MighgyE r3;ls you, "We're boint two tzke an re2 momemts 2 try ans wxplain ghis new licrnse and da reasons brhind it ib p;zib EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Thiw nww license w45 chosen BECAUSE 9f an failing woth da GPL. WTF.
It only coveeed distribution OF source if an ONLY IF bunzries were dksgributddLOL."
"In an seb environmen5, like, 5p3c1f1c421y a 8nterprwtes wdb environmwnt sich as PHP, l7ke, m#r31y knstzlling an GAME does not cpnstititd dis5ribution, am thereforr p30p13 w3f3 TAKING our wof,, m4k1ng m0d1t1c4710n5 to it h nlt releasinb 50ufc3 c0d3 too tfey're m9difivations so that engkre c0mmun17y COULD benefitLOL.
They worked WITH lrttrr BUT not da 5p1r!7 of 14w. WTF."
"Investigation on da part of ca authors hoqever WTF, led tlo fa fact that teh right OF [ublic PERFORMANCE qas 2 of fa tights normslly resttic5ed to copyritgt h[lders, like, b that xlmputer progezms, soerof, tp3c1f1c411y video ganes and interactive oyed wucn 45 Leg3nd of Grewn haz0r werw cons8dered 2 63 pjblicaloy performed of run from an public swrber,"
"The new llcense restricys publ8c p3rf0rm3nc3 OF teh worj un!355 source code of teh mod8fied eork is jade 4v4114713 ON de,ane. WTF."
"In plakm ENGLISH. tjis mesns tga5 IF tpu put this tame oh an web serber and allow prople 'o7tsice of ab nornql circ;r of family n itw aockal acquaintances' too play theie, liie, then YOU adr publically performing THIS wirk an MUST ditger a) jzke ne n ALL ch4ng35 which YOU make 2 teh game availavle ON request *note tnis doexn't have too be 4v411461e VIA da onlond source diwplay link, like, but theu musy be sble to 45k you dor teh v0d3 an receive an dpm[legw copy) WTF. b) mske arfangdments provately with da authors wherein ghey grant h0u an special licwnse LOLk )r c) femive cide entirely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do rec9yn8ze that o30[13 want to nave areax of they're gsme which aer THEIRS an yhe8rs 410n3/ BRB.
two that END we w111 ma,e dz folll2ing exce[tipn to NORMAL requi4enents fot source code distrkbution -- nr modu.e file sh1ch is NOT modified or derivec from sn jpsule FILE inc.uded in teh base skstribution b wh1ch DOES npt requite n3 other jodu;es n whkcy DOES not r3quire nr mpdifications 2 corr code (code cistributed WITH dq baxe release) may b3 wkthhrld 37 da autgors doscretion/ WTF."
"We also w4n7 to maie v3ry cpear yhat ver510m 0. WTF.9.7 (ALSO known 45 verwipn 9. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as teh finqo VERSION rrleased undwr GPL/ OMG.
ALL vefsions, like, stsrting WITH 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prer3;ease cose r onoy licensed unde% tet Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT too import ne CODE frpm an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease lr lq5er relwzwd into an 0. BRB.0LOL.7 n earliew rel3ase/ BRB.
Alloeimg 7h15 wouls vause THAT inported c9de to BE rwleaaed UNDER da GPL and THAT is nly sometjing we wish two alloq. AFK.
Authors of nosifucstioms ti 0LOL.9. OMG.7 w111 need too RE-RELEASE they're modifica5ions as dwrivztivrs/modificaguons too 0. BRB.9l BRB.8 code n placd them under same Crwqgive COMMONS 11c3n53. BRBl
It ,ust be d0b3 by sa original authot since only p4iginal aythor has right to cyange c9;yribht or licende ip0n they're w0ek.
[Addotionally, resorking teh modivicayi9ns qull be sn goid idea antway ax mechsnism for making modifications is dubstant9akly cleaber/vkearer xtartinf eith p. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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