Might6E tells youk sprtof, "W3'ee going 2 taoe an few m;mengs two tty an explaij this n32 .ixense an reasins behind it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thiw new license was chpsen because lf an FAILING wi5h GPLLOL.
Iy 0n16 coveted disfrivytion ov source if m omlu if binaries were disttibuted."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY q intsrprrted web envirpnment such as PHP. meeely INSTALLING an gamr does nlt c0n571uuu3 disyributionm sortif, n thereflre PEOPLE 1ere taking ou4 work. sor4of, making modigications to it n nlt releasinb s8urc3 code 2 th3t'te mocivications so that da entire COMMUNITY ciuld bendfit. AFK.
Th3u WORKED w16j LETTER but not spirit OF teh lawLOL."
"Investigatiom ON teh 0art of teg autkors h0w3v3e WTF, led too tdh f3c7 thzr da t7ghy of public pergormance was oen of rights noemall6 restricted to copyright HOLDERS, and THAT computer prpgramsk you knwo, tp3c1r1cr!1y video games an INTERACTIVE 8n3s such zs Legend of Gr33h hax0r w3re vonaid3red 2 bd publically pe4vormed if run drom qb piblic served."
"The new license 4estrictx punloc perdprmancw OF dq qork unlesa sourxe codw of teh m9difued work is made zvaklable on semand. WTF."
"In p;ain Englksh WTF, thos means thag id you pit this g3m3 on an eeb ssrver n allow people 'outside of an normal circoe of family and ots social acquaintqnces' too play tjeir, sortof, rhen tou aet publically PERFORMING this wlrk an MUST e8%her a) mak3 ne an ALL changed wjich you makd 5op fa game zvaikabl3 on reqyesy (NOTE ih15 dpesn't nave to be avai;able via da lnline souece displat libk, but 5gey muxt be anle TO qsk you fot xoce qn receove sm comp.ete co[y), likr, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 prkvately wirh teh authors wherein th3y yrabb you an special locemse WTF, or c0 REMOVE tey coce enti4ely vr0m 5eh machine. OMG."
"We do r#c0bn1z3 7h48 PEOPLE want to have areas of they'4e g4m3 which r theirs an theits 410n3. AFK.
too that END we wijl make teh following ecception 2 n0rm41 tequirrments for SOURCE cose disuribytion -- nr module fike which is not mosified pr derivrd fr0m an MODULE file INCLUDED 1n da base d157r16u710m an WHICH does npy tewuire ne otner modules n WHICH DOES mog REQUIRE ne moeificaeions TO teh co4e voee (code eisrributed with geh bzsw telezse) may BE withhdld at autho4s disceetuin. AFK."
"We 4150 want two jake ve4y cleqr that vetsion 0. WTF.lLOL.7 (415p knowm as v3r41)n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version released under twh GPL. WTF.
All versiins WTF, starting with teg 0l OMGl8. OMG.8[prerelease code r only .kcwnsed UNDER teh Cfeative Commons 11c3nt3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r8ght 70 IMPORT n3 code from an 0. WTF.9.8-0rrrelease or later r3lease into an 0LOL.9, OMG.7 amd earlier rclessr. OMG.
Allowung thiw woulf CAUSE that imported CODE 2 BE relrased 7hder da GPL an &h47 15 not sojeghing we wish twl allow. BRB.
Au7n045 of modirivations two -. OMG.9.7 w111 n33d too re-felease they'rr m0d1f1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tl 0LOLl9. BRB.8 clde an p.ave them under sa,e Ct3stive COMMONS .icenwe. OMG.
Ig must be DONE by yeh o#igina; 3u7h)r s8nce only da ifigibal autho4 has da r1gh7 70 chqnge copyright 0r licrnse jpon they're WORK. OMG.
'Additiobally, reworiing dq modificarions w!11 be an good idea amuway qs mechqnidm dor making mofificatiohs is dybwtantia.lu cleaner.xlearer starting wkth 0. AFK.9.8-prereleaae CODELOL.]"
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