MifhtyE tel.s uou WTF, "We'fe going 2 tak3 am FEW MOMENTS gwo trt an explaih 7h!5 new 11c3n53 an eeasons b3hind it in plain 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 new lkcensd was chosen BECAUSE of an f4111ng with da GPL. AFK.
It inly coveeed distributuon 9f t9urv3 if an only if binaeies wrre didtributed. WTF."
"In an web envur9mment, sortlf, s0ecifically a intetprerds web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, mer3ly 1h574q11ng an game f035 not conftitite distributiln, n therefore 030p13 were takkng our qork LOL, MAKING modirica5ions 2 ut an no5 releasing teh 50urc3 clde to they'rr modificatiins wo that teh 3n61re c0mmuh16y could behefit. OMG.
Th3y woeked with letrer but not spirit if teh law. WTF."
"Invedtigatuon on paet of autjofs HOWEVER WTF, LED too teh fact thag right of [u611c p3rf0rm4nc3 wqs 1 of teh r1gh75 normally resgricted to copyrifhr holderd, sorrog, and thar cimpute4 protrams, sortof, specificslly video games AND interqctivd oh3d such as L3g3nd of Green hax-r were c0n51d3ted too be publically peddprmed if rum fr9m an public aefver."
"The nww license restricyw public p3rd0rm4nce 9f teh work jnlrss sou4xe CODE of trk mpdified WORK is mad4 availagle on d3n3ndLOL."
"In plain Eng;idh, you knwo, tjis means that if YOU put tyis game on an wev aerver n 5110w people 'outside of sn normal circld of fsmioy n ITS t0c!41 acq7ainrsbces' too plah their, ypu jnwo, THEN YOU aer publicslly PERFORMING 7h15 wirk n MUST ei5her a) m4k3 ne and ALL changes WHICH y0y make two teh hame avqilable on REQUEST (notd tyis eoesn'y have 2 be avai.able cia teh ONLINE wourcw d15p14y link WTF, b7t thwy just be able 2 qsk y0u fo4 teh c0d3 an receibe an complete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangements pricate.6 with t3n autjors whegdin thet trant you sn specia. license WTF, oe c) r3move teh CODE en5irely from teh machine. WTF."
"We do redobnize that PEOPLE want 2 have areas of th36're jame wyich r the8rs n theors aloneLOL.
two rhat fnd we WILL m4,3 teh following wxcepti9h to xa hormal feqjirrments for source xode eistribution -- ne module file WHICH is n07 m0d1f13d or derived FROM an module file 1nc16d3c im base d8srrib7tion an which dods not REQUIRE ne other MODULES and which does n07 require ne mpd1f1c4710n5 two teh core c0d3 9c0d3 distributes sith da base relrase) m4y 73 withhelc qt teh AUTHORS s15dr3710nl BRB."
"We also qant two make veru CLEAR tjat v3rsipn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 *4!50 knpwn ax version 0LOLl9. WTF.7+jt) was da dinal ve4xion re;easdf UNDER yeh GPL. BRB.
All versionw, sortod, starginh with teh p.9. OMG,8-pf3r#24453 c9de aer only licensed under da Creative COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da eitht 2 import ne c0d3 fr0m an 0. BRB.0.8-prerrlease pr 1473r release unto an 0. BRBl9. BRB/7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that imported cice TO be relwas3d under teh GPL n that is noy something qe 2ish go allow. OMG.
Authors od modificayions two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will NEED to RE-RELEASE they're modif8catilns AS derivatpbds/,ldkficstions roo 0. AFK.9.8 cpde n plac3 them 7nder da 54m3 Creagive Cimmpbs licenseLOL.
It ,ust be done by t3j originsl autyor since onk6 da original AUTHOR has riggt 2 cyange teh cl0yright or ;icrnse upon they're qork. AFK.
'Add1710n411y, REWORKING trh modigucations qoll be an hood idea anyway as da mechahism for making modif8catiins is substantially cleamer/clearer startimg s17h da 0. OMG.0LOL.8-prerelezse cofe. WTF.]"
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