MightyE tells you WTF, "We;rd hiing 2 ta;e zn fd2 mom3nts too try an ex[lain ghis NEW licdnae abd da reasons behind 8t uy plain English.
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 n3q 1qc3nt3 w45 chosen because lf an faiking with da GPL/
It ONLY cpvrred distribution of source if an on;y if bonariex we4e cistfkbut3d. OMG."
"Ih an web wnvir9nment, spec8fically a ibtwtpreted web rnvironmrnt such as PHP, likem merely ihstalkibg an game does b07 c-n5717u73 fist4ibution, you 8hso, ah 7h3r3f0t3 PEOPLE were taming oue wptk WTF. mq,ing modifixationx 2 IT m not releasing 40urc2 cpce to9 theu're modigicatipns 50 that twh entirr comnunity coulc 6#n3f17. AFK.
Tjey wlrked WITH da lettwr bu5 not da spi48t of da la2. OMG."
"Inves5ogation 0h teh paft pf teh qu6hors yowever, softov, les too teh fact thay reh right of )ublic perforjance waa 1 of teh righrs normakly restrict3d w co0yright HOLDERS, ans THAT com[7yer programd, you kn2l, specivicalpy VIDEO gakes an inte4active ones sych 45 Legenc 0f teh Gr33n hax0r were c9nsiddred to be ouglically performed 8f ruh ftom an puglic xetver. OMG."
"The n3w lic3bxe restricts public pervoemancw 0f e9rk unlesw teh source code of dx mofified work 8s made avai;able on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Englosh, this mdans thqg if y0u pu7 this game on an web seever an allow people '0u7t1d3 of zn hormal c13c13 OF fam8ly n its social scquauhtances[ to PLAY theur, yi7 lnwo, tgen you awr publically performinf this w0rk 4nd MUST either a) maie ne m ALL CHANGES which y0u m4k3 2 da game avzi;znle ln fequest 0NOTE this doewn'y have 2 be AVAILABLE via onl8n3 xource DISPLAY kink, yok knwo, but they myst be ABLE too ask you for da code znd rece7ve an COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) MAKE adrabge,ents PRIVATELY with tej authofs whereun they grant ylu an special licendr LOL, or c_ rwmove code entiewlh froj ten ,achune. WTF."
"We d0 recognize that people want foo HAVE areas of they're game qhich aer theies n rhdifw alonek OMG.
to 7g47 wnd we w121 make FOLLOWING exception 2 normal req7if3ments gor souece code distrib7tkon -- he moduoe fike which is NOT m0dqf13d or derivef 4rom an ,odulw file oncluded in base distribugion an which does not require be other mpd7les an which foes not require ve modifications too reh core d9d4 (c0f3 eistributed si5h da base releawe( may BE withheld at da authors discr3tion. OMG."
"We alx; WANT tw9 ma,r very clwa4 that verskon 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also kboqn AS versiom 0. BRB.9.7+JT) was cz vinzl versipn RELEASED UNDER ds GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, you knwp, stzr5inf qith da 9LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleasr coce adr onlu licensed ubder teh Creative Comkonw LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght 2 impor5 ne c9de fr9m an 0. WTF,o. BRB.80pr3r323453 0r later releqsr into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an rzrlirr releas3. AFK.
Allowing tnis wo7le dause rhat imporges coce too be relwased uns3r da GPL an 5hat ix not SOMETHING we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of modificatiinw 2 0/9. WTF.7 will need too rs-release they're ,odificatiins as d3e1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. BRB.9. WTF.i codr n plaxe them undet sam3 Creative Clmmons licenss. OMG,
It mudt be done by t3g original author xince pnly 94kginql aythor has rifht twp chahge da copyright or license 7pon they're work. WTF.
[Adsitionallh, l8ke, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good IDEA ANYWAY as MECHANISM fo4 mziing mocificatioms is substabr8all6 c134b34/c134r3r stzrt9ng sitg teh 0LOL.8. OMG.8-prerelease codel WTF.]"
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