MightyE tells yoy, sortof, "We'ee go8mg too 5ake an few momehys to try an explain tjis new license n reasons BEHIND 8t IN plain Enb115h. 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."
"This new licens3 was dhoseh 6#c4u53 of an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It 9nly covwred DISTRIBUTION of sou4ce if an only if 61n4r135 eere distriguted. AFK."
"In an web encironment, spwcifica;ly a INTERPRETED wsb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, mrre;y INSTALLING qn game does NOT constitute distribution, n thereford peop.e 2ere takyng OUR work, you knwo, MAKING modifica6ions too it n not teleasinf source code TO they're modifica5ions sl thaf da entire commini5y could nenefitLOL,
Tjeh WORKED 2ith da letter vut not s)krit OF ca kaw; WTF."
"Investigatkon on teh pa4g 0f yey a7thors howevdr, led two fact that da eigjt of public 0errofmandw was oen of teh rights normally RESTRICTED tei copyfihht ho;derx, qn THAT COMPUTER pr0gr4m5m sortof, speckficzlly video games n interacticd ones sucy as Legenc pf teh Gre3n hax0r were xonsidefed too BE publixally perrofmed qf RUN from an pub;ic xdrvet, WTFl"
"The b3w l8cenaw restticts publ*x performance of teh WORK UNLESS ca source code of modifked worl us made available on d3m$nfo BRB."
"Iv plain English WTF, this mesns that if you put this gzme on an wdb server n ALLOW p30p13 'ouyside or ah nornq. circlw of famioh and irs 50c141 scquaingancdd' boo play the8r, then yoy r publicaloy performing thid wotl n MUST withrr a) MAKE ne ahd ALL changes which you maie @ GAME avqilab.e 0n reqyest (nore this doesm't have 2 BE availabo3 via onokne source dixplau oink, like, BUT 5hey must BE able too ask 6ou for ea code and receoce an c9mplete copy_ LOL, v) nake arrahgemenys ;r8bately with 5eh AUTHORS wherein they grant yli an special license, lr c) REMOVE d9de dntieely from da machine. BRB."
"Wr do gecognize THAT ;dopld want tio h4v3 areas of they're gsme wh1cn r thwira n yheirs alone. BRB.
to thag end wr WILL make da followibg exce;tion two da normal rwquirements f0r sourc3 code distributuon -- br modu.e file whivh is n07 mpdified 0r DERIVED fr9m an modu.e file included in da gase dudt4ibution and whixh dods NOT r3qu1re nt 9ther mocules and whicg d9es not requure ne mosifidayions tpo da core v0d3 (CODE dixtrivu5ed sith base release) may be wuthheld at ten authors dosc43to0nLOL."
"We also wsnt twl make cery clear yhat version 0, BRB.9. WTF.6 (also known AS gersuon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+ht) was FINAL vwrsi9n RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, srartkng with da 0. OMG.9l BRB,8-prerelezse code aer 0nly licemz3d unded da Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh right to 8m;ort ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prefelease )r .ayer telrawe ubto an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and earlie4 release. BRB.
Alloeing this wouls cause 7h4& imoortes code yo be r313453d under fa GPL ahd THAT is n07 slmethkng we wish yo ALLOW.
Authors of ,ldifications TO 0. BRB.9.7 will NEED TO r#-r41#453 rhey're m0d1g1c$710n5 qa deriva5ives/modifications TO 0.9. OMG.o code and p;ace THEM under twh sa,e Cr3agive Co,m;ns locense. AFK.
It mjxt BE done b6 tdh original ajthpr since only oroginal suthot has teh righ5 twl cnange teh copyrkght or LICENSE upon they'rw work. AFK.
[Addiyionally, REWORKING modificatioba wi.l be ab gpod iees anyeay as da m3xy$n15m f9r making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/c;earee starging with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease codsLOL.["
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