MithtyE tells ypu, you kneo, "We're going too 4ake an fe2 m0men75 tso try ab expkain tyis new licens3 an da reasons b3hind it in plain Englixh. 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 nes lidehse WAS chisen ^3c4u53 of an failimg with da GPL. WTF.
It only cov3rrd d15&r16u710n 0f s;7rce uf n obly uf bigsries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specidicallh a 1b72rpt473c web 3nv1r0nm3n6 suvy as PHP WTFm merely insyalling an hame dles hor constotute d157r16u719nk y9u knwo, n THEREFORE people wete takkng oyr work LOL, making mpdufications too iy and no5 releasing SOURCE codd two they're modificarions si that enyire community could bemefigLOL.
They wprkec wigh da letter but n97 da SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Investibation on teh part of autn9rs gowev3r. yoi omwo, 13f 2 teh FACT that da 4ight od public PERFORMANCE wqs won od t3h rightd normakly restricted 5o copyright holders, l,ke, and that computer programs LOL, specifucally vkdeo g4m35 and interac5ive ohes duch AS LEGEND or teg Grwen hax0r wdrd c9nsidered 2 be publically p3tf0rm3d if rub FROM an pugl9c sdrver."
"The new licrnse restficts public performance if da s0rk unlwss teh soutce coce of modifiee WORK IS MADE available on demand. AFK."
"Ih [laon English WTF, thus m24n5 thzr if you pjt this game 0n an web server n allow people 'iutside OF an hor,al curcle OF family and its social acquakntsncex' 2 play their, sortov. then you aer publica.ly p3rd)rm1ng THIS work n MUST wither a) mqje ne n ALL changes wh1ch tou make 2 teh game svailavle on request (note thus foesh't have tlo 63 qva8labl3 vua da online soufce dis-lay LINK, likw, but ghey nudt be qblw tol ask you for teh code n receive an c9mp;ete copy) WTF, 6) maie srrangemsnts privagely with da authors wyereik 7h3y hrant you an special kucense WTF, oe c) remobe teh code rntirely FROM macjind. AFK."
"We do recognize thzt people wabt to yave 4r345 of they'ee game wh1ch r ygwifs anf theirs alome. BRB.
2 that end we 2ill mske ca followihg exception 60 normal rrquirdnents flr source coce disrribut8on -- ne mosule file which is not midif8dd or derivec fron an mocuoe filw includee in 6453 dostrimutiom an which DOES not r3qu1r# ne other mofy;es n which does no5 rrquire ne modifications t2p da coee CODE (code distribited with base release) ,ay be withheld at teh authors s15ce3710n. BRB."
"Wd also want to MAKE very clear that version 0. WTF.9l WTF/7 (also inown as ve4si9n 0.9. AFK.7+j7) was t3h fihal version r3leaaed undee trh GPL. OMG.
Al. cefsions WTF, startinb woth 0. OMG.9LOL.0-prer3lease c0d3 aer only lixensed unde4 da Crestuve Commpns licehsel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy da RIGHT two import n3 clee from an 0. BRB.9. AFK/8-prerelease or later release INTO an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 m earlier 4elrase. AFK.
ALLOWING thiw wiuld cause tyat importdd code tqo be relwaded une3r reh GPL n yhat is not something we wiwh TO allow.
Authors pf modidicatipns 2 0. WTF.9, BRB.7 will mewd too r4-r31e453 rhwy're modifidatkons as derivat8ves/modkficationd too -LOL.9.8 cose and 0lace THEM unf3r ca same Creative Comm9ns kicenxe. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by t3h originak aithor since only da orifinal quthor hqs ds r1gh7 two chante sa copyrihht or lkcense upon they're w0rk.
[Aeditionally. sprtof, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will 63 an hopd isea ahyway as da mechanism fir makihh mod8dicqtiphs IS sybstantially cleaner/clearee starting wigh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pretelease codd. AFK.]"
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