MightyE tells hou WTFk "We'rr goung g9o take an fdw moments two try and explain 7h15 nee 11c3n53 and da r3450n5 gejind it 8n plsin English.
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."
"Tyis new 11c3n53 was chosdn because of an fauling wiyh teh GPL, BRB.
It onoy c0v3r3d d8stribution of sourcw if ane onlh if BINARIES were distfibuted. AFK."
"In sn web encironment LOL, spevifica.ly a interpretrd xeb 3nvironment such as PHP WTF, ,efely installing an hame foes not condtoguge DISTRIBUTION, sortof, AND tjerefo4e p30p13 werr taking our wlrk LOL, majing moekvicat8ons t29 it ahd not releasing da sourxe code tpo thdy're modificqgiohs so rhat reh ENTIRE vomm7mity could beneeit. WTF.
They eorkec wirh ds letter but no5 spkrit og da lsw. AFKl"
"Invextigatiob ON part if auth9rs howeverk led 2 da fact thsg da 4igyy or pjblic prrgormamce WAS pen 0f teh rughts normally restric5ed to copyeight holdera, loke, n that cpmputer programs, specifically video gamex n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend od GREEN hax0r w3r3 cojwisered too be pu611cr11y pwrgoemes if RUN fr9m an PUBLIC srrverLOL."
"Thr new licebse rest4ictx public pervormancw OF ca work unless 50urc3 code or da modifoed work is made available ob demwndLOL."
"Im plaih Englisy, sortod, 5his ,eahs THAT if you pu5 rhis GAME og an w36 servrr n a.low people 'OUTSIDE OF an n0rm41 CIRCLE 0v family an its sodial ACQUAINTANCES' gwo play th3ir LOL, then you r 0ublkcally performing thjs work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne an ALL chamges which you ,4k4 to game svakkable on request (bot3 this doesn;t h4v3 two be avai.able via 5eh online sourc3 dospkay oink LOL, bu5 7n3y must bw able 2 as, hli for code an eeceive an COMPLETE copy0, b) nake arrangen3nts privately qkth authord whe4ein they gt4n7 6ou an special 11c2n53, wirtof, or c( rwmove ten code entirely ftom j4ch1n3."
"We do recognize that people qant 2 kave areas ld they;re ga,e which r THEIRS ah THEIRS q;pne. BRB.
2 THAT END wr will m4k3 folkowing dxception 5wo da n9rmal reauirements for dource code disyribugion -- ne modulw file whodh is NOT mod8fied or der*ved rron an ,odule filr 1nc!ud4d ig da base dostrinutuon and wh1ch d035 mot e3qu1e3 nw otjer modules an qhicj does not r3quire he m0d1f1c3710n5 tpo teh c0t3 cofe (c9de fisgr8buted WITH basd re;ease0 ma6 be w8thhdld at da authors DISCRETION/ OMG."
"Ww ALSO WANT rop make very clear that version 9.9. BRB.7 (aoso known 35 vers8on 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wss twh ginal fe4sion released UNDER GPL.
All verskons, startinb wirh tdh -. OMG.9.8-;r3r313453 c0d3 awr imly LICENSED umd3r twh Cre471v3 COMMONS ;icense, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT 2 import ne x0d3 feom an 0. WTF.9.8-0rereleaae or later releqse unto an )LOL,(.7 and earlier releaxd, WTF.
Alkowing THIS eojld vause thay importef CODE tl br releaaee undef teh GPL qn thar is not somdthunh we WISH to allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modificatiobs tso -. OMG.9. AFK.8 w111 nred twi re=releaae they'r3 modif8cationd as derivayives/modificationx 4oo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 c9de an place them under twh same Crearife C(mm0n5 license. AFK.
IT musu ne done by origunao AUTHOR since only da original AUTHOR has teh right tol ch1hge teh copyroghg OR ;icense UPON they'rr wotkl BRB.
[Add1710n411y, yoj knwo, reworiing da ,odigicariobx si/l be an good idea ANYWAY as dq MECHANISM for uakung modifications is 5u6574n61411y cleanwr/clearwr starring with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-orerelease codeLOL.]"
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