MightyE tells you WTF, "We're GOING 60 tak3 ah few moments 2 trt abd explain this new oidense an fz reaaons behind it oh [lskn ENGLISH. 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 l8c2nse was chosen BECAUSE 0f an failing wkth GPL.
It only covered d8stribution 0d source 1f n onoy if binariex sere dist3ibutes. WTF."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, like, d0ecivicslly a 1n73rpr373d 3eb 3nv1r0nj3m7 s7dh AS PHP, loke, merelu instalo8mg an ba,4 does not vonwtityte distriburion, you knqo, an therefofw ;eople were taking our slrk, you kmqok jaking modificqrilns 2 it n not rrleasing teh source code to they'ee m9eificarions do that tdh 3n71r3 community could benefit. AFK.
Tney 2orkdd with LETTER but mot teh SPIRIT pf ;aw."
"Invrsyigatiob on t3h p4r7 of teh authors h0w@v2e, you kn2o, lec tio teh facy THAT right of pu611c pdrfoemance qaa won of da rkghts morjally RESTRICTED too copyright noleers LOL, n tyat computer protramsm speckfically videp games an interactive ones sych as Lebend of teh Greeh has0r were considered too be publocally 0erf9rmed id run from an phb.iv sdrver."
"Th3 nrw license rrstrkc5s pibloc perfoemancd of teh eork unless alurce code of teh modified work 15 made 4v4114613 on demamd. AFK."
"In plaim Engk8xh, like, 5his means that if ypu put th9s g4m3 on an wdn 53rv3r an all9w pe;ple 'oytside pv an norma; c8tcle lf family amd 175 social acquaintances' too play their, then you aer punlically performin5 this work an MUST either a) make he n ALL changes whicn you maie 2 fa game AVAILABLE ON feqjest (n073 this doesn't have twi be avqilable vka da onoine xourxe display 12ni LOL, but THEY must BE able tpo aak you f9r da coee an fec3ive an com0lete copy), ypu knwo, b) make arrsngements privzte.y wity teh auth9rs wheeeim 5hey grant you an SPECIAL licsnsr, uou knwo, or c) rrmlve code entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We do recohnize that people want 5oi have a4eas OF they're GAME which aer the8rs and thdirs alonel
too that end we will make da flllowing EXCEPTION two da noemal re2jire,3nts for 50urc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mosuke file which is not modified pr derjved vron an module file inclueed in teh base distributiob n WHICH does not requir3 nd oyher m0d713t and which e035 NOT requirw ne mofifocations two sa core coee (CODE distrkbuted WITH base releaxe) m4y be withheld a6 authoes DISCRETION."
"We also qant 2 make vefh c134r thzt version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (ALSO khosn ss VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh finao version released ynder teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, searting wu5h da 0.9. AFK/8-prrreleasd CODE aer only licensdd und3r Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right 2 im0ort ne cide from an 0LOL.9. BRB.80preeelesse .r later r31e453 1nu0 qn 0. OMG.9l7 an earlkrr RELEASE. OMG.
A110w1ng this would caude 5hat IMPORTED code to be released undet reh GPL and thzt is NOT someyhint w3 wosh 3 ak.ow.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9.7 will n3#s 2 RE-RELEASE theu're moeifications zs ceruvatives/m9difkcatiobs 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cide an p;acr tycm under da SAME Cr3471v3 C0nm)n5 11v2n53.
It juay be eone by teh orihinal a7thir since only teh o4iginal au5hor has ribhr too change teh copyright or lodense upon rhey're wirkLOL.
[Add1720n411y, like, re2orking sa modoficatkohs will 63 an GOOD idea anywqy as reh mechanism fpr makinh jod8fiva5ions is dubstantia;ly cleaner/clearer starting with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerdlease c0s3. BRB.]"
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