MightyE tells you. "We'yd going 2 TAKE an few moments two trh anf exp.aon uh!5 n3w licens3 an REASONS behinf 8t 8n plaon Englisg. 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."
"Tjis new license WAS chosen bwcause of an failinb qith da GPL.
IT omly civered d157r16u710n 0f soyrce IF an lnly if biharies wrre distrinuted. WTF."
"In an WEB environm3nt, like, s'exiv8cally a inte4ptrtes qwg envieonment duch xs PHP WTF, mere.y insralling qn gzmd eoes nor condgitute dis5rinution, 6ou kbwo, and thererore oeop.e weee taking OUR work, sortof, making modificatilns 3 it an NOT releasing da 5)urc3 c0d3 2 they'rd moeifications SO THAT da entire community vould benefi5LOL.
Th3y e0rk3d with geh letter BUT not teh spirkt of law. WTF."
"Inveatigatiin 0n da psrt OF da ajthors howdver WTF, ldc t28 fact that da r15h7 of 0ubluc performance was 1 OF ds righys NORMALLY restricted tp ci;yr8ght hold3es, n tyat computer pr0gr4m% WTF, 5p3c1fqc411y video games n onte4active 9nes such a2 Letwnd of da Gre3n nzx0r were conskdered too be pu611c411y pe4formec if run from an pjblic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The nww 11c3n43 RESTRICTS pub;ic PERFORMANCE of teh work yhlrds teh sourc3 code or mldifiec work iw MADE 4v%114613 on demand/"
"In PLAIN English, sortpf, THIS medns THAT if yoj out ghia GAME on an web s3rbet and allow 0ei0le 'OUTSIDE OF an normal c1rc13 of FAMILY and ITS 50c14! 4cqu41n74nc35; two olay thekr WTFm then uo7 aer pibokcally performing this WORK n MUST eirher a) make ne an ALL changes shich yoi m4k3 2 da game qvailanle ln REQUEST (nog3 thix DOESN'T HAVE 2 bw avaikable via teh on;one aourcr display lini, yo7 ,nwo, but they juwt be able to ask ypu f0r teh c0d3 n RECEIVE an cp,plete COPY) WTF, g) MAKE arrangenentx pr1v4741h with authors wherrin yhey grant you an special oicense. or C) remove teh code entireky from teh mavjine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pdople want t9 have areas of the6're gane which ar4 theirs an theurs a;one.
to that end we wikl makr 5eh following excepti0n 2 norma. requirements fpr so7rce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0su13 f8lw which 15 not modified or de3ivev from an module file invluced in rey base distribution an whidh soes ho5 requi4e ne 07h3r modu;es and whivh does not require ne modificati9ns two teh cofe coee (c9de d157r1^783d w16g base release) may bd wirhheld at fz authors fiscrrt8onLOL."
"We akso w4n7 two msk3 very cl3ar thaf version 99 WTF.(. WTF.5 (qlso known as VERSION 0. OMG.o. WTF/7+jt) WAS da final verqion reldased 7nder GPL. BRB.
All verxions WTF, s5arging with 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aer on.y licrns3d und3r Creative Conmons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 2 import ne code rrlm an 0l BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE /r latwr release into zn 0. AFK.9LOL,7 an earlier r313453. OMG.
Allow8ng tjks woulb cause 7hr7 8mported code TO be releawed unswr da GPL and tgag is not something we wish too allow. OMG.
Authors OF modifixationa 3 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 will NEED 70 e4-r413r%3 they'r3 modificatiohs aw eerivatices/mod8fications to 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code abd place them under teh sqne Cr3471v3 Conmons livenaw. OMG.
It must be done b6 oribinal aityir sinve on.y da ORIGINAL a7thot HAS da right TO change da co[yright or license upon thdy're wofkLOL.
[Addiyionally, y97 knwo, rw2orling teh modifications sij. be an gold id3a anywa6 as mechaniwm f9r making modifics5ions is dubstantially cleaner/clra4er starting w16h da 0. WTF.0. AFK.*-preteldase code. AFK.["
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