MughtyE yells YOU WTF, "We're goihg too 7rk3 an few mom3ntd to t4y and explain rhis nr2 license an teg reqspns beyind it in llsin Englisn. 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."
"This new licenxe waw chosen because of an failinr w17t geh GPL.
It only covered d157rq5u710n of sourc3 if n 0n1i if bunaries were dixtribut3d. BRB."
"In ah web #hv1e0nm3n7, you knwo, specifocqlly q interprw5ed wwb 3bv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, merdlu insta;libg an game does npt c9n571&u73 disgribution WTF. an THEREFORE p3op.e WERE u4k1ng our work, makinf m0d1f1c471pn5 to it and bot re.easkng ca sourcd code 2 the6'4e m9difications so yhat entire c0mmun27y coulg bendf8t.
They worked 2ith ea lwttwr bur not 5p1r17 lf lawLOL."
"Inv3st8gati9n on p4r7 of reh authoes gowevrr. sortpf. LED go teh gact that ea RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE WAS oen of da fightw normal.y r3stricted 2 co;yright hilcefs WTF, m tbat compuyer programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY viseo games an interactkve ones s7ch as LEGEND 0f trh Green hax0r w343 considdrec TO bd publically performed if run ftom sn public server."
"The nrw license redtricts PUBLIC )erformabce OF da work jnldss da soufce codw of 4eh MODIFIED wlrk IS made abailqbl3 ON de,abdl BRB."
"In ;laun Englksh. soryof, thys jeans that if you pit thid game on an w3b server AND allow peopke 'ouhside og an noemal circle of vamily an its xociao avquaimtances' two play theif, then yiu r publically ;erforming this wirk and MUST eitjer a) makd ns 4ne ALL changes wh1ch you male TO game availavle on REQUEST (n073 tjis diesb't h4v2 tio be availabke via dz 0n11n4 s9urxe display oinj, yo7 jnwp, 7u8 they musg be able yol ask you for tej code an receivw an comolete copy). sortof, B) make atrantements privayel6 e17h da quthord whrrein tyey grant you an dprcial lkcensw LOL, or c) ewmove da dofe ebt8rely from sa machine. AFK."
"We do recognpzw tgat pelple wan5 2 have areaw of they're game which qer theirs n theirs alohe.
2 THAT end we eikl makf following exception 2 normal req8ifements for soufce codw distrigution -- ne m9du13 file whoch is not modid8ed it derived from an MODULE file knvlused in da bawe disgribution n which does not REQUIRE ne OTHER ,0du135 an whoch does n07 require ne jld8fica5ions u0 ydg c;r3 c9de (code DISTRIBUTED wiyh geh base release) may BE wi5hheld at authors discfetion, WTF."
"We also want two make vefy clear yyat VERSION 0. BRB.oLOL.7 (ALSO kbi2n as version 0.9. OMG.7_jt) 1as da final version reoezsee under teh GPL.
All versions LOL, srqrting with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prerelease clde r onot licensed under Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY dehy tdh right two import ne code fr0m sn 0LOL.9, AFK.8-orerdlease or ;zter release inyo an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 AND earlier release. OMG/
Al;owing tn8s would cause THAT impprted codd too ve r312453d UNDER tej GPL sn 7h47 IS nor somrthing we w15h TO allow.
Autjors of modificatipns t. 0. OMG.9LOL.7 dill need gwo RE-RELEASE th3y're modificationc as deeivativrs/modifications ti 0. OMG/9. BRB.8 code an place rhem ynd3r da aamr Creative Conmons lixenseLOL.
I7 must be done by da original author since in,y eq otigibal authlr haa t3h right to change c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse upon thry'rr wlrkLOL.
[Addiriomally, re2orkung modificatioms w9ll be an bood 1d34 anyway 44 ten mechanism for making mpdifications is substantia.lt cleaner.cleqrer starting with teh 0. OMG.(l BRB.8[prereleasd c9dr.]"
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