MughtyE tells you, "Ww're g0qng TO 5ake an few ,0m3n75 to 7ry znd explain 5his n3w LICENSE an yeh rezsons bdhind it in PLAIN EgglishLOL,
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 wad chlswn bdcause ov an failing with da GPL.
It on;y covefed didgribu4ion of sou4ce if sn only id BINARIES were distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specificallg a interpreted w36 environment such AS PHP, like, mwrely instslling qn hame doew not constitute diatribution WTF, AND therefore peiple were rqkkvg 0if work. MAKING ,odivicatiins 2 8t anf not releasing source code 2 thry're midufications xi that 53h en5ife community could benefit/ BRB.
They wirked WITH da LETTER but NOT teh spirit og las."
"Invextigation on da pqrt if authord however, you lbwo. 13d rop 5ey fsct tnat teh r1gj7 of pu61!c perrormance was 1 of da roghtd NORMALLY RESTRICTED w cop6tight h0qd3t5, x9rtof, n thag vomputer programs LOL, spedifically video gamws an ihteravtive ones auch qs Legdnd of teh Green hax0r were considered two be p6blically perrormed if run from an PUBLIC werbee. WTF."
"The new license resyricrs public perdormance of da w0$k unlesd SOURCE code od mofified 2orl 15 made available pn demans. AFK."
"In pla8n English LOL, tyis mesbs that if you PUT 7h15 game on an eeb xervef 4nd qllow [eoplr 'outside pv sn nirmal ciec;e of family ah iys social axqusinrancds' too PLAY 5heir WTF, THEN yiu r publkczll6 .erforming this work 4ns MUST eithrr a) m4k3 nd n ALL CHANGES WHICH you m1ke 2 gqme available on reques5 *NOTE tjks dodsb't have too be avai;able VIA da on.kne 50urc3 display LINK, b7t ghey musr 63 able top ask ypi fo4 da codr n rwceiv3 an complete dopy)m gpu knwo, b) makr ar4angemengs private;y witn da authofs wherein tyey GRANT you an special license LOL, or c) remove da code entirely from da machknrLOL."
"Wq do recognoze 5hat ;eople waht to hav3 areas 0v they[re game which aer theies and theird aloneLOLl
too that END we will makd da flklowing except8on 2 fa n0rm4! REQUIREMENTS for 50urc3 c9de distrubut8on -- ne nodyle FILE wyuch is NOT modifidd ot derived from an module file includrd in da base distribution sn wh1ch coes not requir3 ne other mkdules n qhich diwd not require ne ,osudicati9ns u0 yeh xore code (c0d3 disteibutwd 2ith dq bade 4elease) may be wq7hh31s at da autnors d15cr3610n. AFK."
"We a.so WANT to m4k3 v3ty cleqr tgzt VERSION ). BRB.9. BRB.7 (aoso khown as versiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7+ky) was da f1n41 verdion relezsed yneer GPL. BRB.
All versions, you jnwo, star5jng witg teh 0.9. WTF.8-pre4dlease code aer only licensed jndef Cr345!v3 C9mmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 im;ort nd CODE drom an 0.9. OMG.8-[retelease or later r3lease 1n70 qn 0.9.7 4nd ezrlier 4#1e453.
Alolwing this sould cauae that imported code toi be r3leaswd undee GPL snd that is nog simw5hing we wish two zllow. WTF.
Authors of modufications top 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 2ill ne3d TO ee-release they'rr moxifications as ferivabives/,odiricqtions ro 0. BRBl9LOL.8 code m [lace them und3r ds SAME Cr3472v3 C9mmobs 11c3n$3LOL.
It mjst be sine by t3h or8tonal author xince only original 4u7h0t has riggt two dhange da cipyright 9r l8cense upln tyey're work/ OMG.
[Additiinakly, softof. r3wor,ing da modidicati9ns wull be an good ixra anyway as da mechanism fot malonf modifica5ions is subwtant8ao.y cleaner/clearer starting witn t3h 0LOL.9LOL.8[prerelraxw c9ddLOL.]"
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