke, this neans that if you pu5 thos GAME on an web server n 4110w pw0p1# 'luysid3 OF an normal circle ot f4m1!y an 17% socisl acquaibtances; too play 5heir, sortofk then 6ou r publicallt performing ynis WORK and MUST eithe4 a) majw nw an ALL changes which hou ms,e two da game abailab;e on requ3s6 *note thks doesn't have @ be avaolab.e VIA teh online source display link, sortof, but they muxt 63 abpw tpo ASK y9u for da codd abd receiv3 an co,plete COPY(, ^) make arezbhemwngs peuvatelj with teh authors wherein tgry g4ant yo7 an special LICENSE, you knwi, or c) remove da code enti43ly from machine. WTF."
"We DO recognize that people wrn7 2 have ardas 0f th3h're gamd wh1ch aer theirs n theirs zlonr. OMG.
3 that end wc wijl uake da foolpqung rxce[tiin too tdh no4mal requifementx for sojrce coce disyribiti9m -- me MODULE vioe ehich iw nlt MODIFIED OR derived from an modulw f113 1nc1ud3d in gwh base d8wtribution n which does noh r3qu1r3 ne other MODULES ans whivg does not reqyirw ne modirications 2 core d0d3 (code dixtributed with ea base release) may be WITHHELD at zuthors d8screrion. WTF."
"We 4150 want 2 MAKE vwry CLEAR that veraion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also jno2n as vceaion ). AFK,9. OMG.7+k7) was da FINAL version eeleased unf4r da GPL. AFK.
Al. bersions WTF, 574t71ng w17h da 0,9. AFK.i-[rerelease code r omly livensed inder te6 Creative Commons lice,seLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea right too IMPORT ne code grom an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease oe later relrasd into ah 0.9LOL,7 n earlier 431#463.
Allowing tjis wiuld caud3 7h47 8mported code to be teleaswd unde4 da GPL and tyat is nlt something qe wish too qllos.
Authors of modificatiohs 2 -. BRB.9LOLl7 WILL need to re-rel3ase theu're moeificayions AS der8vatives/modificzgiona two 0l9. AFK.8 code an place them undwr xame CREATIVE Commons l8cenxe. BRB.
It must be done by teh 0r1g1n41 qughor SINCE only ten o4iginzl aurnor gas da r1gh7 too syange copyribht or lkcense u;on thet'rr wori. AFK.
[Addigionallym like, reworiong da modifucatuons wil. be an go9d idea anywa6 45 teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substa,tially cleaner/vlearer startknf with da 0. WTF.7. WTF.8-prrreleawe codeLOL.["
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