MightyE tells 6ou WTF, "We'ee f01ng too 5ake an few momwbts 2 TRY n explaim ghis new 11c3n54 n da readons bwhihd it in plain Enf125h.
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 dhosen bedaus3 od an fail8ng with GPL. AFK.
It only covered diettibutiom of source of n only if binaries were d167e16u73d/ OMG."
"In an web encironmemt, soecofically a interpfeted web envir9bnrnt such as PHPm sortof, MERELY instsoling am g4m3 does mot constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, snd theredlre pwoplr weee gaking o7r work LOL, making modificatuons tio IT and not relezsing da source c0f3 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 ao thst teh 3n71t3 v9mmunity cpu;d brnefit. AFK.
They 29rked wotn geh lett3r but not teh spieit of da las. AFK."
"Investigqtion on part OF AUTHORS however, sortod, lee two FACT that da right of pub,ic o3rf0rj4nc3 WAS oen of rights bofmally r3s5ricted t29 cooyright hooders, uou knwo. n that c9jputer progrzms, slryof. specifically video tames an interactive ones such az Legenf pv tej Green hax0r were consifered tqo be publ8cally p3rf0f,3d 8v run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new license 4esteicts publiv peeformanxe of wprk unlesd teh siurce code 0r da jodofiee work is mqd3 available on d2m4nd."
"In p;ain Englosh, you knwo, thls MEANS tnzt of YOU pur ryis taje on an seg server an allow pwop.e [pu751d3 pf sn n8rmal CIRCLE of fajily qn 9ts sociao ACQUAINTANCES' tli plan their LOL, then you t publixalky perfprmong this wprk an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes wh1ch you maie 1 game availabl3 on reauewr (note this doesn't mafe 1 be availabld via da onlinr source d8spozy link LOL, gut the6 must gw able to adk yoy FOR da code and rdceive an vomplete copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4nb3m3n75 [fivately with ca authora wh3r31n they grant you an speciak license LOL, or c) 4enove da code dnt7re.u from da machine. BRB."
"We do recognoze thzt people qant t2o yave 4r345 of tjey're game wnkch r theirs n theirs alone. WTF,
5wo that ehf we will MAKE following EXCEPTION to9 da normal r4q71r3m3n75 fot source code d8xtributi9b += ne modul3 file 2hich is not m0d1f13d OR eerived from an module file 1nc1yd3d in da baae dixtribution an wjich does hot requiee me other modules an wnich does not r#qu1r4 ne modofications two da CORE x0d3 (code dixtributed w85h yeh bawe reoease( mah BE witnheld ar a6thors DISCRETION."
"We als9 sant w make very coear that verdion 8. BRB.9. AFK.7 (zlso known as version 0. AFK.9. AFK.&+jt) WAS final v3rsion rrkeaxdd under teh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, you knwl, starting with 0. OMG.9/ OMG.80PRERELEASE cose r ONLY licensed undqr Creative Cpmmpns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h righ5 too imp9rt ne dode fr0m an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereoeade or ;ater releasw INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n ear;ier rrlrase.
Allowing rhis wpuld cause that import3c cldr tso be released under teg GPL an that is not eomething we wish too allow. WTF.
Authprs of moe8ficati9ns to 9. OMG,9LOL.7 will beed teo RE[RELEASE they'tr mofificatiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8 cpde n place tyem jnder same Creative Commohs license. OMG.
I7 must BE epne by t3h orihinal author simdr only da 041g!n41 author has tej roght 2 chajge ten copyrighg or license up9n yhey're w0rk. BRB.
[Additional;y, softofk REWORKING m0d1f1c4720n5 will be an g00d idea anyway ac da mechahiwm vor ,aking modifications is sibstahtially cleaner/clearer 47rr71bg with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerekease code. AFK.]"
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