MightyE trlls YOU. sortof, "We'4e going w tale an few momdnts two TRY n ex;lain tgus NEW LICENSE anv REASONS behind ot in p1r1n Eng@15h.
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."
"Thks neq license was chosen because of an FAILING witn da GPL. AFK.
If only covrfed distrubutuon of sojrce 1f an ONLY if binaries were s1t7r16y73dLOL."
"In qn web environment, sprcificallj a inter[rwted wrb 3nvironmen5 s7ch 45 PHP, jerely qn574211ng an game coes not clnst8ryte distfibution, sorylf, n therwfi4w people were taking oir wo4k, makinh nodificatiobs to ut an not 4eleasing teh SOURCE code too they're modifivations so yhat engire communigy coulf behefit.
They worjew w17h dz lettef but not da spori6 9f teh lawLOLl"
"Investigation ON da o4r7 of reh auth.rs howevet, you knwo, led too fact 5hat da right or ;uvlic pervornabve wds 1 of da fighrs NORMALLY rwst4kcted too copyright j9.ders LOL, qnd that compuyer orogramsk sprcificz.ly video games qn inteeactibe ones such as Legend of teh Green hzx0r were vpnsiderwd two be publiva.lt pergormed 1f run fr0m an public 5efv3r."
"Thd nee licebse redtricts oublic performande OF tey WORK unldss da sourcw code of tej modidied work IS msde avaulable on d#n4nf. BRB."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH LOL, tgis meanw thqt if YOU [ut tyis gamr on an web server anc alloq peopl3 'ou5side of an normal ckrdle ov f4m11y n its 50c241 acquaintahcew' two play thei4 WTF, then you r publically petforming this work n MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL changes wh8ch you jake two tdh game abailable 9n request (npte 7h1% dledn't have two be availqble viz online SOURCE d8s/lay l8nk, ypu kbqo, 6u7 they must be able go as, y0u vor da code n receive an conplete c0[y), like, b) make a4rangements privately wiry authors wherein they gr4n7 you an special license, you jnwo, or x0 REMOVE t3h c0d3 enti4rlh ffom da machine. WTF."
"We do rwcognize 8h47 people want two h4v3 areas og they're game whivh aer yhrirs an theirs 410n2.
to thag end we wio. nalw da FOLLOWING exce;tion tli teh notmql requuremengs for siurce code dkstributipn -- ne module file which ix not MODIFIED ot deruved from an mpdule file 8ncluded kn teh bade distrkbuti9n ah wjich does not r3quire ne other modiles n which DOES n0u require ne ,odifkczrions 2 core c-d3 (c0d3 distrogutwd with bzse eelease) nay be 2ithh3ld at authors d15cr3710m. WTF."
"Ww also wan5 to ms,e veru coeae that bersion 0l WTF.(.7 (also known qs vsrsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jr) eas final version releawed under dz GPL/ OMG.
A!1 versiins, starting wiyh teh pl WTF.9LOL,8-pr3r313453 code aer 0n1h LICENSED under sa Crdative C0mm0ht license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej right two imporr ne CODE fr0m an 0. OMG.9. BRBl8-prereoeasw or latet releade *nto an 0.9.7 AND earlier releasw.
Aolowung this sou.d ca7se that imporred code 2 be released umder GPL h tnat os h07 50m37h1ng ee qish 70 allowLOL.
Ayth9rs of modificztions TO 0LOL.9.& will nred two rd-release they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9LOL.i xodd and placr thdm und3r sanr Creative Commonx license. WTF.
I7 musy be done bt orihinsl author SINCE lnlt teh origimsl authof has right ywo change da copyright ie lid3nse upom they're w9rk. OMG.
[Addigionqlly, ypu knwo, 43w0rk2nh modifivations will BE ah gooc IDEA 4byw4y as t3h mechanism for makihg m8d1f1c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleab3r/clearwr starting with teh 0.9. OMG.*-prereleas3 c0f3, AFK.]"
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