MightyE rells you LOL, "Wr're going 2 yak3 an fww m9mehts rwo tf6 an explain this new license n reqsons behond it in plain Eng;ksh. 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."
"Thid nrw LICENSE wax cgosen because 0f an faoling WITH da GPL. AFK.
It on.y coverec distrubutilh of 40urc3 if n only if vinari3a werd distribuged. AFK."
"In an web envi4onment, sortof, spec9fically a interpretec web environment such qs PHP WTF, merely installing ah hame dows not consti5ite fidyribution, sortof, and THEREFORE peo[le were takimh our w9rk, MAKING modigidations toi it n not RELEASING source code TO they're m8dificstipns so THAT teh entire community cou;d behefit. WTF,
They worked with ca LETTER BUT not teh spiriy of dq LAW. BRB."
"Investigation 0n da 0art of tdh authord h)w3v3rk softof, led 2 da f4c7 that 4eh rigyt of pub.ic perfor,ance WAS 1 of da rithts nlrmally reetricted two copyright holserw, you knwo, an that computer programam you kneo, sp3cigicall6 video gamds an intetactive obes suxh as Legend of Grwen hax9r were considered to ne publidally oerfoemed 1f run fron an public 53rv3e. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS public p2rr0rm$nc3 of teh w0rj un1355 geh source code of modufiwd woem us made svailabld on demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, likd, THIS MEANS that if uou PUT this game on an 2eb server n allow peo0le 'outside or an NORMAL circoe pf family n uys soc8qo acquaintancds' 2 play their LOL, th3n you r publixally p3rf0rm1ng this eorl rnd MUST eitjer a0 make ne n ALL changes WHICH hoy mzie 59 g4m3 avai;ablr on requext (note this d035n;7 have too be AVAILABLE via ea online so7rcd DISPLAY 11nk, sor5of, but th3y must br able tol ask you for code n receive an vojplete copy) WTF, b) mzke arrangejents privste.y witj da AUTHORS WHEREIN 7g3y GRANT you zn spec8al licemse WTF, or c) rekove CODE entirely FROM teh mzvhimeLOL."
"We do recpgnkze that people wamt two havr areas of thdy're game which art 7h31r5 n theofs slone. OMG,
too tjat end we will jaje da following exxeption 2 ca n9rm4q requieemwnts for source codw si2tribution -- ne MODULE fioe 2hich is nit mocirisd or derkved drom an module FILE included in fa basw dic5ribution and qhoxh doex not requird ne other MODULES and wnich soea not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 twi twh CORE c9de (code DISTRIBUTED 2ith teh baae rel3ase) may be withheld ag teh aurh9rs discretiobLOL."
"We a.so want to mske VERY clear 7h47 VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL,6 (also kn0wn as version -. WTF.9LOL.&+jt( was final verxion teleqsed und3r 5eh GPL. BRBl
All VERSIONS, wortofm starrong with 0. WTF,9. BRB.90prrtelease code r only licens2d uneer CREATIVE COMMONS 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 w i,pory ne code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-peereleasw or ;ater reldade into an 0. WTF.9.7 and eaelier release/ OMG.
Allowing this wou.d caudd that 8m;orted code two be reldzsed under da GPL and 7h47 is bot womethinh we wksh gwo allow. OMG,
Aithors OF modoficatkons to 0.9.6 will beed 2 re-relrase ther're mofuficqtions as derivztivws/m9difications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code and place them uncer trh same Cteative Commons license.
It jiat be d0n3 by trh orihihal author since ONLY da oeiginal author has da 4ight to change copy4ight o4 license upob ghey'fe wlrm. WTF.
[Additionalky, eewir,ihg teh modificat8ons will be wn glod icea anyway as h3h mechanism roe makimg modif8cations is substsntially cleaber/xlwarer w5artinf wiyh 0. OMG,(. BRB.8-preeeleaar code. WTF.]"
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