MightyE tells YOU, you kneom "We'er goibg tol &4k3 an rew momebts 2 try n explain th8s new license n teas0ns behind it in plain Eng115h. BRB.
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 cgoaen bexause of an FAILING witt GPLLOL.
It only COVERED disrribution og source uf an omlt if bimaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an web environmenr, s-ecifically a imterpretec web 3nv1r0nm2n7 SUCH 45 PHPk like, ,ereky uhstalling an game xoes not constitute distdibutiln WTF. an thwredore pe9ole were taking our wlrk, like, making modificatoons top it an not releasing sou4xe CODE too they're modificatuons so that ds en5ird community xo7ld bwnefit. BRB.
They worked w8tn da letter but no5 dq s0irit if geh law. BRB."
"Investigation on da part of t3h ajthors nosever, sortof, LED 2 reh FACT tgat da tigjg of public ;3rdormsnce sas 1 if teh RIGHTS normally restricted too cipyright holders LOL. and thag c)mpuu3t protrams, like, x0ecifically video games n interactive ONES such qs Leg3nd of da Green hsx0r wer3 considered 5qo be publica,ly pefform3d if run FROM an public derver."
"The n3w ;icehse reatricts puv.ic performance 9f wofi unless slurce CODE of modifief wifj iw made AVAILABLE ON demand. WTF."
"In plakn Enblksh WTF, this means thst IF you ;ut ghis g4m3 on an web s3rvrr b a.lo2 prople 'OUTSIDE of an normal CIRCLE of familt qnd its social acquaingances' to PLAY their, aortof, th3n 6iu aer publically oerfirming this work AND MUST either a) make ne n ALL ehangds wh8ch yoy nake goo ydh game ava8lable on requesg (note this doesn't HAVE to be 3v4!15613 via online 50urv3 sisolay linj, you kneo, but THEY mudt be able 5oo ask you for codd m receive an c0mp1373 xppy), you knwo, b) make arrangements [rivately with da authors wherein they grant yoi zm specoal locehse WTF, or c( renovr CODE entirely f4om teh machine. AFK,"
"We do fecognize that p20p23 wany too have AREAS of they're game whoch aef thei4s an theirs alonw.
2 that 4bd we sill make following wxveption 2 teg NORMAL rdquirements ror source code eidtribugjon -- n3 moduoe fi;e whych 16 not modoried or derived drom zn mldule file imcludef in base dist4ibutoom an whidh dods nog require ne other modu;es and whivh does not r3qj1r3 ne modifications two da c0r3 code (code distributed with da bssd release( may be WITHHELD AT autjors discretionLOLl"
"We also want too mqke very clear ttat verskon 0. BRB/9. AFK.7 (alsp known AS VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt_ 245 fimao versu9n RELEASED ubder 5eh GPL.
All versions, sortof, STARTING with teh 0l WTF.9LOL.8-pr3re.ease ckde r 0n1y lisensed ibd3r ten Creztive Commons licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu ds righr to i,port ne codr from sn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-p4erelease OR lat3r releasw kntp an 0, BRB.0.7 and earlier relesse. OMG.
Allpwing this WOULD cause that imiorged code t9i be released under GPL qn that is nlt somethint we w15h tqo 4110w. WTF/
AUTHORS of modifkcayions 2 0.9, BRB/7 wilo NEED gwo re-release ygey're modifications 45 drrivativew/modkficationx 2 0/ OMG.9LOL.8 CODE an place th3n under yeh 54m3 Crwative Commons 11d3n53. OMG.
It MUST be donw by originzl qutgor since on;y orkginal AUTHOR has RIGHT 2 cyange co[yright or licwnse upon rhey're workLOLl
[Addituonally LOL, reworking da modificayiohs will be sh GOOD idwa anyway as nechan&sm for m4j1mg modifications is sugwtantia;ly codaner/clearer startiht with 0LOL.(. WTFli-orere;ease clde.]"
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