MightyE tells you, you knw9, "We're going too tske an few m0m2n75 2 try an explain this NEW ;icense n teh r3asons bdhind it ih [kain Entlosh. 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 nww lidense was chosen bexause of an FAILING with tey GPL, BRB.
I5 8nlt covered distribution OF sourcd if h onky if binaries wete DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB environmdn5 LOL, specivocall5 a interprdted WEB encifonjent such ss PHP, mefrly 1n5741!1bg an ga,e does NOT constitute distribution. likw, n therefore p30p13 were takinr ou4 qork WTF, maling midididations 2 ut an not t313451ng teg sourc3 code 3 thry're modidica5ionx so that rngire comnunity c9uld benefkt. BRB.
They wor,ed e17h letter but not da sp8rit OF teh law."
"Inbestkgafipn 9n PART of teh authors h9wever, led 4o fa fact that teh RIGHT of public performance was oen of teh 51gh75 nirnalky restrictef 3 cl;yrigyt hllders, you knwl. n tjat c0mpu72r oe;gr4m5, like, specificallh VIDEO gamds 4nf interactife oned sucn as LEGEND of teh Gr33n hax0r wete conaidered two be pyblically performed if run FROM an punlic SERVER/ AFK,"
"The new l8cense restticts oubliv perfoemanzd of teh work un1355 teh so7ece xode ob tdh modofked w0rk is MADE available on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain Entlosh LOL, 5hus MEANS yhat if yiu pit this game on an s36 swrver an aolow oe[pk3 'oitside of an norma. circle od family ab its social acqjain5sncds' 2 play the8rm them y9y r publ8cally performing 6h15 work and MUST eithe4 a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which you make too trh game availagle on reqjesr (note thks dowdn't nqve to be ava8.able via sa online sou3ce displa6 link, l8ke, but 5mey musr be ABLE 2 ask you g0r code n rece8v3 an complege copi), softpg, 6) make arrangements PRIVATELY w8th authors wherein they gr4n7 joi an special LICENSE LOL, or v) remove code ENTIRELY from teh m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do rwcognize thqt pdolle WANT 2 have areas of th3y'rd game whixh aer theirs ah THEIRS alone.
goo thst enf we will makd da d0110w1ng exceptiln ti gej NORMAL reqjirejenya dor wource code d8s5ribution -- ne nodule file WHICH 8s not modified or derived FROM an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d 1n da base diatributuon an whivh does no5 r3quire ne other modules m WHICH d93d not requprw ne moditications # da core c0d3 (code distributed wyrh da base r3!245e) may be withheld at reh augnirs discretion. WTF."
"We 4150 want two MAKE v3ru coear tha5 vetskon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knl2n as v3rxiln 0. WTF.(. OMG.7+jt) qas teh final fersion released under teh GPL. AFKl
A;l frrsions WTF, starting with t3h 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-peerelease c0d# r only 11cen53d UNDER teh Creative Commond LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two impprt ne clde FROM an 0. WTF.(. WTF.8-pfereleqse or larer release 1n&0 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier rfleaseLOL,
Allowing this would cause that i,ported code to be r313453d und3r t3n GPL n gnat is nlt s9mrthinb we wish jwo allow.
AUTHORS of m0d2f1c$710n5 TO 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need twl re)release tney're MODIFICATIONS as eerivatives/mpdificarions to 0, BRB.9. AFK.8 code 3nd place thdm undrr same CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
It muat be dpne by iriginal author since onpy da ORIGINAL akthor has fa RIGHT 2 cyqnbe dooyright or q1c3n53 upon they're qlrk. WTF.
-Adsitkonally LOL. REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an gooc idea an6say as MECHANISM for MAKING modif9cations ia dubstant8aoly cldaner/clrarer stattinh with ). OMG.9. BRB.8-pgerdlease v9deLOL.]"
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