MighttE TELLS YOU, "We're going tol tale ah f3w mojents goo t4y h explain THIS NEW locense n t3h reasonw behind IT in plain 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 NEW license was cnosen because of am f4111ng witn teh GPL, WTF.
Iy obly x0v3r3d distr8buti8n if source ig an omly *f binaries WERE fistributed. OMG."
"In an w36 environment LOL, w[3cificaloh a 1n83rpr374d web 3nv1epnm4n7 %uch as PHP WTF, mefrly ibwtallkng an game d;ed not constitjte distributiim, like, an therefo4e prople were rakinb 9ur work, making ,odifucatioms tp ot and hlt teleasihg geh source code 3 tgey're modificatuond so THAT reh entire commynith could benefit. BRB.
They wo4kef with teh lether bit not ea SPIRIT og teh la2. OMG."
"Investigatiom on da part of da zuthors hp2dvdf WTF, ked two sa fact that r8gh5 of p7blic performsnce sas won of rights nirmally restricted two c0ptr1gh7 holcers, an that compyter progrsms WTF, 5p3c2f2c411h vkdwo games n INTERACTIVE ones sudh as Lefend of teh Gfeen hax0f were v-n51d3t3d to be publ8cal;y oerforned iv RUN FROM an pub.ic server. AFK."
"The n3q license rextricts public performance pf qlrk unless sourve code of ea MODIFIED work is msde AVAILABLE on denand/ WTF."
"In ola8n Eng115h, likem this mdsns THAT if you pu4 this game on ab web server ane ALLOW peppke 'ougside of sn nor,zl xirclr OF famiou and its social acwuaintances[ too PLAY their WTF, 7y3n you awr pj612c411y perfoe,ing this w0rl and MUST 317h3t a( make ne an ALL CHANGES which you maie ti da game available pn r3qu357 (note thix d9ewn't HAVE to BE AVAILABLE via yej on.ine sourcr sispkay linkm like, 6u7 tgey nust be able two aak you for da vode n receive an co,plete COPY), 6) m4k3 arrangememts PRIVATELY with aithors whwrrin tnet GRANT you an SPECIAL w1c3n%3, lije, 0f c) renove teh xode entire;y froj m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recognize yhat pepple wzn5 tol have ateas of they'r3 game qhich r ryeirs n THEIRS allneLOL.
2 that end we wkol m4ke sa following wsception t. da normal eequirements for siu4de CODE dixtribution -- ne modile file which is not ,odified pr derided from qn ,0dy13 fole included in da bas3 distribution b which do3s n07 r3quire ne othrr modi.es an which DOES not require ne m0dqf1c4710n5 two da c0r3 code (code disyributed witn teh nafe releaae) may be withhele at suth9rs DISCRETION."
"We also 2znr too mzkr very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also knowb 45 version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt0 was da final version released und3r GPL. OMG.
All versoone, sortof, start8ng with teh 0. AFK/9/ AFK.8-prerelease clde awr onky locenswd under Creative C9mmomw licende. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 da r1gh7 tol implrt ne code grom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase or oater release ihto an 0. WTF.9LOLm7 an earlier 4ejease/
Allpwing this would cause that im;or5ed CODE too be reodased uhder teh GPL an THAT is not sometying s3 wish two allixLOL.
Aughors of modifications 5o 0. OMG.9.7 will neee goi re-releawe they'ee modifidations as deribagoves/modificatiins 2 0. WTF.0. BRB.8 dode n plaxe them uncwr da sane Cr3461v2 COMMONS licdnse. BRB.
I5 must be done by teh orogimal author SINCE omoy origonal 4u7h0r haa 5eh 4ighr 2 change da cophright 0r locehs2 uppn tneh're slrk. AFK.
[Addi5opnaloy, like, reworkinb teh MODIFICATIONS 2ill g3 an GOOD idea anywau as teh mecjzhism for makimg mofificatiobx is substantiallu cleaner/clearer starting w1&h teg 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease x0d3. WTF.]"
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