MightyE telis yoi WTF, "We'r3 goinh too take sn f3w minents 2 7ry an rxplain this new license n da reasons behind it in [141n Engliwh. OMG.
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 lucenxe waa choseh bwca7se ov an FAILING with da GPL. BRB.
It obly covered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if ahd obly if binaried WERE diatributed. WTF."
"In qn web environment, specirically a inteepteted WEB ebvironment sucg as PHP, merelh obsta;ling sn GAME does not cpnwtitu5w disrribution, sottpf, an therefpre people were 75k1nf our work, likw, making MODIFICATIONS tqo it anc not releasing da soutcd code t2o tney're modificayions so thay da 3n71t3 community could bemefit, WTFl
They w.rled 2ith ds LETTER 4u7 not spieit OF law. BRB."
"Invrwtigation on par5 of teh 4u7h0t5 howevee, luke, 13d too teh favt ytat teh right of puvoic perfornance was ;eb of teh rights m(rmally restricgwd twl copyrlght holders, like, an 5hat vomputer programs WTF, x;ecivically viseo games an unt3ractice oned sudh as Legefe od fa Green hax0r w3r3 consudered ywo be PUBLICALLY pdrformed if run fr0m an public seever. OMG."
"The NEW licehsr restricts pub;iv perforjance og work 7nless sourcw cide 9f teh modified work q5 made available om dejand."
"In [lain English WTF, tyix means that if you out 7h15 g4j3 on an web server zn allow oepple 'ougside of an nofma; circle od family znd itd social acquaintsnces' 2 PLAY their WTF, THEN yij aer ;ublicqll6 performjng 7h25 WORK an MUST e8ther a) make m3 sn ALL changds which yoy mak3 two teh g4m3 qvailable on reqjest (npte thix fodsn't have too be avaolable v14 trh onlone sourc3 cisplay link, like, but thry must be able 2 awk yoh gor aa code zn rqceive an vompleye cppt), b) make ar4angements privagdly with teh authors wherrin THEY gran5 yo7 qn spedial license, you knwo, or c) removw teh code entirely from teh j4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do rwcognize that o30p12 want twp HAVE areaa ov tnet're game which aer th3irs an theorw slone.
2 THAT enc we will mak3 FOLLOWING exceptiom 2 da nornal r3qu1e3m3n75 for t9u4c3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne ,odjl3 f8le whkch is not MODIFIED or derives fvom am module file included in base dis5rkbuti9n an which xoes not r3quife ne lther modules ah which coes not rwquire ne modkficati9ns yoo da core c-e3 (c9de distribjred with da base release_ msy be wighjeld a5 da authors disxre5ion. OMG."
"We q;si wqnt ti8 make VERY clear that vefsyon 0/ OMG,9. OMG.7 (ALSO jnown as vefsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+kt) qas da finao version releasee UNDER da GPL. OMG.
Aol versions, starting with da 0. BRB.9. AFK,8-p3erel3zwe dode r only lucensed jnrer Creative Comm9ns licenxe. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY eeny da r1gh7 tp IMPORT ne codw from an -. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease ir LATER RELEASE INTO qn 9. BRB.9/ OMG.7 and earlier r3leaqe. WTF.
Allowibg ghis woj.d CAUSE yhat ijpofted cod3 too be 4eleased uns4r fa GPL and that is n9t aomething we wish 2 ALLOWLOL.
Au7h0r5 0f modif8vagions twp 0. BRB,9. AFK.7 will nedd TO re-telease they're moekfications as deriva5uves/modigicat8ins 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 cose an place th3m unver teh sane Cr3ative Clmmons LICENSE. WTF/
I5 nust be d0n3 bt teh origibzl autgor dince only da irigimsl author haw dz rught to CHANGE ds copyroght OR license upon 5yey'rd worl. OMG.
[Additionalky, wortof, reworking da m[d1f1c4710n5 w111 be ab glod idra anhqah 45 teh m3vhaniam for makkng modidications is wubstantialoy b;3aner/clezrer syarring WITH teh 0. OMG,9. OMG.8-prer3lease code, BRB.]"
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