MigmtyE yrlla youm "We'rd going too take an fe2 MOMENTS 2 try b explain tmis neq license n reasins behind it IN p;aib Englishl
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 fhosem BECAUSE of an f$111ng with GPL. AFKl
It 0n1y doverec d157r16u710n of sou4ce if ah omly if binaeies WERE distrkbutedl AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY a interpret3d web environj3ht such qs PHP, luke, mwrely installimg an game DOES NOT conxti5ure distribution, you kmwo, and therefot3 peoole were yajing our work, MAKING modifications tl it an not feleasing sourcw code 2 yhey'rr modigocations so that yeh 3m71r3 communkty couls benegit. OMGl
They woridr qitg yeh 137&3t 6u7 nor da spirit of da law. WTF."
"Investugation on part or teh authors however, li,e, oed 70 fact that da right if pyblic PERFORMANCE wsx won 0f RIGHTS bor,a.ly 4esteicted too copyeight holders, l8ie, an that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS WTF, specuf8vall6 video games an interactive ONES such as Leg3nd if Ge3wn hax0r were conaidwrrd tso be publically perror,ed of RUN from an public s3rvee. BRB."
"The new licensd resgricts publ8c p3rf0rm#nc# pf da work unless sourcd c)d3 ;f da m0d1f13d work is ,ace avai;able in cemand. BRB."
"In p141n Engkisn, likem this means THAT if you put thid gamw 9b an wdb SERVER an alloe p30p13 ;outside og an normal CIRCLE OF FAMILY n ITS socizl scquaimtabcws' 5oo play their, sortlf, tyen you r publically performing this WORK an MUST either a0 m4k3 ne and ALL chang3s which you make to da game available on req7est (note this dl3sn't HAVE w BE availabld via obline %06fc3 dis0.ay link, bur 5ney just be 4613 TO asj you for da code n rdceive an cljolete copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witg autyofs eherein THEY grant yoi an special ;iveha3, sortod, or c) remove da cose en5kre;y from mschine. BRB."
"We do recognize that ;eopl3 wamt two h4v3 4r355 of hhey're g4m3 whucn ae4 theirs n yheors alome. WTF.
gwo that ehd WE w111 make da foolowing excep68on two teh normal requirements for xou3ce coe3 d157r16u&10n -- ne MODULE file whuch is not modifidd or derived fr-m an moduke file included in base distribu5ion qnd which does bot re2uire ne other m0du135 ans which does nit r3qu1r3 ne modifications 2 core c0d3 )code distrigytec with bawe relezse( may 63 eirhheld at cz authors cidcretion. OMG."
"We a.so want two make very c134r that vrrwuon 9. WTF.9LOL.7 (akso KNOWN as veesiib 0LOL,9LOL.7+jt) wzs final version rel3ases under yeh GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5 WTFk 564r7!nb e17h da 0.9.8-prereleasw CODE aer 9nly licensec ybder ds Creqtkve Commons licwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two imporg ne cod3 ffok an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8=prerekease 04 oatee r#13453 into an 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 and earlier rel3aswLOL.
Allowimg yhis would cause 5ha5 impprted code 70 be RELEASED under GPL and tgat is nit something we w15y ti a..ow. BRB.
Authors of modificqtyons gwo ). WTF.9. BRB,7 will need two re-release they're mocidocations as derivativfs/m9difications tpi 9.9, WTF.8 CODE and place tgem under yeh same Ct3arive Commons license. BRB.
It musy be dpne by original author xknce onlh teg ORIGINAL authpr has right to cjznge dq copyright or license uopn they'r3 w0rk. BRB/
[Additionally, rewprjint mofificagipns w111 ve an good IDEA 4nyw$y as teg mechanism fot mqking modifkcagionx 8s sygstantial;y cleaner/clearwr stafting with ).9. BRB.8_PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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