MigjtuE tells hou WTF, "W3're going two take zn FEW moments to try an EXPLAIN thos new license ah teh reasons nehind IT ih plaon ENGLISH. 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."
"This bew license wss choxen beca7se of an railing with teh GPL. BRB.
IT only coverwd fisgributiob or wource if an only IF binaries were disttibutedLOLl"
"In an seb envir9nmwnt, you knwo, specifically a intet0feted web 3nv1r0hm3n7 such ax PHPk yoj kn2o, merely installing sh game doww not c0n5817u73 d8xtribution, an thdrrfore peupow were taking our wotk LOL, majing midificatkons TO it an not releasing 50mrc3 code yo rhey'4e modificatoons si that teh entirr dommunitt c0u2d bemefit. AFK.
They WORKED with da lettwr bug not twh 5p1r17 of yeh law. BRB."
"Imves5ogayion 0n pzrt of AUTHORS y9wever LOL, led tso ea fact tnat rigjt of PUBLIC [erf9rmance wad 2on of 5eh ribhts normally redtricted 5wo copyright h0qd3t5, like, amd that computer prohfamq, like. 5p3dqr1c411y video games h intefaxtive obes s7ch ae Legwnd of GREEN hax0r wdre considrred 2 br pu611c411y performed ig run from an public server. WTF."
"The nrw oicense restficts publov pe4formance of work ubless da source code 0g teh modifidd w0rk is madw AVAILABLE on semandLOL."
"In plain Englisn WTF, this meanx gtag 1f yiu out this game ih sn web serv3r and ALLOW peopl3 'outs8de of an normal cirdle of famoly and its SOCIAL acquainranvda' t; [lay theurm loje, tjen you aer publicakly p3rforming this wor, znf MUST either a) MAKE nd ana ALL changew WHICH you mske to da game availabl3 oh request (note this d045n'7 have two ve avaiozblw VIA ds lnline s9urcd display link, but tjey must ^3 able too ask you gor da code and r#c31v3 an COMPLETE co[y0 LOL, b) mak3 arrangements pribatelu WITH dq authors wgefein they hrant you qn SPECIAL l8cenwek aortof, or c) re,ove fa dode enritrly from da mach8ne. WTF."
"We fo RECOGNIZE that p30p13 WANT to have qreas OF they;rr gamc whivh xer THEIRS n gheira alonel WTF.
yo that ebe we cill make following 3xc3p710n to da normal t3quqr3m3m75 for soiece code distributiom -- ne module fil3 whkch is not modified or dericec fr0m an module f113 included IN bsde d9strunutkon m which does nlt REQUIRE ne other ,odules n whixh d9ew not fequi4e ne modifications rwo teh cire code (code eixtributed with da base r313%63) m36 be w17hh31d at teh AUTHORS discre4iob. WTF."
"We also want 2 MAKE vern clear THAT version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (a;so known as versioh 0. BRB,9/7+jt) was da fknzl verskon released under teh GPL. AFK.
All versiond, wtatting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.7-prerwlease code aer onl6 LICENSED uhder da CREATIVE COMMONS licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY drnh da rught 2 import me coce from an pLOL.9LOL.8-preteldase or LATER release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 and earkier r313452, AFK.
Allowing thiw would cause ghst imported code 1 be r3leased und3r teh GPL n that od not 5-,37h1ng we w1th 2 al;owLOL.
Autto4s of modifkcations to 0. BRB.9, AFK.7 qill NEED ro r4-re;rase thwy're modifications as dericatibes/modifkcations 2 0LOL.8. WTFl8 code an placr thej UNDER t4h 54m3 Crea5ive Commone licenseLOL.
It must be done by da original xugjor since 0b1y da originzl author has teh right too change da copyribgt or .icenxe upon they'ee qork. WTF.
[Additkonally, so4tof, eeeorlkng teh modificatoonq will be an good idez ahyway zs da mechanism for making modificstions IS substantia;ky cleaner/cleardr qtarting wi5h 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8-PRERELEASE docr. WTF.]"
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