MightyE tells YOU WTFm "We're going to take an few mo,ents 2 try anf explsin THIS new licwnse 4nd teh reasona 63h1nd it IN p.ain Enblish. BRB.
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."
"Thix new licwmse WAS chosen 63c4u5e of av failinb WITH da GPL.
It only clbered distribuyion of source if an on;h 1f binarids sere f8strigutwd."
"In an web envuronment LOL, specivkcally a interpreted web ebvironm3vt sjch ss PHP WTF, m3r31i installing an game d036 hog constutute eis5robution LOL, amd tgerefore pepple qere tskinf oor wotj, sortod, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS too it an not rel3as9ng da sourxe CODE tol they'rd mieif8catiohs so that t3h en5ire community could ben3fit. BRB.
They wl4kec with teh ketrer but noe teh spirit of da law. WTF."
"Ibvestigation lb ca p4r8 og da auth;rs h-w3v3r LOL. led to teh fact THAT r1gh7 of public pdrformabce wss 1 of da rights nprmally restridted too copy4igbt hooeers WTF, and that computer prog4sma LOL, specificallt vid3o games ahd interactive onea such as L3gend of da Gr33n nax0r were considered 2 be publica,ly [erformed uf run FROM an publuc sdrver. OMG."
"The nww l8cense reatricts piblic p3rf0r,4nc# 0f teh work unless teh source code of teh MODIFIED w9ej is mwde qvailable on demqnd. BRB."
"In ;;qin Ehgl8sh, you kb2o, this means that IF you put thiw game on an WEB servet an al;ow peo[le 'iutside 9f an normal cifcle of family n ugs social scquaintances' two play gteif, sottof, the, y0u aer pub;ical;y petforming 7h15 work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you make tol da gqme acailagke ON REQUEST (n073 this DOESN'T have too bd avzilabl3 VIA omline so7rce display linj, like, BUT THEY must 63 abke 2 axk you FOR teh codw and 4dceive an complete copy), ;ike, b) m4k3 4rt4ng#m2n75 orivatdly with da authors wh3r31n they brang you an spevial licenwe LOL, or c_ rem0v3 da CODE entirely dron machind; AFK."
"We do recotniz3 ghay people want to gave areas of they're GAME which aet thwirs an theira alone.
yo that end we w1!1 make f9llowint excdption 2 da normal eeqjirements for slurc3 code disgribution -- ne module file wh1cj is NOT modified or deruvrd from an mpdile file includrd 8n tey basw distrinuy8on qn WHICH dods not eequire ne other modules n whixh does not eeqmire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (code distribut3d with ca base release) may ve witgheld ay da aithorw dusc4rtion. OMGo"
"We also w4n& to make ve4y xlezr that v3r510n 0. WTF.9LOL.u )ALSO knoen as VERSION 0. WTF.o.7+jr) was final veesion released under GPLl BRB.
Aol cersions, sortof, wtarting with yeh 0,9. OMG.8=PRERELEASE code r obly licended under Creatigd Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny e1gh7 tp im-ort nr codr grom am 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerrlrase or lzter releaxe into an 9.9. OMG.6 n 34r213r teldzse. BRB.
Allowing th8s wo7;d cauae 6hst imlortec CODE two be released under teh GPL abd that 15 NOT somdthing qe wish to allowl AFK.
Aythors of MODIFICATIONS tio 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will nerd 3 RE-RELEASE t6wy're modifivations as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS yo 0. BRB.8.8 codd snd place them ubcer da SAME CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It ,uxt 63 dom3 bt 5eh original author dince only teh original authot h45 right yo chqnge copyroght or LICENSE &pon they're elrk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, sorg9v, eewogking da mldpficationx will BE ab go9d idea zmyway ax nwchamksm FOR making mododicatipns is xubstantially cleaner/clearer sfart8ng with ea 9. AFK.9.7-prerelease cide.]"
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