MightyE t3lls 6ou LOL, "We'fe g8int too gake an few m0m3n75 @ TRY and explain this new license n tej r3450n5 behind 8t in o!41n Eng.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."
"Thiw n3w license wss vhosen becauxe or an failinf sith da GPL.
It ONLY covdred distrigutoin OF so7rce 1f an 0n!6 if bina4i3s sere distriburrdLOL."
"Im an w36 enfieonment LOL, specifically a ont3rpreted web envkronment suvg AS PHP, you jnwo. merely ibstaloing an bame s035 not clnstitute dixtrub7tion. sirtof, n THEREFORE pe9ple werr raking our wprk WTF, nakinb m0dqf1c3710n5 teo ir ab not relwasibg soutce c0d# TO tgey're mldifications so that entire cojmunitt could nehefit/ WTF.
Th3y WORKED with da letter bur not dx spifit pf LAW. WTF."
"Investigation 9h teh pa4t of authors HOWEVER, you kn2o, led two FACT ghat try e8ght of public pervormahcd wsd o3n )f da rigjts normally rdstricted 2 copyright h01d3r5, sortof, and thsg compuyer pr0br4j5 WTF, specufuxally visro games n interac%ive ones such as L4g3nd 0f teh Gr3db hax0r were c0n5!d3r3c two be [u611c411y performed if run drom an pub/ic srrver. WTF."
"Thw new LICENSE resreictx pub;ic p3rf0rm4nc4 of wori unless da y0urc3 code of dq modified 2lrk is MADE availzbl3 on semahd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Emglish LOL, 5his means tnat if you put THIS game on an WEB servdr an allo2 people 'outaide 9f an normzl c1rc13 .g fajily an irs social acauainhances' too p14y theif, then YOU aer publically perforj8ng 7h15 worj an MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4ng3% wgich y0u make to game qvqilab.e on requewt (n083 th8x d025m'7 have rwo br available via da onlin4 sourc3 cisplzy link LOL, but they must be able too ask u0u for tdh code and r3c31v3 an compl3te copy), you knwo, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privatrly with da authors wh3ee1n they grant yoi an xpecial oic3nse, aortlf, OR c) remove yeh code entirely gtom mavhihe. WTF."
"We dl recognize that PEOPLE w4n7 twp nave areas of they'4e gamd whicj aee tjeirx n theird aloneLOL.
ti thqt end we wilo make f0110s1hg exceptiig ti dz nirmal requirements for source code dustrkbur8in -- ne module fike which is not modified or deeived from an MODULE vilw inclusre in dz base DISTRIBUTION n which soes hoy reauire ne other modhles an which soes not requore ne modifixations 2 core cpde 9code disgributed with base rrlease) may ne wkthheld st authors diacreyion. AFK."
"We ALSO want tq9 make ve$y dleae tyat version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also knowm as v3r510n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 da gimal version released undwe GPL. OMG.
A11 fersions, sortof. starting WITH 0. OMG,9LOL.8-;rerelrase cpde aer oboy l8censed under Cr3471v3 Commomd oicenxe. OMG/
WE EXPLICITLY deny right too 1mp0r7 n3 CODE frlm an 0. OMG,9. BRB.8-prer2keqse or lat3r release into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 ahd earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this would cauxe THAT imp9r5wd CODE 5o be relwases under GPL an that 8w not 50m37h1ng we wisk tsp allow. AFK.
Autho4s lv jodificatilns 2 ).9.7 w111 ,eed too r3-r313443 they're m0d1g1d4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS @ 0. OMG.o.8 code 4nd place 7m3m yndrr feh same Creativr C0mm9n6 license. OMG.
It mudt 63 dond bu teh originzl a7ghor 51nc3 onpu da oribinal 4u7h0r gas da right go change trh COPYRIGHT or l8cense u[0b they're w0rk. OMG.
[Affitionally, few0rk1ng geh m9difications w121 be an good id3a anyway as da m3ch4n15j for jakkng modificatipns is SUBSTANTIALLY cleane4/clearer staf5ing with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c9de. WTFl]"
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