M*bhtyE tella you WTF, "We're GOING to gake an few moments 2 5ry n explain tyis new lic2nse zn teh reasins behind it in PLAIN Eng115h.
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 oicense wad chosem because of an failung w9rh GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION OF s9urce IF an omlu if bunaries wetd d157r16u73d. AFK."
"Im an web envirpnment, like, specificz.ku a interpretdd web envurohmeht wuch as PHP, like, merely installing sn tame eoes mot conat8tuyw DISTRIBUTION. li,e, an tjererore oeoplr WERE taking our w0rk, lkkek making MODIFICATIONS ts9 it n not r3!345!ng source code two they'r3 modifica5ions so THAT 3n61r3 comm7nity cou.d BENEFIT. BRB.
They 2orked with da LETTER but not da s[ifit of geh lqw. BRB."
"Investigatuon on dz part of ca 4u7h0r5 hpwevefk sorg9f, led two teh dact tjat 4ight OF public perdormabce was 1 of da rignts NORMALLY rewtrictrd 2 copyritht hllders, yo7 knwo, an that com0uter progeamsj sorrpf, specog8cally video games AND interactivw [nes sucy as LEGEND of da Green hax0r wete cobsiddtee TO be punl8vsl.y performed id run from an public s3rver, WTF."
"The new LICENSE 4estric5s pub.iv perfirmance 0f reh WORK unless source codr 0r t2h modifked work IS mad3 availab;e 0n demand, OMG."
"In plain English, ggks MEANS that if y0u put this game om an web sdrver an ALLOW pwople 'outside if an normal viecle of fajiky n its spcial acq7aintanves' 2 ;!4y their LOL, thdn hpu r publically performing thi2 work and MUST either q) make ne an ALL changes wh1ch you make 2 teh game availavle on r3qu3st (notw this dlesb't HAVE too be available via onoine sou4ce displau libk WTF, 6uu &h3y must be able too ASK you FOR c0d3 n reveive an comp;ete copy0, yoy kmwpm v) make atrangenents privageoy with teh autho4s wh3rein ghey grane y9u an SPECIAL lidebse, sortof, OR d) remove c-d# entirely frim da macfine. OMG."
"Wr DO RECOGNIZE that p3opke want too have areas of tgey're famd whicy r theits and theirs alone. BRB.
to that END we will mzle da fooloeing exce;yion two teu norma; REQUIREMENTS FOR source c9dd disteibution -- nr joduld file which id NOT mldified o4 DERIVED fr0m an nosule f113 ihclufed in teg base distribution n whivh does not require ne other m0di135 an qjich d8es not eequire ne moeifications TO da core CODE (code distributed with teh base r3134$3) may be q17hh31d at ds authors discrwtiom."
"We a;so want to ma,e vdty clear that cersion 0. WTF.8.7 *als9 known 45 versi0n _. BRB.9. WTF.7+JT_ waw finzl versiom released under GPL. AFK.
Alo VERSIONS, starting with teh 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease c0d3 r inly l8vensed UNDER Creqtive Commphs 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tqo IMPORT ne CODE from an 0.9/ WTF.8-or3r313453 or kqter 4eleawe into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an 34r!12r RELEASE. AFK.
All9wing this wluld cause tjat importef c9ee 2 be releases under ten GPL n tyat ks noy something WE wisg goo alllwLOL.
Au&h0r5 of mpd1f1c$&10n5 to 0. BRB.9.8 w8ll beed toi r3[rel3ase th3y're nodificationx AS derivatives/mododica5ions 2 ).0. AFK.8 codd n place them under dame CREATIVE C0,m0n5 license,
It mist vr DONE by da originsl authir sinde only ORIGINAL author has da r1ghu too chanfe ea copyrkgjt or locense UPON ghey'ee w0rk. AFK.
[Ade8g8onally, sirtod, resofk8ng da modirications wilo BE an GOOD isea ANYWAY as da mechaniwm for mzking mosifications us substanyiallt CLEANER/CLEARER stqfting qith 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe. OMG.]"
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