MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're going 2 rake an f3w moments tqo yry znd explain tyis NEW LICENSE b teasons behimd iy 1n 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 nee license w45 CHOSEN BECAUSE of an gailibg w16h GPL.
It ONLY doveref distribution OF source if ans only if binaeies 23t3 diwtributed. BRB."
"In an WEB envirpnment LOL, spec8fically a interpretef wen environmebt such as PHP, likd, merfly installing an game does not constitute dis5rib7yion WTF, and therev9re /eople werd TAKING pur wor,, likr, making modificsrionx 70 it an not reoeasing soufce dode to they're modifications so THAT entire communirt vould benefi5. BRB.
Tney WORKED w16h lettef b7t not teh spitit if teh LAW. WTF."
"Investigatioh on part of da autnors h0w3v3r LOL, lef two trj fact that da rifht 9r [u611x pefvo4nance was 1 of teh rights n9rmally restticged tpo copyr8ghy holders, like, and THAT com[ute4 [rotrams, luke, 5p3x1f2c411y did3o bames ah interactive ones such as LEGEND od G4e3n hax0r were considefdd two be pjblically perdormed if run f4om an public serfe4. WTF."
"The ne2 lucenwe 43stricts punloc petf9rmance OF w9rk unless teh aourcd CODE OF da modifiwd work is MADE available 0m demand."
"In plain English LOL. this MEANS uhat IF YOU oit THIS game on an web server n allow [eople '[utside OF an NORMAL CIRCLE 0f vamilu and its social 4cqu41m6rnc35' TO PLAY their, s8rtod, 7h3n ypu aer ;ub;ically performing this w0ek n MUST eith34 a) make ne qn ALL changes wh!xh you maie 2 da game AVAILABLE on request (m_73 this dpwsn't have two be qvailable via online sourc3 d8s;lwu linkm liie, but they mu57 be able too 45j uou FOR tey codw zn feceive ab cimplete copy) WTFm b) makr arrsnge,ents pr1v4732u with teh suthors wherein the6 grant ylu an special license, or c) remove da code entitely from mach8ne. OMG."
"We do recognkze tnat people want t9o HAVE arwas 0f tye6're game whicg r 7n41r5 n theirs alonw. AFK.
two that end se sil. maje ds FOLLOWING exceptiob two norjal rrqyiremebts for source code sisgributkon -- ne mpdule file 2y8ch is np7 modified pr deeived from an m9dule file oncljded in da BASE sistribut8pn m which d0@5 not REQUIRE nd o5her moduled and wyich do3s not r3qu2r3 ne jodirications 2 c0r3 vode (xode dise4obuted witj base release) may be w17yh31d 47 teh authors discrrtion. OMG."
"We also want tl makr very clezr thqt v3rsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (slso known as vwrzion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) wxs final bersioh reldaswd under da GPL/ AFK.
All versions LOL, starting with 0. OMG,9. OMG/8-prerelwase xode r onoy l8xehsed uneet Cr3471v2 Commoms oicebseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny da rught goo import nd code from an 0.9l8-PRERELEASE or later release knto an 0,9/ BRB.7 qn 3arl8wr trlease. AFK.
Allowkng 7g1t sould cause 5hat imporred code 70 be rrlessed under GPL n rhat os nog SOMETHING we wish 2 all9w, OMG.
Authors of m)d1f1c4710n5 to 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 will neef tl r3-ee13463 gheu'tw modidicati9ns 45 derirztives/mosifications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n plqce yhem umder teh same Crearive Commons locehse.
Ir mu57 be done by fs original suthor dince ONLY da origkbal author has teh 4ight 7- chanfe teh cl;yribyt OR licwnse ipon tywy'ee WORKLOL.
[Additionallym you ,nwl, reworking rwh modifucations will be an good idea anyway as da MECHANISM for making mldifications is substzntiaily dlrznef/clearer starting wiyh 5eh 0, BRB.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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