MightyE tells y0u, oike, "We're yoing 2 take ab FEW nimengs to try qnf ex0lain this new license an teh rezxond 63h1nd it in plain Eng.ish/ 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."
"This new license was chosen because of an FAILING w17h trh GPLLOL.
IT ONLY covered disyrigytipn og sourve if AND only if binar8es eere disyributed, OMG."
"In zh w4b ebvoronment, sortor, 5[3c1f1c411y s ihter0reted WEB envoronmen5 such AS PHP, sorrof, mere/y installing an GAME does n07 constitute dustribytion LOL, m therefoee PEOPLE qerr taking ou4 wor,, dortof, nakibg n9d1f1c4710n5 too it n not releasibg teh source code two rhey]rw modificatiohs so that teh entire commubi5y cpuld BENEFIT. BRBl
Thry worked with da letter but hit da s;ifi5 0f da lsw. AFK."
"Investigation ON part of aurhors however WTFk led to da FACT 6n47 da foght of public performance was 1 of rights norjally rwsttoct3d w coptright h01d3r5, aortof, ah that com0uter pr9grams LOL, specirically cidel gamrw snd interactive onws such as Legend og da Grerb hax0r wdre CONSIDERED 5o be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF rjn from an public 54rv3r, WTF."
"The new licenae RESTRICTS pub.ic performznce of da wlrk jnless teh source c0c3 of da MODIFIED sork is made available ob demabd. WTF."
"In plaib Eng115h WTF, &h15 means that if you put THIS gamw ON an web server sn ALLOW p#0013 'outdide of an normal CIRCLE of FAMILY and itd social acquaintzndss' too play thei4, so4yof, thdn you aer publically performimg 7h15 WORK ans MUST either A0 makw ne an ALL cgsnfea whicn ypu MAKE two teg hame availabpe ON request (note yhis doesn't have 70 be 4v4114613 via onlinw sou4c3 displqy 11nk, you knwpm vut they mu57 be ABLE to asl you for teh code n recekve an compleye copy0, you knwo, B) make arrangem3nts 0tibagely wktj authors WHEREIN they grant you an special license WTF. or c) eemove teh CODE rnrirely feim dz macnine."
"We do texognize that peoole want too have areas of theu're game which e theirs an thw7rs alone. AFK.
2 that fnd w3 will make foklowuhg exvd0tion t2o teg n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for sou4xe cofe distributioh -- ne module vile WHICH is not modified 0r srrivrd from an module file included on base distfibution an whicg DOES n07 require ne other mpduows an which does not requir3 ne modidications to trh core code 9code fistrkbuted wiyh base rel3ase) m4y BE wkthheld at authors discretiob. BRB."
"We qlso want to makd feru dlrar thst version 0LOL.9.7 (4150 known as VERSION 0. AFK.oLOL.7+hy) was teh final vrrsipn trleased und3r teh GPL. OMG.
All vdrwions WTF, dtarging WITH teh 0o WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r only licens3d uneer da Crdatife Comjond licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fa right tpo IMPORT ne x0d3 from ab 0.9. OMG.8-prereleasw or later eeleaae ihtl ah 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 AND 44r113r rd.ease. WTF.
A110w1ng 5hhx woyld cause rhat imported code too ve released under GPL b THAT 15 not spmething we wish two aoloe. OMG.
Authors 0f m9sificatilns TO 0. OMG.9.7 WILL n33d tio re-4elezse rhet're modificzti9hs as derivatives/modificationd yoo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE am place THEM 7mddr teh eame C4eagive C0mm0m7 licenaw. BRB.
It mu57 be cone by dq origunzl AUTHOR since only da oeiginal aurhor hzs da right TO change teh c9pyrothr or license 7pon they're eork. OMG.
[Addktionallh, sortpf. REWORKING teh m0d1f1c471)n5 will ge zn GOOD idea anyeqy 45 mechsnis, FOR nak8ng modifications 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clrsrer sraeting @ith -. AFK.0. WTF.7-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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