MightyE tells ypu WTF, "We're going too bake sn few momenys tlo try n explaib 5his n3q 11c3n53 n r3asons behind 17 in plzon ENGLISH. 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 ne2 @1v3n53 w45 chosen necquse of an FAILING wotj rej GPL. OMG.
It onlt covefed siatfibution of source uf and only IF vinatoes were disgribured/ WTF."
"In an web environmentk like, specifocally a onterprwted WEB encironmemt such 45 PHP, merr;y installing qn GAME DOES not constitute dist4ibjt7on, sortof, n therefore people were taking ojt WORK, mskumh modificationx to IT n not rrleasing da source xode TO yhwy'ee modirications so that sa entire vommunity coule ^3n3f17. AFK.
They sork3s with geh ldtter but not da spirit of teh lzw. WTF."
"Imv2dtigation on teh patt 9f AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, led 2 dq fact that right of [ublic performance was 1 of teh rigyrs notnal;y restricted to co[yfight holders WTF, and THAT computer p4ogrsms, sortof, 5p3c!f1c411n video games anf intetactivw ONES s7ch as Legdnd of GREEN yax0r werr cknsidered to b2 PUBLICALLY petformed ig rjn from an public server. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS publix performance of fa work 7hldss da sourde coee od yeh moeified work is jade avai.able on demanfLOL."
"In p.qin English WTF, 5his jeahs tyat if yoj put thos game on an web server ab a.low 0eople 'o7tside of an noemal ciecke og family n itx s0cisl acwuaintancex' two poau their WTF, then y9u r publically perfprming yhis qork an MUST 217h3r a) make me n ALL ch4bg3% which hou ,ake 2 teh gamw ava8lable ob request (n9re thiw DOESN'T have 2 be qvailanoe vua teg lnline source displqy LINK, do4tod, but they must be able tso ask y9u for codd and r3c31v3 xm complete copy), you knwo, b) mqke arrangements PRIVATELY witg reh authorw whereib they grqnt y9u ah special licemse, yli kmwu, o4 c) rdmove c9de 3n71r31y from teh machkneLOL."
"We so r3c0gn2z3 thar p30p!3 want @ havr areas of the6're game which r thekrs AND 7ge1t5 aklbeLOL.
2 that ebd we will make followibg exceptioh 2 normal REQUIREMENTS gor SOURCE dpd3 distrib7tion -- ne module di;e whicn is not mpdified or dwrived ftom an MODULE sile INCLUDED 1n da bqsw sistribution n whivh dp3s mot require ne othet MODULES an which does not requkre ne mockficqtions 2 core code (code distribu5ed wq6h da 6443 RELEASE0 may b# withne.c at AUTHORS diacretion. OMG."
"We also WANT TO make very clear that version 0. WTF.9. AFKlj (aos9 ln0wn as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt( was da final vwrsion releases under GPL. OMG.
A11 versionsm like, startomg with tdh 0.9. WTF.8=prereleasd code r onky lidensed UNDER da Crearive Commonc licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh r1gh7 TO IMPORT ne cod3 from an 0. AFK.o.8-prerelease of lat#r releade 8nto an 0.9.6 an ea4li3r relwaswLOL.
Al/owing this eould vauxe thst 1mp04&3d code to be re.eases yhder teh GPL n that 8s not something 2e w8sh to ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of midificayions too 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 will need TO r3-rw.wase they[re modifications as derivatives/mosivications 2 -.9. BRB.8 dode an place 7y3m under trh 54m3 Cr4472v3 Commons lucense. WTF.
I& must BE dphe by irigunal author 51nc3 ohly ds or8gonal author has rigjt u0 chabge reh COPYRIGHT or licdnse upon tjey're work. BRB.
[Additoonally. sortof, reworking da npdifications wiol bd an good IDEA anyway as teh mechanism for MAKING mofifications is substantially cleaner/d;earer xyarting wi5h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pretelease cpde.]"
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