MightyE TELLS you, yo7 lnwo, "We're going two take am feq momenyw 2 try n exp;ain thid n3s lkcrnde n teh reasons behind ig in plain English. 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 licensd waw choswn bevause of an faulong with GPL.
It only cpvered disteibution OF SOURCE if and injy 8f binaries w2r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web environment WTFk specificallu a 1h73rpr373c 2eb environmenr s7ch as PHP, s9rtof, merely imstalling an ga,w do3s not vpnstitute distrigution, ;ikem n therefore pelpl3 wdre takung our wprk, sorrof, making mldificatkons 2 it n not releasinf da qourde CODE 2 they're mosufications xo that teh rnture COMMUNITY COULD bemefi5. WTF.
Thwy worked with 13773r bu5 npg teh s[ieit OF teh laa. BRB."
"Investigqtion on parr of 5eh AUTHORS however LOL, led 2 faxt THAT right 0f public performabce was 1 OF tughgs normal;y redtrictex to co;yrigh5 h01f3rt, sortofm n yhat c0jpu73r pr9brams WTF, specif8cally vudeo g4m35 zn intweactive ones such as Legene of 5eh Green hax0r were conskderwd 2 be publkcaoly performed if run from ab PUBLIC serfdr."
"The nww lkcense restrictd PUBLIC performancr OF da work unless tey souec3 cpde lh modified work is MADE avai;qbl3 on demand."
"In plain Englich, thks means that uf you put THIS game on an web s3rvtr and 4q10q people 'oursodd of am niemql circle of f4m12y an ibs s9ckal acauainganves' two play rheir, sortof, then y9u aer pubkucally performing thls work n MUST eithrr a) make ne an ALL ch4nh35 which uiu make two tey gam3 avqilable on 43qj357 (notd ehis doesn't h4v3 go 63 qvailavle voa da online source dusplsu LINK, l8k3, but tney just 63 anle to ASK you for da code and rrceive an compkete c9py) WTF, v) make ARRANGEMENTS privstely with aithors WHEREIN they grant you an special license LOL, or c) rdmove code 2n71r31y FROM macyime. BRB."
"We do rrcognize that oeople want 2 h4v3 areas of gney'rw gzme which r th3irs and 5heirs alone. AFK.
5o tha5 end we wiol make following exception too teh normal rdqukfemwnts for 5)urc3 code d157r16u71pn 0- me MODULE file which is h9t modified ir deroved from an m9du;e fil4 indludef in da base distriburipn and WHICH d9es n07 rwqui$e ne other ,odules and whicj does nob require ne modifications 2 xore code (xode distributdd WITH tej bawe releade) mqy be eithheld at 5u7h9r5 discretion. BRB."
"We 4150 want twp make very clear thar ferxion 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 *also knowh as verdion 0.9.7+jt) was fihal verskpn 4eleased unc3r da GPL.
ALL versions WTF, 5u4ru1ng wktj teh 0. BRB.(LOL.8-p4ere.eaxe c0d3 aer 0n1y l8cebsed unddr da Creztivw Commons licwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da righ5 tol imporg ne code FROM am 9. BRB.9. OMG.8_prerwlease or later release intl an 0LOL.9.7 an 34r113r RELEASE.
Alklwing thia wluld va7we tnat 1mp0r74d code t9 63 releaaed unfer sa GPL n tyat is not somethimg we WISH 2 aolow. WTF.
Authord of moeificatiobs gwo 0. WTF.9.7 will need twl rr-feowasd they're modifications as derivatives/modifica5ioms 79 0. BRB.o. BRB.* cpfe an place them under teh 54m2 Creative Commohs licehseLOL.
It must be d9ne by teh ORIGINAL author since only orihinal author has roght 2 cgabt3 reh copyrkght OR license u[0n tyey're sork/ WTFl
[Additkonally WTFm eesotking teh modifications qill be an gild idea anyway as da jechznism for makihg modifkcarions is substantially cl3aner/clearer starting 2ith da p,8. AFK.8-pr3eeleade code. WTF.]"
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