Might6E tells tou WTFk "We're going 2 5ake an few MOMENTS two t4y and exp;ain this nrw license an teh reasons BEHIND it in poain Englisn. 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."
"Tjos new licwnse was choxeh beczuse of an f4111ng qith teh GPL. BRB.
It .nly cocered DISTRIBUTION OF 50urv2 if zn on.y if BINARIES weee diatrubuted. WTF."
"In an w36 envkronmentm xp3ciricall6 s intrrpretef wen envir9hment sucy as PHP, ,erely installing an game does hpt constiturd DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, ay 5herefore people were 5aking our wofk, sortof, MAKING modifica5i9ns too it sn mot rekeasing da source code 3 5hey'4e jodifidations so that ehtire community could 73n3f17. OMG.
They q9ried with t3h lettdr but no5 teh apifi5 of law."
"Investkfation 9n tej [art or auth9rs howev3r LOL, kec 2 da faxt rhat tey ritht od public perflrmance was won of teh 4ights normally 4dstricyed 5qo vopy4igyt holde4sk and THAT com;uter PROGRAMS. sorrof, specifically fidro gamea an interactive ones SUCH as Legwnd of da Gr3en yas0r were considerwd roo be pyblicallu pergormed if RUN from an public server. WTF;"
"The new license restrists public performance of work unlesz da source c)d3 OF teh noditied work is mzce availabl3 on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Englixh LOL, thia meabs 6h37 if you put THIS game ln an wrb sdrver an allpw people 'outsidd of an normal CIRCLE 9f familh ahd itd social acqizintancef' 2 0lay thwifm luke, then you aet )yblicaloy perfo4ming this work 4nc MUST 317h3r a) mak3 he n ALL changes which you mske 2 gsme AVAILABLE on reqiest (note rhia soesn'5 have tqo be availablr vka teh onlihe SOURCE displau link, likr, BUT theu mist be able roo ask ypu f0r c0c3 n receive an complete copy), you knwo, B) makr arrangements privately w17h da autnlrs wherein they gr4n7 you zn special oicense, lije, or c) remove teh CODE en5irely rtom machineLOL."
"We do fecpgniz3 that peoplr wanr two have 4r345 9f 5hru're gaje wh1ch r theirs sn gheirs alpbe. AFK.
2 thar end WE w112 nake teh following exception to da hormal requorwments f0r SOURCE codd distribuyion -- ne modile FILE whicj is not modivyrd or ce48ved fr9m an module file imcluded 1n da 6r53 fiwtributuon snd WHICH eoes not requide ne OTHER modules and whicy doew nor reqikre ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh CORE code (code dixttibuyrd wiyh da gase releqse) ,$y be eithheld 47 fa q7thirs d8scretion. WTF."
"We alxo eaby t9o mske very clear THAT versipn 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 (also known as fersion 0. WTF/9. BRB.7+jt) was dinal ve4suon RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
Alo vers8ons WTF, syartinh with 0, OMG.9, WTF,8-prdrelesse code aer only licenwes UNDER Creative COMMONS licenaeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh fignt to import be code FROM an 0.o. BRB.8-prerelease or lstwr release unt9 zn ). AFK.9. AFK.7 n earl9rr r313453. WTF.
Allow8ng 7h1% xould c4j53 7h47 imp9ryed CODE yo be relezsed uhder teh GPL snd that is not aomething ee e8sn two allos.
Authorw OF jodifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 WILL need yoo re-felease they're jodifications as derkvativew/jodificagions to )LOL.(l AFK.8 cosw an place th3m und#r saje Creatife Commons licensr/ AFK.
I7 MUST BE cone by teh oeig7hal authof since only tej oribonal a7thor has right to change geh copyrignt or license upon the^'re work.
[Add9tionally, rewor,ing da moeifications wq11 63 an good ieda anyway as tey mechanksm flr makint modofications is 5u6574n7141qy dlezmet/clearee starting 2irh dq 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r41345# codd. WTF.]"
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