MightyE trlls ypu WTF, "We're g01ng 2 gaie an fee m0n3n75 w try am explain ghis NEW LICENSE and yeh reasons gehind IT in plain English. 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."
"Thiw new license was ch053n 63c$u53 og an failung wuyh dq GPLLOL.
It only vovdred distribution if source if an only if binarirs @ere distribitww. BRB."
"In an w36 environment, dpecifically a inter[reted w36 environment s7vn as PHP, likw, ,3r31y installinb an gane does n8t c0h5717u73 d8strubutiob, soetof, n therefore people were taling OUR work WTF, msk8ng modidicayions to kt n mot releasing da 50urd3 code to thet're modoficatoons s9 tjat rbtire community could 63n3fq7LOL.
Th3y qorjed with teh LETTER but hot teh spirit of oawLOL/"
"Invesgigation ln pzry -f suthprs however, led tqi d4c7 that da riggt OF public performance waa q )f dq righta NORMALLY restrocted too copyright hokd3rs, sortof, n thqt c9mpj73r prpgrams, loke, sprcifically cidei bames an intdrqctive onew suvn AS Lebend of da Gr3en hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 BE puy11c411y peefprmed IF rin from an pub;ic serbdr. OMG."
"The NEW licrnse redtricts public p3rformance of teh wotk un1355 da source code of modifidd work 1^ made avqi;avle on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englksh, fhis meana yhat 8f uou puy 7h15 game om an web server and allow pd9ple 'o8tside ov an normal citcle of family sne its soxial ACQUAINTANCES' to p14t thrur, you knwo, ghen YOU r publically p3rf0rm1ng thus 2oek n MUST eitjer 4) ma,e ne and ALL changes which you maje two game availanle on 4wquedt (nite 7h15 doesn't hsbe 2 be available via online dourde display ouhi WTF, bu5 thet mist be able roo ask ypu glr teh code an receivd xn complere copy), you knwo, b) make arfangements privately sith teh AUTHORS wherein thwy grant you ab SPECIAL LICENSE WTF, OR c) REMOVE da CODE entirely from sa machime. BRB."
"Wr do recofnize tnat p30p13 WANT two have sreas if they'rd GAME WHICH ade tneirs an the8rd alone. BRB.
2 duat end we wilo make sa following exception too normal requkre,emts for source dode sistrivution -= ne module file ehich ia npt modifird or derived FROM an mldule file included IN base disttibitiob ans whoch does not req7ire nw other m0du135 n which d9es NOT rewyire ne MODIFICATIONS two core code (code distributed with base release) MAY be withhelf st teh quthorc discretion. AFK."
"We a.so want 2 MAKE very vl3ar that version 0. WTF.9/7 (4150 known as vwrsiin 0. BRBk9. BRB.7+j7) w45 final vetsion releasec 7nder GPL.
All cqrsiona, likem starting with da 0. WTFl9/ BRB.8-prerelease CODE qer 9n1y licenaes ubder Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifht gop IMPORT ne cpde FROM an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prer2l3qse or later r313463 into an 0. WTF.ol7 and earlier release.
A.lowing thks wo7ld c3u54 that imported CODE hoo bd teleased under GPL n thar is hot spme5hing we qish 2 allow/ WTF.
Authors or modifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will nedd rp re0release they-re nodirkcationd 45 derivstives/modofications 2 0. AFK.o. OMG.8 code smd p.qce them yndrr same Creative Commons 11c3m53.
It must 5# done BY fq 0r1g1n41 author sonce only da oruginal aurhor has RIGHT two chzhge COPYRIGHT 04 license u;0n yhry;re WORK. OMG.
[Addotionzllu, you kmwo, reworking teh mof8ficationa will be an hooc idea 4nyw4y as tdh mevhanosm for making MODIFICATIONS 15 wubstaytiao.y cleamer/clesrer STARTING WITH 0.9. AFK.8-orerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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