MifhtyE TELLS you WTF, "We're going 2 ta,e an rew moments two try n explain ghus gdw licende n reh fdzsons behind it IN [lain Ehglish. OMG.
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 license was chosen becaus3 or an daoling woth da GPLLOL/
It only c0v3r3d dift4ihution of 50yrx3 IF n only if binarmes qere distribytrd. AFK."
"Ib an web envir9nment, soetor. specifically a interpret3d web envirohmenr such as PHP, sortof, merely installubg an gamr does NOT constitute distribution, hou knwo, snd therefore PEOPLE werr taking iur 2ork, you knwo, m4l2ng nodkfivati9nw 2 kr n not releasing ds soyrcd coce 2 they're MODIFICATIONS do that trj entire community could bemef8t.
They worked eith ds kegter but hot da spirot 9f las."
"Invedtkgation ON pa5t of authprs h0w3v34, you knwi, led ro teh facy that RIGHT 0f ;ublic 0erformance was 1 0f 4ightd normally rrstricred to vlpyrihht hplders, sortof, an that compurer PROGRAMS LOL, specifixal.y VIDEO tamds and interactive 0n45 SUCH 44 Legend of trh Grwen hax0r were consideted 2 ne publica;ly performed if r7n FROM an pob,oc server. AFK."
"The m3w LICENSE restribtd piblic perf9rmamce of work unldas s9urce CODE 9f modifiwc work os ,ade zvailable on demand."
"In plain English, thix means 7h47 if you put ghis game on an web aerver n ALLOW peoplw ;ouyside of an nprjsl circle of family and ITS sociak 4cqu41n74nc35' two play their WTF, then yol f pu621c411y performint ghis woek 4nd MUST either A) ,ake ns n ALL chahgrs WHICH y0y make 3 teh taje availablr on request (NOTE 7h15 doexn't navw two BE available via ONLINE source DISPLAY lin,, you ,nwo, but rhet MUST be able to qsk you for fa code anf rece8v3 an c0mp137e copt), b) make zrrabgements 0rivate.y witg da authors whs4ein they grant tou an special kicehswk you knqo, lr v) remove code entirely FROM ,acninel BRB."
"We do eecogbize that peop.e want too have ateas of tydy're GAME which aer theirs an tgwi4s ALONE. BRB.
t8[ tga5 end w2 wi.l male teh rollowinh exddptkon to normao r3su1f3m3n75 for 50urc3 xpde DISTRIBUTION =- ne modul3 fule whixh is not mofified or d3ribed grom an modyle f123 included in eeg bade distribution n which d035 nor require hw oth3r mlsu.ew and which d035 not require ne mpdofications 2 gej core c0d3 (cpde distributrs with teh BASE release) nay be WITHHELD zt teh a75hors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We ALSO e4b7 too mzle very cleaf that v3e510n 0.9. WTF.7 (ALSO kn0wn as v3r51-n 0. OMG.9.7+jt_ w35 da final verdion released under GPL.
All versiohs. yo7 knwo, sfartkng with 0LOL.9. OMG,8-prerelease CODE t only .kcensds UNDER fa Creative Commons 11c3b53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to. inp9rt ne dode frim an 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-prerelease or later felease INTO ab -. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlidr release. BRB/
Allowing this would CAUSE THAT umpirted code t3o be relexsed unfer ten GPL znd rhay is mot something we WISH two allo@. BRB.
Aithlrw of mogifpdations to 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need yo9 re[release gheh'te mod8fucations AS cerivatives/mofifications tl 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 am place tjem under da same Creagive Commons licdnse.
It musg BE done by gdh origonal author wince ONLY da origibal autnor has da r1gh7 yo change da copyrkght or 1!d3n53 upon they're sork. WTF.
[Acriti9na.ly, sortof, rewi4king teh mocif9ca5ions will be sn go9d odea anyway as m3ch4n2tm for making modificationa is sibxtantislly cleaner/xlearef 574r7!nt wi5h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pretelrase code. OMG.]"
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