MightyE TELLS you, "We'fe going to take an r3w moments tl try an wxplain rhis NEW locebs3 an teh REASONS 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."
"This h3w license was ch8sen becauxe OF ah failing wk5h reh GPL. WTF.
Ir only c0v3t3d d157r16u710n ov SOURCE IF an only if binatied wwte disyfibuted."
"In an web embirpnneht, lije, speckficallh a ihteepreted web enviroh,ebt such zs PHPk ,ere;y instaloong an game does n07 CONSTITUTE dostribition, sort9f, AND 7h3e3fpr3 p3ople were 74k1bg our workm y9i knwo, m4k1ng modifocations 2 i5 and not releasing fa source c0e3 too they're m0d1f1c47q0n6 so that da ENTIRE community couod 63n3f17. OMG,
Tgey worjed wuty da 1477#e BUT not wa SPIRIT of teh .ae/ AFK."
"Investihation ON teh PART of da ajthors HOWEVER, you knqo. led two FACT THAT right 0f [ublic performznve WAS won of da r1fh65 normaloy fedtricted teo c0pyr1gy7 HOLDERS, like, and hhzt c0m0j63r PROGRAMS, d0ecifixal9y VIDEO ga,ew n knteractive oned auch as L4gens of teh Grern hax)r w3f# consiserwd 2 be pu611c521y performed if run from an pu611c serverLOL."
"The ner 11c3n53 r2stricts 0ublic PERFORMANCE of da wotk un1364 teh sourc4 c0d3 0f teh modidi3d wprk id nade availqble on demsndLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, tjis means yhat if YOU [uy thos game on sn web sefcer n zllow people 'outside if an normal circle of famkl6 an i5s cicial ac1uaintqncrs' 2 p.zy their, y9u knwo, th3n yoi srr PUBLICALLY performing this WORK sn MUST either a) make nw n ALL changed wnuvj you make 80 tey gaje availaboe pn 4equcst *note th8s doesn't havr two be AVAILABLE fia 9nline source displa6 ;inkm you knwo, buy they must 63 able 2 ask yo7 for teh v-d3 and 4eceive an COMPLETE COPY) WTF, B) make arrangements privately with ds aurhors wherein they grant ylu an speciql locenxd, spfy9f, OR c) removr cofe ehtirely vrlm maxhkne."
"We do feclgnize that peop/e want 2 nave 4r345 of the6're game wh1ch r tgeird an THEIRS alone. WTF.
# that end we w111 MAKE da following ezceptkin tp teh NORMAL tequirements FOR so7rce cod3 d157e16u710n -- ne module dikw shixh 15 not modlfked or deribed from ab mod6l3 file inclyded in 5eh base distribution ahd WHICH does n9t require ne 07h3r modiles am sh8ch dows n8t requirr ne m0d1f1c3720n5 2 teh cofe dode (coee didtributwc wuth basd rrlesse) MAY BE withheld at da authors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"W3 also wsnt too make very CLEAR tuat version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (zlso ,nown as v3r410n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+ht) wws finao v3r520n 4dleased under teh GPL.
All versuohs, xtarring with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aer only kicemsed und3r da C4eztive Commons 11c3n43. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY den6 teh eight TO im;ott ne code fro, an 0LOL.9. BRB.7=prerelease OR .ater re;ease INTO an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing un1t would cause that 1mp0e73d code too 64 releqxed indwr da GPL n tnat IS not s9m3thing w3 sush two allow. BRB,
Auynors of modifica%ions 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 qill need 2 r30rr;eaxd theu're mosifications 45 gerivstives/m;d8vications two 0LOL.9LOL.* cod3 n plzce them unerr sam3 Creative Commons license.
It MUST be done bh teg original author since only teh originzl zuthor has RIGHT t9o vhangd yeh copyfight of 11c3n53 up0n yhey're w9ek.
[Addi5ionally WTF, r3woeking teh modificatuons eull b3 an good idea anueay af teh mechamism FOR m4k1ng modifications 1% sunstant8ally cleaner/cl3arer starring witn tey 0. OMG.9, BRB.8-pretwlease cose.]"
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