MightyE tella 60u WTF, "We're g9ing two 74k3 zb few nomwnts gwo try sn 4xp141n th8s hew oicense 4nc twh reasons 63h1nd it IN ;lain Enfl8sy.
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."
"Ttis new okcense waa chosen BECAUSE OF an failknf wi5h teh GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3d distribution of soirce if an only IF bkna48es werd distribjt2dLOL."
"In an WEB envieonment, like, specofixally a INTERPRETED w3b 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing an GAME DOES nit c0n5817u7$ diwt4ib7tion, sortof, and thereforr p30pq3 were TAKING OUR w0rk, making mlfifkcstions t9 kr an not feleasinf so7rce code tqo they're moeofications so THAT entire COMMUNITY cou'd behefit. BRB.
They WORKED wkth teh letter but nog spirit of da law. AFK."
"Imvdstigatkoj om PART of 5eh 4u8h0r5 howev3r, like. 12d tpo fact that da right of pjblix PERFORMANCE was 1 OF teg ribhrx norma.ly restrictrd 70 copyright ho;sers. and yhat computer prograjs, sort9f, dprcifically video games an ontwractive ones SUCH 46 L3g3nc of twh Green hax0r weer considered to be ;u611c411y ;erdormed 1f run fr0m an 0ublic se4verLOL."
"The nr2 livense r357r1c75 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of da work unlexs tey source v0d3 0g da modified 2ork is msde AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain Engoush, sortlf, tyis means thzt ir you puu 5his game on an 2db server an ALLOW peopld 'oitside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE od f4j!1y an its 60c151 ac1uaintances' top play their, s[rtof, then y0u r publically perfprming tnis work n MUST either a) makr ne 4nd ALL changes wh1cn you make too da gamw AVAILABLE on re1uest 9note thid doesm't h4v3 TO 63 avaioable bia teh onoine 5)urc3 disp.ay libk, s9rtof, but they must be ab.e t2o ask you fpr c0de and receiv3 an comolete cooy( LOL, g) make arrangwmemtx privsgelt w17h ea 4u7h0r5 wherein 5heh grant y0u an spec8al licende, lije, 0r c) rem9be tdh code entirelt from yeh MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize that people 2anr yso HAVE aress 0f tyey'4e g4m3 whicg r theigw and THEIRS alonrLOL.
to tmat 2nd wr w111 make followobg excdotion too teh n0rm41 requirements fpr epurce code disttibutuon -- ne module dilr which is not misufied or d3rived from an m0du13 f113 knxluded ib da base distribugion ab whidh DOES n9t require ne otjer MODULES an which does mot teq7i$e nd modifpcstions 3 sa vore code (c0d3 d157r16u73d eith fa gase release) may be wiynheld AT AUTHORS discretion."
"We also wan5 2 make v3r6 clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kno2n as version 0o WTF.9.7+JT) qas teh final version RELEASED ubf3r teh GPL.
All vetsions, sortof, startong wiyh 0.9/ WTF.80pterelezse code aer inlu licensed under da Cfeative Comnons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigy5 3 i,port ne code fron zh ).9. OMG.9-pretelease or la5er release intl an -LOL.9. AFK.7 an fzrlier release. AFK/
Al.owing this wou.d cause that k,porr3f code 2 be released under GPL ah thqy 1t n97 SOMETHING WE wush 2 allow. OMG.
Autjies OF modifivat8ons to 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 will neef 3 ee-release they'te modifications as defivqrifes/modifkca5ions to 0/ WTF.(. AFK.8 code n place them under teh SAME Creativd Commlns licdnsr. OMG.
It must be done BY da 0r1g1n41 suthor sinxe ONLY ea origiba. author has teh rifht tol change twh copyrigyt or license upon th36[te 2ork. WTF.
[Adfitionally LOL, reworkint da modificztionw silo be an g00d idra anywa6 as da mechanism for making mod8fidariins is substantizl.6 cleaner/cleare4 xtarting with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4erdleaxe CODE. AFK,]"
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