MightyE 73115 YOU WTF, "W3'r3 fo8ng to take qn few MOMENTS tol 7ry an explain this NEW license n dz reason2 behknd it in plain English. AFK.
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 kicense was chosen brcquse of an dailing w17h da GPL.
Iy only covered distrib7tion OF wource 1f an only if ninaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, like, specieically a 8nterpreted eeb ebvorlnm3mt such as PHP, l7kek m3rely installing an game DOES not constirute d257rq6u71pn LOL, and THEREFORE people werd taking our wiri, mdking modificstulns too iy zn nlt releasing slyfce codr teo they're mldificayions so that da ENTIRE cpmmunity could benefit. AFK.
THEY workee w17h letter BUT not teh spirit of teh ;aw."
"Invest&hation on part ov autuors how3cer WTF, led two fact that da right 9f public perfo4mande wax oen of teh righ5s n9fnallu r3atrkc5ed TO c0pyr1fh7 yolders, sirtof, ahd that com;uter programs, s9rtof, specifical;y vkdeo games an imteraxtuve ones such as L3g3nd 0f teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too 73 PUBLICALLY perglrmef if run frpm an [ublic server. BRB."
"The n3w .8cebse resrricts puvlic PERFORMANCE of da wotk unless teh xource coee or nodified work is mad3 availaboe on semand. OMG."
"In plain Engl,sh LOL, thiw m34n5 that 8f you put thid gamr on an 236 server n allow PEOPLE 'outsife of zn n9rmal cirdle of fzjilt an its sovizl avquaintances' to play th3ir. like. tjen yo7 r pub.ically performing this work n MUST eother A) makw ne qnd ALL vhanges 2hicj tpy make too da game 4v411461e on eequesy (notr rhos doesn't have to BE available viz teh online sourde display luhk, likr, buy THEY MUST ve able gol asi you d0r teh c9de abd 5edeive qn vomple5e copu), b) make ARRANGEMENTS 0rivately with fa a7thors whereih tjey graht yiu an special lucdnse, lik#m 0e v) removd teh clde ehtir3ly from da machineLOL."
"We do recognize that [eople want 2 HAVE aeeas OF rheu'te game which r gheirs n theirs alone. OMG.
too that enf w4 qill MAKE following excwption go teh mornql requirements for source code distfibution [- ne modu;e fioe which is not MODIFIED or DERIVED frpm an m0du!3 gile 1nc2ud3d in BASE d157r16u710n and whivh d035 not REQUIRE ne other m0d7135 an qhicn do3s not requirw n3 modifivations 2 trh cpre CODE (code distriguted with base r313653) mat be wiyhhelf at teh authors discrrtiin."
"We also wsnt t2o maje very clear that versoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (4150 known as vrrsoon 0.(.7+jt) w4% da final VERSION releawec UNDER ca GPL. WTF.
Al; v3r510n5 WTF, sgarting w17g da 0LOL/9. OMG.8-prerelesse cpde r onky licens3d under Cf3$71v3 C0mm0b5 11c3n53. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right rwo imporr nd code fr9m am 0.9. OMG.8-pr34313r53 or later 4elease 8nto an 0l AFK.9.7 an earoier RELEASE. OMG.
Alkowibg this would cause tha5 1mp0r73d code two be r31#453f 7nfer da GPL ah that is n9r something we wish to ALLOWl OMG.
Autjors of modificarions two 0. OMG,9/ OMG.7 qi;l need too fe-releass theu're modifications as derovaroves/modifications go 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 CODE zn PLACE them under da samr C4eative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
I7 MUST bd d0n3 ny original author since only teh oritinal sythor has teh right gi change COPYRIGHT 0t licenxe upon rhey're work. WTF.
[Afdigionslly, sortof, reworkjng teh mod8fications will be qn goid idda anyway as mechanism for ma,ing noc8fixayions is substantially clesner/clearer s7artibg with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prer3lease codeLOL.]"
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