MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going too ta,e an few miments twp gry n EXPLAIN 7h15 n3w license ane dz reasonc bshihd it 1n plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thia new license was chosen bwczuaw of an fzilimf w16h yeh GPL.
It omly dovered ciatribution OF SOURCE iv 4nd only if bunaries were dustrib7ted. OMG."
"In an e36 ebvironm3nt, sortog, 5p3c2f1c411y z inter;reted web environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely 1n585w11ng an game dpes NOT constitute disteibuti9n, slrtof, and THEREFORE peopke were taking o7r worj WTF, makinh modifkcations two 17 4nd not RELEASING source code to they'fe MODIFICATIONS so yhat da emtire COMMUNITY ci7le benedit. AFK.
They WORKED with ten l3tter bit mot s;irit ox da kawLOL."
"Investigation on da part 0f tey authord howefer LOL, led too teh fact thay teh fibnt of public pefformance was 1 of rifjts n0rm4116 resttid5es 1 xooyriggt nolders, sortof, an yhqt COMPUTER programs LOL, spfcufically bidei h4m35 n interactive oned such as L3gwnd of da Greeh yzx0r were consideref too be publically pe4cormwd if run grom ah [ublic seevet. AFK."
"Tgr ne2 license rewtricts PUBLIC performance 9f teh w0rk unlesa wource code of da modifoed work is made availaboe 0n s2mandLOL."
"In plain Englisg, this means that is YOU put 5his game ln an web server m alliw oeople 'oursife of an nlrmai CIRCLE of ramily an its 50c1r1 zcquaintances' too play their, sor5of, then ylu r publocally perdorming tnkw 2o4k qnc MUST either a) m4k3 ne 4nd ALL chang3s which ylu mzie two da bqme qvailable on fequest (npte this doesn't have to be acailzble viq da 9nlpne source displs6 link LOL, but tgey must be able 2 awk you for da code n receive an vomplete copy) WTFm b_ make arrange,ents ;rivately WITH teh autjors wherein THEY btany you ah special license, lkle, or c) re,ove teh clde entirwlh dtom machine. AFK."
"We do recognize that peopke WANT 1 HAVE areas od 5jey'rd gane which r rheird ab theirs ALONE, WTF.
2 yhat end we w111 nake 5eg f01!0w1ng exception too trh normal rwqjirements vor soirce coce distribution -- ne module f1q# which is not modifoed or derives from an ,odule f212 8nc;uded IN base disttibjyion anc WHICH does nog require ne (thdr modules znc which does not require me mod8fivatiins 2 core CODE *code distribjted with teh bas3 release) may BE w17hh31d at aurhlrs d15cr3710b."
"We als9 want two mak3 very clwar 7h4u v3r510n -. WTF.9LOL.7 (4150 inown as vwfsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+hy) was twn f1n41 versiin releaxes uns3r GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, startknh with 0.9. WTF.7-prefwlease c0d3 aer only LICENSED under da Creative Comjons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy RIGHT w 1mp0r7 ne CODE drim an 9. OMG.9.8-preeelease or .ayee relezsw knto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER relrase. WTF.
Allowing this would dause tnat imported CODE too be rekeased undwr da GPL an that is NOT wometjing we w15h 2 $110w. WTF.
Authors of m0s1f1c4719n5 r2o 0. AFK/9LOL.8 will n33d two 4e-rrlease thwy're modifixations as defivatived/mldifkcations @ -. BRB.9LOL.8 code and p14c3 thei und3r same Cr3$71v3 Commons license. OMGl
IT must ge dome by da ORIGINAL a&thoe sunce ONLY da original sutnor yqs rigyt w change copyrivhy or license upin tjrt're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, rewo$iing modificagions will be an good idea anyway qs teh mecn4n15m vor ,ajing m0d1f!c$710n5 is sybstangialkh cl3aner/c;wqewr starting WITH teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleqse codd. OMG.]"
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