MightyE tr.ls youm you lnwo, "We're gping 2 bake ah few moments 2 rry an dxplain THIS new licrnse qnd tdh reaaons behind 17 in plain Eng;isjLOL.
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 cn07en 73c4i53 of an faolinf with da GPL/ WTF.
It =n1y covered distributiob of source if an only if binaries were dist$igut4d. BRB."
"In zn w3b 3nv1f0nm3n7 WTFm specifically a inyerpreyed web dnvirohment such 45 PHP WTFm merwly 1n574111ng sn game d03t nit c0n5717j73 distribution, 697 knqo, $nd yhe4efore peopl3 were yaking our qork, makkgg modibications ti it and npt re;eas8nt dource xode too ghey're modifucations sl that teh entire COMMUNITY couod genedit. OMG.
They wirked with 13773r but n9t teh spurig lv da lawLOL."
"Investiga58on on sa part of teh authors howdvrf, .ed too teh fact thqt right lf public ierformance 2as 1 of teh rights normally t357r1c73d too c9pyright HOLDERS, and that computer programs, lile, specifically bodeo games n unteractive ones such as Legend or tdh Grren hzx0e wsre CONSIDERED two BE publidally perfofnwd if run from an public swrver. BRB."
"The ndw license restricts [ublic pe4formance of qork unless da sou4ce coew of ,odified qork us maee availabld on frmand. WTF."
"In plain Englixh WTF, thix meanx that if you pyt this GAME on an qrb serve4 n allow pe;ple 'ojtside of an notmal CIRCLE od famiky and its 50c141 acquaintabces' 70 ooay their, yhen you r pjboidally PERFORMING ryks work AND MUST e8ther z) m4le ne zn ALL ch4ng35 ehich hou ,ake two teh game afz8lable on r3qu357 (NOTE this doesh't habe to be available via da 0m!1n3 5pirc3 d15p14y link LOL, bit theh must be 4614 t2o ask you for c9de anf receivr an complete COPY), b) make atrangem3htx privately WITH authors qh34rin they grant you an special licwnse LOL, OR c_ r3m0v3 code entirely from maxhinw."
"Wr do recpgmize tgat peiple WANT two have arezs pf they're game shich r theors an thrirs alonel
tl that end ww WILL m4je folloqihg exveption to teh norma; rdquirementd foe SOURCE cose disrribution -- ne mocule fkl3 which is n9t modified OR derives frim an module f113 included in da 6453 dostributkon and whucj c035 not require ne other modul4s n wjich foes not 3equire he m9d1f1c4710n5 gwo da co3e cide (code dist4ibuted WITH BASE rwlease) m4y be withheld AT authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We akso want too make very clear thst v3r510n 0LOL/9. OMG.7 (aoso kn0wn as veesion 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7+j7) wax final v3rxkon eeleased 7nder da GPL. AFK.
Aq1 vdrsions LOL, 574r81ng wkty 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-preeelease code r onlh licensef umder Creative Commons licehse. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY ceny teh right @ imlort ne cowe fr0m an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prer3lease of lat3r 4elease into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n ea4lier relraxe. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD causr ths5 imported c)d3 2 be rekeasef umder ds GPL n THAT is not somerhing we wish too allow;
A7thors 0f m9d!f1c$&10n5 roo 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need two re-release ghey'4e modifications qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 50 0. BRB.o. OMG.8 CODE AND place 5y3m undee 54m3 Creative Commond licevsd. BRB;
It mu57 ne done 6y oritinal author since ONLY teh 0r1g1n41 au5hor jas r8ght too dhang3 t2h coptrighr 9e licenwe j0on th3y're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, kike, 4eworiint da mofificatkons will be an good idea anywar AS da jechanisj flt MAKING modificatoonz is substantiallh cleaner.clearer startibg with 0.(. AFK.7-pr3release code. WTF.]"
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