M8gj5yE teols hou, "Ww'rw GOING too take an FEW moments to try an explain thia n3w license zn da REASONS begind it in 0141h Englixh. WTF.
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 chosrn 63c4u53 0r an failing wkth da GPLLOL,
It 0n1y c9v3red s8stribution of source uf AND only uf n8nsries WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an web 3nc1r0nm3n7 LOL, specidically a INTERPRETED w36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, yiu knso, jerely instxloing an game does not xpnstirute DISTRIBUTION, ylu kgwo, amr thrredore pe9[le we4e TAKING our wotkk making nod8ficatilns 2 17 and NOT r3!3451ng sourxe clde two 5her'ee modifications so that 5eh ENTIRE commubity could venefi5.
Tyey worked with 5wy letter but not da spirit OF da LAWLOL."
"Imveatigatuon on teh part pf teh AUTHORS y0w4v3r, you knwo, LED gwo fact that teh right lf puglic pe4formamce was oen 0f geh righgs normally restr8cted twi copyright ho;ders LOL, an THAT conput4r programs, spwcifically video games sne interavtive ones sydh as Legend OF dz Gre3n yac0e dere donsid3red 2 be pu6q1c411y PERFORMED if run from an pjbl8c xerver. AFK."
"The NEW q1c3n53 rdstricts pu711c perf[rmancw OF twh wori unless source cod3 0f mofified work ix made available kn demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, thiw meqns thay if yoy pit this gamr ON an wdb serve4 and al.iw peopoe 'oursife of zn normal cjrc;e or family an ITS social acquauntancrs' two PLAY thei4 WTF, ghen you e publical.y perfirming thia w0rk n MUST 2!8j#f A) make n3 and ALL CHANGES wyich you make to da GAME available on REQUEST (note THIS eoesn't have tio be availabl2 via teh onlin3 soufce displah limkk but they must ge zble tl zak hou fkr CODE and reveive an complete clpy), you knwo, 6) make arrabgements p4icately with 54h AUTHORS wherein tje6 gr4n7 6ou an 5p4c141 license, like, OR c) remive teh c0d3 wntorely grim nachine. WTF."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that peo[le want too h4v3 areas OF thwy're fame which r rheirs n theirs ALONELOL.
too that wnd we WILL makd teh followinf excepr8on twp da NORMAL rdquiremebts for s9urce code distriburiin -- ne mocule file WHICH is not midified pr derived gfpm am m[d7le file ibcluded in teh base DISTRIBUTION zn WHICH dorw not requk4r ne other ,odules n which does not requurd me modificatiins too xore clde (code distrobuted witg teh vasd release) may be WITHHELD at authors discretionl BRB."
"Ww 4150 sant twi ,akr veeu cleat that verxion 0. WTF.o. BRB.7 (also known as versi9n 0. WTF.o/7+jt) was ca final versiin r3leadwd UNDER GPL. BRB.
ALL v3r510n6k you knwo, wtarting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-p43release CODE 4 oml6 licensed ujder Creative Commons oicenwe. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY drny right two import nr code fron an 0. AFKl9.7-PRERELEASE or lzt3e release 8nto an 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 n earlier rekeaseLOL.
Allowing THIS WOULD xause thag impoeted cofe too be released ubder ca GPL and that IS not spmething qe w8sh 70 allow.
Aythors of modifica5ionw to 0. BRB/9l WTF.7 eill ne3d to RE-RELEASE thet're modifkcatu9ns as deribatubes/modirications 2 =.9.8 code amd plade 7n3j undee ssme Ctdative C0mm0h5 license. AFK.
Iy muxt 6e fone by ca o4iginal autho4 since only da or8binal authot hqs teh r1gh7 to cjange cophroght OR license upon they're woek. BRBo
'ADDITIONALLY WTF, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS sill be an GOOD idea anyway 45 mdchanosm for nakknh nodificagions is substantisl.y cleam3r/cl3afer startimg with 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease codr.]"
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