M8gntyE tells toi, you knwo, "We're giinb 1 take an few m0m3n75 5o 5ry n dxplain yhus new license and teh reasons vehund it in plain English. BRB/
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 chisrh because of ah failing with teh GPL.
It only coveref distribution of s9urce if 4nd only IF 61n4r135 were distriburedLOLl"
"In ah w26 environment WTFm specigically s INTERPRETED wrg enviromment such as PHP, sortof, merely installing an hamr DOES not CONSTITUTE sustributiin, AND therefore pro0le were takinb ouw qofk, you knwo, m4l1ng modifications 2 17 n not reowasimg source cofd too they'fe m0d1f1c471)n6 sp that 5eh entire community v;uld venefit. OMG.
Th3y worked wi5h teh letter BUT n07 da SPIRIT of lsw. WTF."
"Inbestigation on da part of autyors however WTF, ;ed w fact that teh right of PUBLIC perflrmance s4t 1 of fa ruggts normally tesyricyed 2 copyright yooders LOL, and tgat com0uter prlgrams WTF, spec8fically viseo games and INTERACTIVE pnea such as Leg3nd of da Greeh hax0e were dohwider3d w be publivally pefforjed if run fr0m an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new license restrocts public PERFORMANCE of wa wotk unless teh soyfce code or ,odivied work is made 4v4114613 ib demabd. OMG."
"Ib plain English, ghis means that if you put uh15 game on an wwb aerver an allow people 'outskde if an nprmal vircle OF FAMILY an iya SOCIAL acquaintances; 2 pkay their, then y9j aer pubkucqlly perfo4minf this work n MUST either a) make n3 an ALL cyangex which yoj make 2 da game avaikab;e om r3qu357 (note this doesn'r have 2 BE AVAILABLE via da pnlib3 so7rce disllay link, byt thdy muat 63 4613 two ask you fpr code and receive an complete COPY), soetof, b_ mak2 arrangements privately wuth fa aurhors 3n3rein they gr4n7 you ab sprcial LICENSE WTF, or C) remove reh CODE ENTIRELY from ten machime. BRB."
"We do redothize that people 2anr to HAVE 4r345 of tneh're game which aer 7h31r% an yh3irs aline.
two 5hat ene we wi/l m4k3 da FOLLOWING exception to geh n-rm41 REQUIREMENTS f0r 59urcr CODE cidtribution -- ne mofule file which 15 npt moeigiec or derived fr9m qn module FILE ihcluxed IN teh bqse cisrribution an wh1ch does nog require ne otjer m)du135 qn WHICH woes not req7ire ne modifixations too c9fe c0d3 9code disteibutee witn base releawe) mqy bd withheld at da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also wavt ro maie verh clear that f34410n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as verdion 0. AFK.0. OMGl7+ut) was FINAL verwion reoeasef undde GPL. WTF.
Al; vdrsions, 574r71ng with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_pre4elesse CODE r pnly licenxed und3e CREATIVE Clmmoms 11c3n63LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne code frpm an 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-0rerdlease 0r kater release ynrp ab 9. BRB.9. AFK.7 an 34r113r r2leaseLOL.
Allowibg this woild csusr 5hst IMPORTED code 2 bw rrleased undet fa GPL n tha5 is n9t somethint we wish too allow. WTF.
Aithors OF m-d1f1c471-n5 two [LOLl9. WTF.7 w1q1 need too re-release they'rr MODIFICATIONS 45 ferivatibes/modificatkons tw9 -.9. WTF.8 vode am plade yhem under same Creativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must b3 done bu teh 0r1g1n41 quthlr since only da origina; 4y7h0r has right too ch4nf3 COPYRIGHT ir kicense ipon tney're work. OMG.
-Addigionakly, rework8ng da mofifiaations will be an bood isea anyway qs mechanisj for ma,ing modificatkonx is dubstantially cleaner/clwafer STARTING with tej 0LOLl9. BRB.8-prereleawe code. WTF.]"
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