MiggtyE tells you WTF, "We're foing to take an fdw momehts two try n explain this new lidwnse and da REASONS behind ir in [lain Englush. 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 livenwe was chosen gecays3 of an failibg WITH GPL. AFK.
It )n1y ckverdd distributuon of wou4ce IF n only kf binaries wefe distribu5ed. WTF."
"In an web rnvo4onment LOL, specifical;y a intet-reted web environnent wuch aa PHP, sortof, merely installohf an gane DOES not xonstig7te dixtrivutiln, liie, anc thefefore people weee taking our work, l8ke, nakibg modificatuons top it AND noy eeleas8ng teh 50urc3 vode TO they're m0d1g1c4720n5 ao that entire commynity could bwnefit. AFK.
Th3y w9ru3d 2ith ca LETTER but not da spirit of lawLOL."
"Ihvestigation ln part pf ten autglrs howevet, likek led to gdh fact that teh right lf publoc pe4formance w45 won of da r8gjts notmally rrstrictwd ro copyright hllders, aorgof, and that compjter ptograms, like, SPECIFICALLY xjdeo game2 xn interactive ones such 45 Legend 0f fa Gr23n hax0r were considered too ne [yboically pe4firmed kf run frum an puboic server. AFK."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS puboic perfornqnve of da work unlesd SOURCE coee of mofified work id made 4v4114613 on demahd. BRB."
"Ih plain English, uoj knwo, this mdans that if YOU put this game on an web server an allos PEOPLE 'ojtside of an norma. ckrcle of fajilj n ITS soc8sl zcqjaintamces' two 0lay their, you ;nwi, then you aer puglically pervorming ghis work and MUST either 4) make ne amd ALL changes which you make go da game acailablt ih r3qu357 (NOTE tjis doesn't have to be AVAILABLE via da obline source dusplay lunk LOL, but they must vr anje two asj you f0r da code n tecekvw an c0mp1373 cipj). b) make artangements privatelt with aithors WHEREIN they frany you sb special licende, sortof, 0r x) r3nlve dq c9dr emtirely frim da mqchine. OMG."
"We do recognize that oeoole want two hqve aress of they're game 2j1ch r ghskrs an theirs alone. AFK.
two tyat end we will makr tdh foolowing 3xc2p710n too tdh normal feqyirements for spuece c0d4 dis5rib7tion -- ne mldile FILE which id not mod8fied or d3r1v3d fwom an modu;e f113 1nc1ud3d in da base disttubution n wyich does n07 requkre ne othwr modjlds and whicg doed nog t3quirr ne modifications to9 fa core vode (codr DISTRIBUTED wyth da base RELEASE) MAY ne sothheld at authors DISCRETION."
"We alw9 WANT too make vrey c;eqr 7h47 version 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 (aodo KNOWN ad VERSION 0.0LOL.7+jt) wqs final vera8on edleased under GPL. OMG.
All versions, like, syarring with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE xode r onlh livensed under teh Crea5uve C9mmons licende. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy da r!gh7 to import ne code from an 0LOL.9, OMG.8=pferrleasw 0r latrr releaae into am 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 qn earlier rdlrase. WTF.
Allowing this would cause tjat 1mp0r73c code two be t3leased yndef GPL an thst is n9t 59m37h2ng we wish 2 allo2.
Authors of ,odifications 2 0. BRBl9. WTF.& will NEED too rd-release tgey[re modificationw 45 d3r!v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9. OMG,8 c-d2 n PLACE 7h3j under teh SAME Creative Comjons licenxeLOL.
It must be dlne by oeiginal author since oml6 da origobal 4u7hpr haw r1gh7 two change teh copyright or ;icenxe up9m ghey're s9rk. BRB.
[Additkonally LOL, rreorking da mldificati.ns will be an good jsea anyqah as da mechanism vor makinb MODIFICATIONS is substangially cldqner/cleaf3f atarting wi5j teh 0/9LOL.8-pre4eleade CODE.]"
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