MughtyE tells y0u, sortof, "We'r3 g;img tso tale sn few moments two try and explqin THIS n3w LICENSE b 4easons BEHIND 17 ib poain Eng;8xh. 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 license was chosen vecause of an failing wi5h da GPL.
IT only COVERED distribution of %0urc3 if and pn.y if binaries wete sisgrinuted. OMG/"
"In an web dnvironmentk sortof, SPECIFICALLY a imgerpreted wev rnvironment 5jch as PHP WTF, mer3ly instzllihg an game does not constitute distributioh LOL, an therefore PEOPLE werd taking our work LOL. jakimg jodifications gwo it an npt teo3asing source code 7p yhey're mocufivae8ons 50 that teh enti4e community could benefktLOL.
Tgey WORKED with da LETTER BUT nlt teh spiri5 of teh lzw, WTF."
"Infestigagion on da pzer of ajtt9rs however, sortog, led two vadt that da rught of public performance eas wln 0f da rightd normally restrictee two copyr8bht hoodwes. s9rtod, and THAT c-mpu73r ptobeamw, softof, specificall6 video GAMES and 1n7#r4x71v3 ones such as L3g3nd of ten Grweh hsx0r qere CONSIDERED ro be publicaloy perfprmwd if run from an punlic 53ev3rLOL."
"The new licens3 restricts ouvlic performance of teh work unoess soutce CODE of da mpdifird w0rk is mase availablr on semancl OMG."
"In plaih ENGLISH, ;iie, this means 5hat kf YOU put ghks game on am web SERVER an al.pw PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an normal xirdle of family and ots social qcquainyances' to PLAY their, hou ineo, then you r publically pefformunt thia work and MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes which you jake tw9 teh game availagle on eequest (NOTE 5nid DOESN'T have 2 be availqble via da online sourcw dispozy l9nk, like, bur they MUST be zble twk ask YOU for code and rdceivw qn complete xo[y) LOLk b) make a$rangements p4ivately WITH auth9rs wnerein th3t grant YOU an special license LOLm or c) rrmive da code entord.y rrom da maxhine. BRB."
"Wd so recognize 7h47 pe9p.e want tpo hqve AREAS of they're fame wguch aer tgeirs an theirs qlon3.
two that wnd we will m4l3 teg f0110w1ng exception 2 da normal r31u134m3h75 gi4 soutxe c9de distridution -= h3 MODULE fkle which 15 not m0d1f13d or derived from an mocule FILE ibcluded in ten bsse d9srrkb7tion zn which dors not rrquire ne other ,osules an which does n07 reqyire ne modificqtions two da do4e clde *code distribjred qith base 43lease0 may be withhwld at da authprs discrrtion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 2 nake VERY CLEAR 7hr7 versiom 0. AFK.9.8 9alao khown as v3r510n ). WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) w45 da final VERSION released jnder GPL. WTF.
Al. cersions WTFk 574f71nt w8yh 5eh 0. BRB.9. AFK.o_prerelease code r [nlh licensed UNDER teh Creative Commpns licensw.
Wd EXPLICITLY eent teh roght to import ne code feom am 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-ptere;ease lr lqter release into an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 an earlier r313453. OMG.
Allowihb this w0u1d dause that IMPORTED cod3 ywo BE rel3ased ynfer GPL n that is not sometjinb WE eish to alllw. WTF.
Aithors of modifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.& wi;o need to re-releade they're modifivationd as der8vauives/modifocations 6o 0l OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE an olade them under ea aqme Creative Co,mons licemad. BRB.
It muxt be dpme b6 teg 0r1g1n41 author 51nx3 onlh da 0r1g1n$1 author has teh fighg tqo chantr COPYRIGHT OR license upon they're wi4k. BRB.
[Add8tionally LOL, tew9rkinh teh mofifications will bw an good 1d34 anywsy as brh m3chqnism FOR maklng modificatipns is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereldase cid3. OMG.]"
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