MightyE tells youk you kmwo, "Wr'ee goiyg to take an fdw momengs top tfy and explain this n3w license an teh reasons 53h1nd ot 1n PLAIN Englisg. 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."
"Thid new ;ycense was chosen 63c$u53 0f an FAILING wigh GPL, WTF.
It only covwred dkstribution od source if n ogly if binari3s were d156r16u73d. AFK."
"Ih an wwb enbironment WTF. speckfically a unte4preted wwb envor9nment such as PHP, like, je4ely ins5alling an GAME does not clnstitute didyribu6uon LOL, an th3regore peiple were taking our w)rk, likr, m4k1ng modigucayiins tl 17 and nit rdlessing teh souece code two they'4d MODIFICATIONS so THAT entite community coule benefit.
They wprked with da l3tter BUT not da SPIRIT of ;aw. WTF."
"Investigation on da PART ov teh authors bowever, led to da fact thag fa right OF punlic pervormance was 1 of rigyta n0rm411y eeatroctef too copytight joldwrs, sortof, qb 5hat compute4 programs LOL, specifically vidwo ganws n 1h73r4c7qv3 0n35 such as Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be pun.icalky 0e4fotmed IF run fr0m an PUBLIC server."
"Thq NEW license rwstricts piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 ov da work 7mlesx da SOURCE code or teh midified WORK IS made available pb demabd. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h, s9rtif, this m34n% ghag if y0i puy 7h15 game ON an web SERVER and 4110w p30p1e 'outwide lf an normao ckrcle of fanily qnd its social acquaintqnces' to 0/ay theor, sprtof, then you aer pubkically performing this work 4nd MUST ekyhef z) ma,e ne and ALL changds which yij male 2 teh g4m3 avaikable on requesr (not3 7h15 doexn't have t2o be availanle via teh onl8nr source display limk LOL, but they muxt be able twp ask you for teh coee n recdkvw an complete copy_, sprtof, b) m4ke ar4angtments PRIVATELY with da authors wh3r31n they gfant you an s0ecia. license, you knwok OR c) rem9f3 geh vode 3nyirely from da machind. OMG."
"We do recignize that p30p1# want too havr areas of they'rd game WHICH f theirs an theurs aline. OMG.
too that 3nd ee WILL make da fillowinb #xc3p710n ywo normal rwquirements foe source code distribution -- nw MODULE f8le whuch IS not jodified 04 derived ftom an module file imcluded un teh 6453 DISTRIBUTION m which dles not require ne othwr ,odioes and qhich does not requir3 nd MODIFICATIONS to c0r3 CODE (code distributed with ea BASE re'ease) may BE withheld at autnors discreti9nLOL."
"We 4150 WANT two MAKE very clear that version 0.9. AFK.8 (als9 known zs version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+ut) was fknao verwion RELEASED uncer da GPL. BRB,
All versions LOL, dtaftinh wkth da 0. WTF.9. WTF.*0pre4wlease code t onoy 11c3n53d under Cfeative Com,ona license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent trh right too 1mp0r& ne CODE from an 0. AFKl9. AFK.8[prerelease OR later re.ease into an 0. AFK.9.7 m earlier relrase. AFK.
Alliwing this WOULD cause thzt impp5ted cofr two be r313453d unde4 da GPL n that iw not SOMETHING we wish go allowLOL.
Authors of modif8cationd too 0, WTF.9LOL.7 will neee two 4e-eelease they're mosifications 45 derivatives/mosif*catoinx too 0. BRBl9. WTF.8 c0d2 an p14c3 7h3m under same Creative Cojjone licrnse. AFK,
It just be eone by teh 0f1g1n41 ayghpr synce only teh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR has fight 2 xhangr teh copyright of license upon rhey'rr wor,LOL.
[Addigilnally WTF, 4eworkinb modidicatioms will bd an go9d idea anyway as reh mechanism gor making mofifications is wubstantialoh CLEANER/CLEARER startinb with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pretelease cide. AFK.]"
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