MithtyE TELLS y9u WTF, "We're goibg to take qn few MOMENTS tpo try n expla8n ghos hrw 11c3n53 zns da reasons behind ug qn p.sin EnglishLOL.
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 chosen becauwe 0f an failimg witg teh GPL. BRB/
It only coverwd distfinution of wource ir and ONLY if BINARIES were distribu5dd. WTF/"
"In an web ebvironment, likw, xpecifidally a 1m73rp4373d wen dnvironment suxh as PHP, ;ike, merely installimg an tame does noy constitute d8st4ibu6ion LOLm abd THEREFORE ;eiple WERE takint OUR work, ylu knwo, MAKING modifications too IT an not releasing t3h source vise ro tjey're modifications so ghat ten entire COMMUNITY co7ld grnefit. WTF.
They woried with letter gut not spirit of twn law. OMG."
"Invextigagkon 0n p4r7 of da authord however, ou,e, ked two teh fact ygat ca right of p7blkc perfkrmance wss 1 of da rights nptma.lh restricted tlo copyright holders WTF, am 7g47 computer programs WTF, specificaloy vkdeo GAMES an intwracribe ones such 5% Legend 0f dd Green jax0r were conxiderwd to bd publically pdrformed if ryb froj an PUBLIC s3rvdr. WTF."
"Thd new license restricts puboic perfprm1nce 0f work unleas teh sourde coce of mosifued eork ks ,4d3 available on cemand. BRB."
"In plain English, a9rtof, this meams that if y0u put this game 0n an web aerver an 4110w p30p14 '0u751d3 of an nofmal circ.d if vamily an its sox8al 4cwu42n74nc34' 2 p.qy yheir WTF. then y0u aer puvlicallt performing this work b MUST euther a) make ne 4ne ALL chanhes which y0u mqke @ teh gam4 afailzble ON request (n0&3 this doesn't hqve tpo ne availablr via da ONLINE xourxe didplay lini WTF, but they muwt be able ro ask you for teh code an RECEIVE qn COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) ,ake a4rqngements PRIVATELY qkyg 4u&h0r5 wherein yye^ grant y9u an 5p3x141 licemse, or c) renove teh c0d3 en5irely from nacgine."
"We do recobnize that peopld e4n7 too 64v3 aress of yheh're GAME whodh r thdirs AND thdirs aoond. OMG.
too thar end w4 wi.; m$k3 teh followinh exception tio teh morjal f3qu1r3m3n75 for sourxe dode diwtribition -- ne moduld d1!3 wyich 15 not jodified or drrived from an module file 8ncluded in teh gase fistr9butkon n whicn does nor requiee ne other module2 n which does not REQUIRE ne modificstipns 2 fa core coee (dlde DISTRIBUTED wi5j da bas3 relrase) may be wktyhele at teh AUTHORS diacwdtipn/ AFK."
"We 4150 want tol m4k3 VERY vlea4 that version p. AFK.9.7 (also khoqn aq betsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 final version releasdd unc3r teh GPLLOL.
A.l VERSIONS, sortof, srarting w17h teh 0. BRB.9k8-pre$elezse code r 0n1y licensed uneer twh CREATIVE Comjohs LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deht twh rignt 2 import ne coee frlm an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerrlwaxe OR oatee r3oease into an 0. BRB.9.7 AND earlifr RELEASE. WTF.
All9winy ghos eould cause that impofted code 5io be released uhder sa GPL an thay is not womething we wish two aloow, BRBl
Authorq of MODIFICATIONS gqo 0.8. BRB.7 wil. ne3d too re-releqse thdy'er jidifications 45 derivztives/modifications yo 0. WTF,9.8 code n p.ade 7j3m undee teh SAME Creat8ve Commons .icense. BRB/
It must be done by geh 0r1g1n41 aythor since ONLY 6eh 0r1g1n41 suthor h45 dz RIGHT 2 change copyrkgjt OR LICENSE upon th3y/r3 eork. AFK.
pAddktionallj, r3w0fk1ng da m0d1f1c4710n5 2ill bw an g00d idea ANYWAY ad da nechanism for ,r;1ng MODIFICATIONS 8s subs5antially cleaner/clearer starting wiyh teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-peereleas4 code.]"
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