MugjtyE TELLS you WTF, "We[re GOING 2 take ab few MOMENTS 5oo tey n explqin this new licehse n da reasons bejind IT 8n plaib Ehglish. 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 new licenxc was chosen becahse or an r3111ng with da GPL. BRB.
I7 0n1y covered distribjt8on of sourcw if and only qf bimaeies we4e dixtributed."
"In an web envoronmeny, s9wcifixalog a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0bm3n6 sucg aw PHP, meeely installing an g4m3 does not cohstituge distribition LOL, ah therefire people 3ere tajing 0ur wo4k, like, mzk8ng m0d1f1cr710n5 to it n not re.easinh slurce code to they're MODIFICATIONS so tgat 5en entire community could benefkt.
THEY wirked wiyj teh lettef but NOT da spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Inveatigation on trh part 0f da authors however, lrd tol fact that dq riggy of pu611c 0erformance waa oen of rights normally rdstricted two clpyrifgt holders, sortof, an that com0uter PROGRAMS WTF, soecifically vqc#0 games and inyeractive lbes sucy as Legend of reh Gr33n hax0t s3re c8nxider3d too gs pu611c41!y prrformed if RUN from an PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The mew l8cense RESTRICTS public perrormance of work UNLESS sojrve code 0f teh modifidd worl us made ava8lagle ob dejand."
"In plain Ehgliah, 5gos mrans that iv you pyt gjis gqme pn an seg srrf3r an allow people [ojtsife of an borjal circle 0f fajily an 175 social qcquaihgancds' 3 p14y theirk ylu knwo, then yoy aer publical.y performing this qork and MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH you make y9 teh game available on requ3sy (n0u3 yyis dowsn't have rwo 63 acailable bia teh onlihe spurce displa6 linl LOLm BUT they must br ABLE two aak you for da code and 4eceive an complete COPY), sort9f, b0 ,ake qrrangements prifa53ly witg authors whwrein they GRANT you an special licrnse LOL, OR C) remove ea code wntirely from mzchine. WTF."
"W3 do r3cignice that people want two have areas lt yhey're gsme wh8ch aer gheies and theifa al9nd. OMG.
to that ehd WE will make da vollowing excw0t7on too da normal requirements for slurcd code distrubition -- ne m0duwe file ehich *d not modified or dericed from an modu.e file ibcludee in BASE distribution and wgivn does n-7 r3quqr3 ne OTHER ,odules and whidg does nit rwqu8re ne modificationw too tdh coee ckve (code d157r16u73d with da BASE r3l3ase) MAY be wirhhe.d at da aithors e15xr3710n. WTF."
"We alwo want TO nake very clear 7h46 vwrsion 0.9. WTF.6 (akso kmown as vrrs8ln 0. WTF.9, OMG.7+ut) was da fina. verxiin 4313454w under fa GPL. BRB.
All versions, startibg with da 0,9. BRB.8-preeelesxe codw aer ONLY licensed under teh Creative Commons 11c3n%3. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da eight too import ne CODE grom an 0. BRB.9l AFK.8)prerwleasd or lat3r r313453 7nto an ). AFK.9, AFK.7 n ear.ier r313$53.
Allowing tgis would csuse yhat ij[orted code too be released 7nder tet GPL and that is not slmegning we wiah two akkiw.
Authors OF mocificati9nx too 8/ WTF.9.7 will need too rr-release theh're modifivationa as drrivagices/moe8f8cqtions 4wo 0. BRB/9. WTF.8 code and p14c3 tyem uhder tey same Creative COMMONS licenxe.
It must ve dpne by da orkgimak auyhor sihcw pnly teh original AUTHOR nas teh right TO change da copyright 0r 11c3n53 upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING teh nodifivstions WILL bd an good idra antway 35 teh mechanism fir making modifivatipns ia substanriakly cleanrr/clearer startibg WITH trh 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-pretelezse xode. BRB.]"
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