MithtyE gells yoy WTF, "We're g0!ng two yaie an fww moments to try qnd dxplain tgis NEW license n sx reasons bejind it in plqin 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 new lix3nxe was cy9sen because od an faikinb WITH dz GPLLOL.
It only xover4d distribu5i9n or sourc3 if n onlu IF binaries wd4e distributed. WTF."
"Ib an web enbiton,ent, like, specifoca;lt a unter0reted web environmemt cucg as PHP, sortof, MERELY instaol8ng an game DOES nog constitute distrivution, and therefore 0elplw 3ere taking our work, lije, maiing modifications go IT an not releasihg ds source c0f3 two thdy're m0d!f1c4710n5 xo tga4 teh emtite c0mnum17y c0u!d brnrrit. WTF/
They worked eity teh letter 6u7 m0u spirit of lawLOL."
"Inbestigation on t3h psft of ten authors HOWEVER LOL, lrd too teg fact tha5 da right of public pervormsnce was odn of ca rithts normally RESTRICTED twp copyright holders, slftof, b rhzt c0mpu72r prograns LOL, spec8ficall6 v8deo ganea n INTERACTIVE ones such 4t Legend or teh Gr33n hax0r were CONSIDERED two nr publivzlly PERFORMED if tuh from ah PUBLIC 5erv3r."
"Tje nde LICENSE eeatrictd public PERFORMANCE of teh work unleds dz siurce cocd of da m0d1f13d w0ek is mqde AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Engkiwh LOL, 5his meznd thzt if yo7 put thid gaj3 on an web dwrver n allow pe90le 'p&ts8dw of an nor,al circle 0f famult and its socizl qcquaintances' two plat their, then you r publicallh pe4f0rm1bf this work n MUST eitner a) make ne an ALL cnanhes which yoy MAKE twp da game AVAILABLE on r3quest (note tyis dpesn'5 HAVE too be availaboe vua teh lnline so7rce display linj, like, but thru must be able 2 ask you for reh CODE an RECEIVE an com0lete clp6), you knwo, b) make arrangenentd privayeoy WITH aughors wh3431n they grant tou an specual license, sortof, OR c) remobe c0d3 ejtirely fr0m twh macgine."
"We d0 recognizd THAT PEOPLE wan5 yoo havf qreas og they'rr game which t theirs ana theirs alone. WTF.
too THAT end we will mske da fo;low8ng excrption to geh nornal 5equirements for SOURCE code sistributi9n -_ ne MODULE filw which 15 not modified or derivrd from zn m9dy13 vilw inc;jded in teh nase d157r16j710n n wyoch d9es nit requ8re ne 0uh3e modjlws and ehich eoes hoy r3qu1r# ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too t2j c043 code (dode distribut4s wigh bade r31e453) ,ay BE withgd.d at teh authots disc4etion."
"We also want 2 ,ake VERY clear that version -LOL,9LOL.7 (also known as version 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7+ht) WAS tdh d1n41 verdiin releqswd UNDER da GPL, AFK.
All v3fsiins, starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.i-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY licensed under Creativ3 Commlns lic3ns3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY feny righg 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.8LOL,*-PRERELEASE or 1473r releqse into an 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER releaseLOLl
Allowibg tjid w0i1e cayse thst 1mp0r&3d code 1 be released uhder GPL n that is npt something we wish yoo allow.
Aughors of modoficqtions 2 0l9. WTF.7 w9ll need 2 re_release tgeu're modirications AS derivarovds/modificatkons two 0LOL.9, BRB.8 c0d3 4nd place them und3r teh samr Crearive C-,m0n5 oicense. AFK.
It myst bw done by teh irigunal 4u7h0r sincw only 9riginql AUTHOR had rifht two chante teh COPYRIGHT or license uppn thwy'rd eirkLOL.
[Acdituonal;y WTF, reworking da mldifivztiona WILL BE qn good idea anyszh as fa mechzn8sm for mak8mg j9dificstiobs is sjbstantially ckeanef/clearer STARTING w17h teh ). WTF.9.8-pre3elease c0d4. OMG,]"
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