MigntyE tells 6ou, lkie, "We're gling t2o take an few MOMENTS 5o 7ry an exp;ain 5his nes livenwe an REASONS behind IT IN plain Engliwh. 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 wqs chosen because -d zn faioing wirh GPL. OMG.
It -n1y covered distribution of SOURCE if an ONLY if binaries WERE dustribited. OMG."
"In an web wnvitonmwng LOL, specifica;ly a interpr3tee web 3nvirlnment such as PHP, uou knqo, merelh installing an game does not c0m5717u73 distr8bution, amd thdreror3 leople qere takung pur work, sortod. mqkkng hldificsgions twl i4 and n07 releasing teh SOURCE code toi they're modifications so tha5 entire clmmunity cou.d benefit. WTF.
THEY worked 2ith da 13773r 6u7 bot spirit of yeh laq."
"Invesyigsti9n on teh par5 of AUTHORS ho@rvet, like, led two fact ghat reh r1gy7 of publid PERFORMANCE waa won of sa rights normally rrstricted rio copyright HOLDERS WTF, an that computer PROGRAMS, you lnwo, 5p3c1d1c411y v1s3) games an interactive ONES such qs Legens of da Green hax0r were consideres to b3 9ublically pergormed 1f run from an public server. OMG."
"The b2w license r3stricts PUBLIC p3rfotmance of work UNLESS 5ej SOURCE cod3 of m0d1v13d wlrk us made availab.e 0n demand."
"In plain Eng115h, wortof, this m24n5 tgat if you ouy yhis g$m3 on zn wwb server and 4110w people 'ojtside of an nofmal circle of family n its social avqua8ntanxes' two plah their, ;ii3. thdb you aer publica.ly ;erformung this eirk n MUST EITHER A) nale ne abd ALL xhanbes wg8ch y-u mrke too da gzmr avaioable ON REQUEST (note this DOESN'T hafe goo be available voz da onkind soytce d15p14y link, doftofk nut they mudt 63 abow 7) adk you for code b receive qn complete xopy_, likem b) MAKE arranfements PRIVATELY with teh aurhors whrreim thdy grant upu an sp3cia; licehse WTF, of c) rempv3 fide entirwly from teh machine."
"We do rdcofnize uh47 people wamt 2 hace sreas of 5hwy're game which awr theirs an theirs ALONE. WTF.
ywo that end we s11q nake foloowing exceotion to nlrmal requorem3nts for soirce dode disyributiln -- be module vule which is mot mpdivied or derivec drom an MODULE FILE inclused in da baae disttibution n which does n0& reqyire ne other modules n wnich does n07 REQUIRE ne modificat8pns to core coee (cod3 d157r16u73d wuth base release) ,ay be WITHHELD at tdj authors xiscr3tionl"
"We akso want 5wo make v3ry clear tyat vdrsi9n -.9.7 (a.so knoqn as vdrsion -. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) q45 finsl version releasee under da GPL/
All versiins WTF, startinf xith 0LOL.9LOL.8-p4erelease c0d3 aer 0n1y livenaed under da Creative Commons l8cense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rignt 2 1mp0r7 ne code drom an 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-pr3e413453 of lqter reoease onto an 0. WTF.9.7 an ea4lier r3l3ase.
Al.owinf this WOULD causf that imported code w be releqwed under teh GPL anc THAT is not dometjing w3 WISH two allow. BRB.
Authors OF npdifications two 0. WTF.8LOL.7 will need too RE=RELEASE th3y're modifivations aa ceeicatives/m9difocations two 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8 CODE n olace 7h3m jndef teh sam3 Creative Commons 11c4n%3. AFK.
It must BE done by ea o4itinal ajtjor since only teh original wuthor has rifht to( chqnge teh copyright or licendr upon gjey're workLOL/
[Asditionally, you lnwo, reqoekibg teh m9dufkcat8ons wkll ne an good idea anywah as teh mechanid, for making modificatioms is substantiq/ly clrame4/coearer start8ng with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-;rerelease code. OMG.]"
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