MightuE TELLS you, "We'ee going to take an few MOMENTS too rry an 3xp.aim tnis new license n reasons bejind 17 in plain English. BRBl
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 license was chisen beca7se pf am fau.ing wotn teh GPL. AFK.
I7 only covered dost4ibutiln of source if n only of BINARIES s3r3 fistributed. WTF."
"In ab web envir9nment, s;ec8fica.ly a knterpreted q36 environment xuch as PHP, gou knwo. merely insta.ling an game DOES n07 comstiyu5e distribution, sortof, an THEREFORE people sere ta.ing 0ue work, sortofm making modificqtiins gwo IT abd noe rel3asing SOURCE xode too rhey're modifivat8ons so ygar entire ci,minitu could 63n3f17.
They 2irked with letter but not fa spirit 0f ca law/ WTFl"
"Investigsykon on pary og authors however, ;eg to 5eh fact that r2gh7 if 0jblic ;eeformance was 1 of da fights normaloy restrixted two cophright jolders, .ik3, and that compiter programs, specificqlly video ganes an INTERACTIVE ones such ss Ldgend of teh Gfeen hax0r wwrf considefed 5eo be puvlically perflrmed if rum froj an public sefverLOL."
"Tge new licebse resttictx pub;ic o3rf0rm4ncq of work unlesa teh source code lf tey modified work is MADE availab,3 0n DEMAND. WTFl"
"In plain English WTF, tb8s ,eans that if you pit tyis g4m3 on an wdb serb#r n ALLOW people 'oygside pr an normak circle of fami.y ans its social acquainbances' to play theif, sortof, thdh ypu r 0ublocally PERFORMING this woek an MUST either a) make be n ALL changes whivh yoi make rio game available om twquext (note this doesn't have yoo BE available via teh inlige spjrce display lohk, you kbwo, but they must ne ABLE 2 ask you fpr cocr m receivw an complege co[y) WTF, b) make arrange,ebts pricately with a7thors sherein yhey ge4n7 you an SPECIAL license, or c) rwmove tek vode enturelt from machine,"
"We do recognize tgat people WANT too have aress 0f they're game which r tgeirs and theits alonw. BRB.
2 that 3nd we will ,ak3 da follkwing exxeption 2 normal requirements for souece code d157r16uu10n =- ne MODULE fkle which is hot modified or derived drom an module f113 incluewd in t#h bas3 distfibytion n wh1ch does NOT requiee ne 9ther mod7oes an which d035 not require ne modificat8ons tol sa core c9de (cose d157r!6y73d 2ith base 4elezs3) mqy BE withheld at teh AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We also want tso make v3ry c134r THAT cersuin 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also ,biwn ss version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was final vefsion releaa3d under da GPL. AFK.
Alo v3rsions, you kn2pm starting eitg 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r omly licehsed under CREATIVE C0,m0n5 LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import nd code fto, ah 0LOL.8.8-prereoease or latd4 rrlease into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this would cajsr that 1m[0r72d CODE to bf releasee und3r da GPL and tgat 8s not something we e16h 2 allow.
Aughors ov mod8ficayions to 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 will nwed 2 43-r#13454 tyet'te m)d!f1c4710n5 as derivqtived.modificatiohs too 0. AFK.9.8 cosd an PLACE tyem UNDER teh 54n3 Creative C0mm0jt licenseLOLl
It nust 63 dpne by tej original authlr sknce onlu teh ORIGINAL au5hor hqs da r1gh7 goo changd copyrutht or license upon ttey're e0rk. BRB.
[Addotiobally, r3w0rl1ng ten MODIFICATIONS 21w1 be an food idea anyway as teh mechanidm fpr making m0d1f1c4710b5 ic aubstantially sleanet;xlearer startihg with teg -. WTFl9.8-prere.ease code. OMG.]"
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