MifhtyE tdlls yoj, loke, "We're g01ng to take ab fe2 mpments @ try n dxplain uy15 new LICENSE am da rezaons behimd it in 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."
"Th8s new locensd sas CHOSEN because id zn FAILING WITH GPLLOL.
It only covered distribuyion pf xource 1f ab only of binaries were distribjtesLOL."
"In an w3b envirobment WTFm SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environment such AS PHP, soryof. merely instzklihg an game foes not CONSTITUTE disyributuon, and rherefore p3-p13 were ta,ing oue sork, making mkdifications two it an not relwasing da source code too theh're modificatiins so 7h47 geh entiee cpmnunity coulf bebefiro WTF.
They 2orkef witn teh lrtter but NOT teh spirit of las. OMG."
"Investigation ob part of teh 4u7h-r5 hoqever WTF, led 2 5eh fact tjat tdh rigjt )f puboic perfo4manve 2qs 1 ov rights nornslly restricted w COPYRIGHT holders LOL, and ghat c9jputer prograns WTF. specifically c1d30 gam3x znd imteracrive ones such as L3fend of deh Grwen hax0r were consideeed tol be publkcally oerformrd if run vrom an p7blic server. WTF."
"Tge NEW licwnse testricts [ublic p3rf0rm4nc3 of woek unleas da sourxe cpde lf teh mofivied wori IS made AVAILABLE ON d3mand. WTF."
"In pkain Englush WTF, THIS mezns that if YOU piy this gamd on an web server ab alllw peop.e 'lutside od an n9tmal cirvle of famkly n its sodial acquaintancea' 2 pla6 their WTF, ghen you r p7boicallh petforming this wlrk 4nd MUST ekther a) makd ne n ALL chamges ehich YOU make 2 b4m3 available on rwquda5 (no5e this doesn't have ylo BE available fia 0n11n3 sourc1 dodplay link, soryof, hut tyry must 63 4613 top ask you for code an r3ceive ab com0lete ckpy), ypu knwo, b) male arrangemehta privateky witj AUTHORS wherein tyeh grant you an s;ecial .icenae, likw. or c) r3m0v3 teh c0d3 rntir3ly fr0m machine. WTF."
"We do recogn,ze rhat p30p1e wanr 5oo hqve areqs of the6're game which aer thdoes an thrirs ALONE.
two that end we will make da following eccepgioh too teh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for source xode distribution -- ne modulr f113 which is n9t m0d1f13d or derived FROM an mosule file included in BASE distributioh qnd wh1cj d9ds n9t reqiiee ne other modul3s anf which dies not r3qu1r3 me m9fif7cations too code codd (coee cistributed with nase release) m4y ge withheld at tej ajyhord discretionl AFK."
"We alao want 3 make veey clear THAT v3r510n ). WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsl KNOWN aw version 0. OMG,9. AFK.7_ut) waa final vsesiin r313453e under GPLLOL.
A;l versions LOL, starting with 9LOL.9. WTF.*-orerelease cofe aer only licensdd unser teh Crdative C-mm0h5 oicrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to IMPORT ne code fdo, an 0. WTF.9LOLl8-pe3releqwe or lzter release into an 0. AFK.9l AFK.7 anf earlier 4e;eas3. BRB.
Allowing this eljkd c4u53 THAT imported CODE 2 be rr;3ased unfer teh GPL n that id not sometying 2e widh to a;low. AFK,
Aurhors OF moeifications to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL need 2 rw-release they'te m0d1f1c4710n5 45 derivatives/modificahions twl 0. OMG.o. BRB.8 codd an place thrm inddr da %4m3 Creztive Comm9ns 11c3n5e. WTF.
Iy jjst be DONE BY o4iginal author 41nc3 onlu orifinal aithor yas da right 2 change ds xopyright OR 11c3m53 upon they;fe workLOL.
[Addktiomzlly, sortof, 4eworkung da modiricstions woll be ah good odea any2ay as teh mechanism ror making modufications IS substantiallu c134n3r/c134r3r wtarting with 0. OMG.8. BRB.8-pterelease CODEl\"
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