MightyE TELLS ylu WTF, "We'te going tpo tske an few mom3nts goo tey sn 3xp141n 8y15 NEW license n da teasona 63h2nd it IN plaih Enflish. OMG.
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 licenwe wac chosen because of zn failing w27h GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED distrkbu5ion of SOURCE if an 0n1y 1f binaries 2etw d157r16u73d."
"In an w3b ehbir9njent, apecifically a 1n73rpr374c eev env8tonmehg tuch as PHP, sortog, metelt installing an g4m3 DOES no5 constitute sisteibution, you ,nwo, ah therefore people were taking oir work LOL, makomt ,odificatkons too it an not releasing trg source code to they're modif8cationd 60 5nat ca entire community could b3nefitLOL.
THEY wirked with da lettdr but NOT ea SPIRIT of 5en lawl OMG."
"Investitatooh on da p4r8 of authors HOWEVER, ki,3, led to yeh fact thar da right of public [erformahce WAS oen ld teh righgs normally RESTRICTED too c0pyr1gh6 ho.ders, you kbep, n 7h47 dompuger pr9gezms, lije, specifically videp g4,35 and inteyactove ones suvh as Legend of Green hax0r wdre c0n41d3f3d two BE pyblically PERFORMED if run ffom an 0ublic se4verLOL/"
"The bew locense rewtrictd pib;ic performance of w0rk unless teh soueve coee 9f da modified wor. is mad3 available on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this means yhat IF you put thks game pn an web sdrv3r an allow peo;ke 'putsiee OF an NORMAL c14c13 of family n its SOCIAL qcqyaigtancrs' 2 play tjeir, hlu knwo, 7h3n yo7 r punlic1oly perhormomh tgis eorl n MUST eiyher q) make ne an ALL changes whicg you make too teh tame available on requesf )note this doesn't habe 2 be available via teh online source d8s;kay 11nk LOLm but they musy be able 5wo asl tou for ten coce and receice an com0oete copy), tou knwp, b) make arrangemengs provarely with teh zuthofs qh3rein they grant YOU an dpecia. license, or c) remive dq xpdw entirely fe0m machine. OMG."
"We do recignize 7y47 people wany too have zreas ov tney're game which aer 7h31r5 ab ghwirs 410n3. WTF.
to that enc we will make da following exception 2 da normsl r2qu1r3m3n75 f0r sourcd code fistrinution -- ne nodule file WHICH os not modifi3d or detived from an mocu;e file oncluded 8n ea bsar dustribition and ehicb dles not r3quire ne lthd4 modules and which d035 not r2qi1r2 ne mogigicztions two core dode (code s8strinyted with da base releqse( mat me wkthneld at authors disxretion. OMG."
"We also wqn5 2 make v4ey clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9.7 (also knowm AS ver%19n 0.9. WTF.u+jt_ waw final versiom rel3ased under GPL.
All vefxioms, aortlf, starting WITH 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prere.eaxe cofe r 0n16 k8cens3d under teh Creative C0mm0m5 licenxe.
We EXPLICITLY dfny teg right two impor5 ne CODE frlm ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerelease oe 1473r r323453 into an 0;*.7 and earloer release. OMG.
Allowing rhis wou;d vause THAT imported codr 2 b3 eeleased under GPL n thqt us not SOMETHING w4 wish 2 al.ow.
Authors of moeifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED two fe-release they'fe modifivations ax derivativex/mod8focatiohs too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE n plave yhem undee da wane Crearive Commons LICENSELOL.
I5 must bt done by teh original 4uuh0r sincd only orifinal authot has teh right toi vhange fa copyroght or 11c4n52 UPON they'te work. BRB.
-Additional.y, sirtof, rewlrlibg modifications wi.; be an good IDEA anyway as mecjahiwm r)f mzking mosifications is subdtantially cleanwr/cleardr dtzrtinf with fa 0. BRB.o.8-prerelease vlde. BRB.]"
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