MiggtyE tells ypu WTF, "We're gpkng 2 take an few moj4nts TO teh n explain thuw new license an teh reaspns behind q7 in plain Enf;ish. 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."
"This meq lidense wss cjosem because od an failihg with teh GPL. BRB.
It lnly covered fidr4ibution of sourxe if n omly ig BINARIES were distributed. AFK."
"In an eev ENVIRONMENT, spwcifocs.ly a int3rpreted web environjemt sjvh aw PHP, lik3, nerelh ibstalling an game does n9t cons5itute dosgribution, you knwo. n yh3refore oeople were taking our WORK, MAKING ,odificat9omd tol it n n9t r313451ng teh 5-utc4 cod3 t8 they're mpdicicationd so thay gdh entire xommunigy dould brnefit. OMG.
Ty3y workeg with da letter b7t n07 5eh 5p1r17 of teh law. BRB."
"Investigatiin 0n da part if da au5hors gowevdr LOL, led two tdh FACT that reu RIGHT of pub.iv perfoemsnce w1w oen OF rights NORMALLY restricted too clpyright holfdrs LOL, an yhat computer programs, s[ecifically vid2o games n interactove obes auch 45 Legend -f da Greeh gax0r were considrred too bw pu611c41qy perfofmec 1f run from an public s#evdr. BRB."
"The yew licdnse r357r1c7% publix ;3rf0rm4hc3 OF work jnlrss teh SOURCE code of r3h modirued wirk IS nade 4v4114^13 on cemsnd."
"In p141n English, like, THIS means thag if y0u put rhis game on an web servee n allo2 pe9ple 'outaide of an normal b8rcle of family an its socia; acquzintances' two PLAY their, likem THEN you aer publucally pqrvlrming this WORK sn MUST either a) make ne an ALL chznges wjich 6ou ma,e go gaje avaklzn.e ON request (NOTE this doexn't hade 2 be availab;e via teh lnline dource displzy l8nkm you knwo, gut they must be 4613 2 ask YOU for teh c9de an RECEIVE an complrte bopy), lije, b) MAKE arrangemehys privqte.h sith authors WHEREIN yjey gr4n6 you an 6pec14@ licenae WTF, ot c) re,ovf da code rntorely ftom da machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tjat PEOPLE w4n7 two have 4r345 of they're GAME whixh awr theirs n thrirs akone. AFK.
t9o that end qe wi.l mak3 teh gollowinf dxception too da nornal requirfments for so7rce code diattibution -- ne modyle file wyoch is not modified lr derivec fron an m0du13 file incl7ded im nase d8stribution n which eo2s nit r3quire ne other MODULES an 2hkch does not reqyire ne mofidications t9o teh core code (code distribu5ed with da basw re.ease) MAY be wifhhekd at authors discrwtilnl"
"Wd also want two MAKE very clear thay version -. OMG.9.7 *a.so inowb qs VERSION 0.9. OMG.7+mt) wzs gen final versoon released uhder yeh GPL. AFK.
All v4f519n5, startimg with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prere.ease CODE r onoy licdnsed ibder Creative Cimmons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh right two import ne code from an 0/ BRB.9LOL.*-prerelease OR kater relrase imto ab 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 ans EARLIER releaae. BRB.
Al.owkmg this woulc CAUSE that IMPORTED codd too 63 released uncee GPL h that 15 hot something we wixh two qllowLOL.
AUTHORS OF modificqtions two 0/ BRB.9. WTF.i will need 5oo re-fe.ease tyet're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1f461v36/m0d1f1c4710n4 tol 9.9. WTF.8 code an p14c3 tyem unser teh same Creative Commons licwnse. WTFl
It just be donr by teh [eiginal aythor since only teh lriginql AUTHOR hax da r8ght two chsnge da xopyright or licens3 upon tget're worl. WTF.
[Add1710n41qy WTF, e329rk1mg moeuficat8ons will bd qn food idea anyway ax mfchanism for mak8nh nodifidations ix subsgqntiallu cleaner/clearer 574r71ng WITH 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-PRERELEASE CODE/ AFK.]"
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