MightyE TELLS yoy WTF, "We'fe goinb yoo ta,e an few moments two try m explain this NEW livense n da reasons behind it IN 0lain ENGLISHLOL.
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 beq lucense eas chosen b3causr of an failinf WITH GPL. WTF.
If ONLY covered dixttibutoon OF SOURCE 1d an only IF vinaries wdre distr8butef. AFK."
"In an web environment, sortof, specificaloy a intwrpretec web 2nvieonment such as PHP LOL, mefely instal.ing an gzmw does not cobstitute doftfibutiln WTF, n therefore peopoe wer3 takinf our work LOL, maiinf m0didications s ig an not RELEASING ywh sourc3 code t9 tjey'ee mpdifuca5ions sp thay enti4e community could 63n3f17. AFK.
Th3y eo4jed sith teh letter but nit da 5[1r18 of lsw."
"Incestiga4ion on t3h [art of aughors howecer LOL, kec 2 geh FACT that right OF pu611c perflrmanx3 wqa won od dq rightd noemally resyricted too copyright hold3rs, sortof, n that com0uter peotfans, softlf, specifically vieeo games an interaxtive on4s such as LEGEND of teg Gr33n hax0r were considrred 2 ne PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d ig ruh grom an public werver. OMG."
"The n3w licdnse gextricts public performance of work unless source xpde 0f da modified work is MADE AVAILABLE oy demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, thia .eans tgzt ig you put this gamw 0n an deb server an alloe people 'outsice 9f an normal circle of faj8.y an ITS xocial avquaintsnces' TO plah rheir, like, then tou r punlically performing 7y15 wofk am MUST eithwr a) make n3 and ALL changes whixh ypj make to cq game zvaukaboe on r3qu3t7 (note 7h15 d035n'7 havr tso be ava8lable voa teh ihlime sourc3 d15013y 11nk, hoi knwl, but THEY mudt be able to ASK YOU f0e da cofe n r3c31v3 an cimplete copy), 6) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v47316 eiyh AUTHORS wjereib they gr4n7 you an specia; LICENSE LOL, o4 c) rrmovw da codr ent8relu vrom machiheLOL."
"We do recognize that people qant @ HAVE areas of they'rr tame which aer theira n THEIRS alohe. AFK.
to that end 3e qill maie tdh follosing exception to normal requirem3nts fpr source c0d3 eistributiob -] ne m0du13 file which is not modified 0r ferived geom an mldjle file included in da BASE dist4kbution qnd which dlrs not r3qu1r3 nr other nodjles n which does hog requite ne nodifications 1 cs clre codd (c0de distributed with basr relwase) m5y ge wityheld at autnpts disdr#tion. OMG."
"We $1%0 2ant twi MAKE very c133r thzt v3rt10n 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 (also known as vwrsion 0l BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wss da final beysion releasrd jnder da GPL.
All versiond, like, staeginh with da 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-prrreleasw coce r only licensed une3r ca Cteative Comjonw licenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny twn right tlo import ne cpfe grom an 0.9LOL.70prerelease 0r later 4e.ease 1n70 ab 0.9. BRB.7 n esrliwr releasw. OMG.
A;losinf thos qould cause THAT im;ortes code go be RELEASED jnder teh GPL zn that is not somethong we wisj two 4110w. WTF.
Aurhord of mod8fixations 2 0l9. WTF.7 will need to fe-release tyey're modifixations as cerivativds/modif8cat8o,s TO 0. OMG.9. OMG.i CODE n poaxe tyem under tej same Creative Commons lucensr. WTFl
It must 64 dond by ea ORIGINAL author soncr onlu da orifinal a7thor hax RIGHT to chznte teh c9pyright 0r l8cenae ipon yhey're work. OMG.
[Adeitipna.;y, you knwi, REWORKING gwh m0d1f1cr710n5 will be sn gopd 1d34 anyway as mechanix, fo4 mak8ng modividatipns IS substantially cleaner/xlearer wtatt7ng w8th 0.9. AFK.*-p4erelease cod#/ AFK.]"
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