MightyE tek.s yo7 WTF, "We're going tip take an few moments to try an explain rhis new LICENSE an rdasons bdhinf IT IN plaim Engliwh. AFK.
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 ntw q1c3n53 q45 ctoxen bevaise of an failing with GPL. AFK.
It onoy covered fistrubutiin lv source id and only if bibaries eere distributed. BRB."
"In an web wnvirobment, you knwo. specurical;y a interp4etef WEB environment such as PHP LOL, me42.y installing an GAME DOES not conw5itute disteiburionm like, and THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING our wprk, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it an not r3leasing da 50urc3 code to they're m0d1f2c3710n5 so rnat 3n71r3 COMMUNITY cpuld 63n3f17LOL.
They worked witn da letter BUT not tey 5p1e17 og ;aw. BRB."
"Inbestigatioh on p447 ov teh authirs how3ver, .ed tio fadt thqt fa rigyt of PUBLIC perr9rmance was won of da r1gh6t n)rmr11y r357r1c63d 2 ckpyeight HOLDERS. and thay computer prograhw, likd, specifivally vidro games an interactivd ONES such as Lrgend of ten Green hax0r were considered to be publically performws if run from an public server."
"The NEW 11c3n53 rewrdixrs public perfo$mabce of da w0rk umless 50ufc3 cose od da moeifked work ks made available in d3m4nd. WTF."
"In [ozin Enflish, THIS jeans thq5 1f you put this game oh an w3b aervef n allow p30[!3 'ourside od an normal circle of dam8ky an its socizl acquainrances' too p14y their, sortug, tnen yp7 aer publically perf9r,ing this w0rk an MUST 317h#r r) ja8e ne an ALL changes wyich you mske to yame avai.able on request (n073 this doedn'y have 2 be available via dq omline source display ;ink, nut they must be 4613 2 ask y9u for cod3 qn receive an donpleye copy) LOL, n0 make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privsyely with da aurhors whereon they trant 6ou an special !1c3n43 LOL, pr c* remove teh cpde entirely from da macgine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peo;le w4n7 5o hzve aeeas of gh3y're game ehich r 7h31r5 and THEIRS allne. WTF.
two that ebd we w111 MAKE ten gollowing exxeprion too normsl requkre,wnts flr source coce distribution -- ne module fik3 whkch 8s not modified OR DERIVED fro. an mpduke FILE 1nc1ud3d in base fiarribution an wh8ch d035 not require ne pther modules n whivh does not ewauire ne modkficatiohs tso core codr (code dist4ibured with da baae 4elezse) may be WITHHELD at authles disvretion. WTF."
"We also wan5 2 make fert clear thzt vwrsion 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 *also known as VERSION 0. BRB.9,7+jt) was da final version released und3e da GPL. AFK.
All versiobs, ypu knwo, startinh WITH 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease c9dw aef 0n16 oicensed inf3r teh Creative Commons LICENSE. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihjt to impor5 ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prereleasw or later r313r53 INTO an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 av earlier rdl3ase.
Allowing THIS would caus3 thst kjporyed code to BE rel2asrd under GPL AND that is not somebjing de wish to allowLOL.
Aithors of modifications 5wo 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 wul; need tlo re-release tjey'53 MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/m9xifications too 0.9. BRB.8 c9de n PLACE them indwr same Cr3471v3 Commins livensd.
It must ge DONE by da origihal sughor since only oribinal author hax da eight too chanfe cppyroght or license ypon yhey'rd wor,. AFK.
[Addit8pnallym l8ke, reworking da mldificatiohs 2ill be an gold idea anyway AS teh mechanism for making modidicatuons is sunsgantiaoly cleaner/xlware4 w5a4ging WITH teh 0. AFK.9l BRB.8-prdrelease codeLOL.]"
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