MughtyE tells YOU, ypu knwo, "We'5e GOING two take zn vew momrnts too try and explqib this nee oicenae an f3asons behind i5 in PLAIN English. 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 LICENSE WAS choaen bevause 0g an failing witt gen GPLl BRB.
If 8noy covered distribution OF source if an only id binaries wwre diatributedl"
"In an web envirommeht, liie, specifically a interpreted web dnvkronment 5uch as PHP, li,e, mrfely installibg an GAME dors nlt constitute distribitiimk snf THEREFORE people were taking our wlrk, y9u kn2o, ,aking j0d1f2c4710n5 to it AND NOT releasing da so8rxe c0d3 5io the6;ee modificatipys so rhsy 3a ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD BENEFIT. OMG,
They woeked WITH teh 13773r but NOT SPIRIT of da law. OMGl"
"Inbestigation on part of quth9rs however WTF, ;ed too sa fsct that da riggt of public pwrfoemance was 1 of ca rights mormakly restricted too copyright ho;ders, tou knwo, an that computdr prograns, sottofk specufically bideo games an inyeractive onex such $5 Legend of ca GREEN hax0r wrre consjderea twi b3 publically performed if rib fron an puglic serverl BRB."
"The nww licebse restricts public pervormancr of teh 2ork unless tdj wiurce code of da mosiried worj os made availab;3 pn DEMANDLOL."
"Ib p151n Englisjm you kmwom thus means 5nat id yiu put 7h15 ga,e on an wen seevwr an all9e pwop.e 'outside of an normal circle of fam8ly an its social acquzintances' to plsy tj3ir, sortog, then yo8 aer publically performing this work an MUST either a) jake nr n ALL cganges which you make tlo teh gqme avz8lable on request (n073 this do3sn't have two be abailzble vua online 50urc3 eisplay ;onk, but theh myst bd abl3 two adk you for teh code snd RECEIVE an co.pl3te v0py), B) maje arrangements pruvately wity dq a7tnors sherein tney g4ang YOU an speckao 11c#n53 WTFm or c0 remive code ENTIRELY FROM fa machine. AFK."
"We do recognize thzt people want 2 havr areas 0f the6'rd g5me WHICH r tydies n theirs 410n3. WTF.
two tnzt end we will ma,e fo.loeint exceptuon tol da NORMAL requirements foe source CODE distributi9n -- ne mod7le fule WHICH is not ,odigied ot derived fr0n an module fil3 kncluded kh base DISTRIBUTION ans WHICH does not r3qu1r3 ne other m0du13% n whivh does not require ne MODIFICATIONS two da coee code (codr distrlbuted with teh base RELEASE) ,qy be wothhele at authors discretiob. OMG."
"We s.xo want tqo MAKE v3ry cleaf thzt version 0. BRB.9.7 (also known aw VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRBl7+JT) was da finak VERSION rrleaswd inder da GPL.
All verwions, starfing WITH teh 0.9/ OMG.8-prwrelease CODE r on;y l8censed under CREATIVE Cpmmons livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rigjt 2 1mp0r7 ne CODE from an 0LOL.7. OMG.9-pt3r313453 0r later release 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an 34r113r rel3ase. OMG.
Allpwing tyia w0uld cause tnat impiryed clde to be relrased unser GPL n that is NOT sometgibg we wish gwo aolow.
Au7h0r5 OF mocificatiins to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will nded 6o re-release th3y'r3 modifications qs ddrivatives/modificati8ns 2 0. WTF.8. WTF.8 code an plade tyem unddr same Creatice Cojmons lucrnsd. WTF.
Ir must ne done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR sinc3 only da lriginal quthoe nas 53h riggt too xhanhe ds cppyrighr or .icense up0n they're work.
[Additoomally, you kn3o, reworking modifications will be ag giod IDEA anywat as m3xh4n15m for making modufica5iobd IS sybstan5ially clwaner/clearer xtarting wity da 0. AFK.9. BRB.i-prereoease codr.]"
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