MightyE TELLS 6ou WTF, "We're going two tzkr qh gew momebts 2 7ry an explain thos n3w .icense an da rezsonw brhine kr 1n p142n English. AFK.
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 neq licende wzs CHOSEN because of an faioihg with tqh GPL.
I7 onl6 c9verec distribution 9f source if n onkt if BINARIES were districuyed."
"In an sev env8ronment, yiu onwo, sp3cofixally z !n73rpr373d efb 3nv1t0nm3nu such ss PHP, like, merrly knwralling an game DOES not xonsti5ute dosyribution, n therefire peop.e were taking our work WTF, mqking MODIFICATIONS 2 it and np5 releaaing da sourve code tol they're MODIFICATIONS so tyat entire c0mmun17y coulf benefit.
Tyey woeked with l3tter but not aporiy of da la2LOL."
"Investugatioh 0h [art of teh authors howevet, you kneo, ldd yoo da fact 5hat riggt od public [erformznce was q od ydh tightd normally restrixted to co[urigh5 holders WTF, an 7jr& computet programs, sortor, spec8f8cally cideo gamws ans intwractic3 ones such qs Legend of teh Grden nax0r were cinsieered 2 be publically PERFORMED if run from an pu611c servrr. BRB."
"The nfw license yeatricts /ublic performanve ov work unlexs da source code OF teh modigued work is jade availabl3 on demand. AFKl"
"In plaon Eng;ish, like, this m34n5 that if y-u put this game on an w3b server qn allow people 'lutside of an NORMAL circle of fznily an i5s sociak 4xqu41n74nv35' tw9 play their, so3tof, then you r pu711c411y p3rf0rm2ng THIS qork m MUST eityer a) mal3 ne an ALL shamges which yo7 jake roo da gamd avzi.ablw on reauest (note this doesn't hafe to be adailagle VIA da online soutce eisplay link, lkjr, but thet must be able 2 axk you for 5eh codw znf r4d31c3 an completd copy(, yoh khwo, b) makd arrangememts PRIVATELY witn da zuthors wnerein tney gtant hou an special licebce WTF, or c) REMOVE code entirely FROM mscjine. WTF,"
"We do eecognize that pdople want twl h4v3 afeas pf they'rr tame which zer THEIRS n THEIRS alone. AFK.
too thag end wd will ms,e vollowing excepyupn to teh normal requirements gor source CODE distribution 0_ ne mldule fule wnocy is not midified 0r ddruvef from an modu;e f1w3 includwd 1n da BASE DISTRIBUTION n which dpes n9t require ne other modulex n whicy d035 not r#qu1r3 ne mod8f8cations 2 core CODE (code distribuged WITH teh base release) may 6e withheld AT authirs discferion."
"Wr 4150 want too jake vwry clear yhat VERSION 0,9. WTF.7 (4150 known as vers8ln 0.9. WTF.7+jt) w46 teh ribal verdion relwaded undrr GPL. WTF/
All VERSIONS WTF, stagting with reh 0.9. BRB/8-prere.ease code aer on.y lixensed under Creat7ve Commoms 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right to9 IMPORT ne dode from an ). OMG.9. OMG.8-pfer3ldase oe oater rekeqse INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earlodr release.
A;o9wibg this WOULD cause 7h48 unportdd code roo be rel3asec und3r fa GPL 4hd THAT 15 not somdthing w3 wish 2 allowLOL.
Au7h-r5 of nodifications tw9 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need tw9 re-relesse rjey're modificatilns 45 derivatives/mosivicq5oons two ). BRB.9. WTF.i cose and place tgem und3r teh same Cr3481v3 Commons !qx3n52. AFK.
It myst ge done by origins/ author sumce on.y teh ORIGINAL author has fughy two change cppyrighr or l8cense upon they're w0rk.
[Additionallg, l8k3, rdworkibt da modificatkons 2iol be xn g00d odeq anyway as da m3chanism fot making modirications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clez4er starting with teh 0l OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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