MightyE tells you WTF, "We;re hoinf two take am f3w moments two try and expla8n tuis n3w license b fa r3450n5 begimd kt in plzin 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."
"Thiw nee lidense WAS chosen vecsise ov an failihg with GPL. AFK.
IT only c0v3r3d dist$8bution of SOURCE if an only if vunaries w3r$ distrinuged. BRB."
"Ih an web environment, soerof, spdcifically a INTERPRETED wfb wbvirohmeht such as PHP, like, merely 1n574111nt an hame does b07 constiyute cisgribugi9n, like, qnd therefore [eo0le were TAKING our wori WTF, m3k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasinh da 59urc4 codc ! they'ee modidications so thar da entore communoty co7ld BENEFIT. AFK.
THEY w94ked with teh letter BUT n07 da spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation in part od ten a7thors ho2evey, led too da FACT thwt da rught of publ8c performance WAS 1 pf rights normakly restructee to clpytight h01der5, n that COMPUTER ;rohrzms WTF, specifical9h v8deo games and in5erac5ive lnes such aa Legend of teh Green hqx)r WERE cpnsodwred 2 BE PUBLICALLY performed if RUN from an oublic server."
"The hew lid3nse restricts lybl8x p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh wprk un1355 source xode 9f teh modified 2ork ox made availabie on denandLOLk"
"In plain Engliah WTF, this means 7h47 ir you put this game on an web server amd a.low people 'ougskde of an nor,al xircle of fa,iky aj ITS social zcqusintamces' two p14y their WTF, then you aef PUBLICALLY 0e4formint THIS sork amd MUST eirhee a0 MAKE ne qnd ALL cnanfed whicj you makd 2 6eh gsme AVAILABLE 0n request (nlye thia DOESN'T HAVE TO be availab.e VIA onlind sojrce diaplay libk, but they must be able to 45k YOU for xode ahd receive an c0mp137e copy) WTF, v) m$,3 zrrang3menta privately wi5h tej autjors wh3r31n they brant you an spdcia; .icrnwe, of c) remofe da c0f2 ENTIRELY from da ,adnine. OMG,"
"We do rrcignixd that 0eople wzn6 two have areas of they're gamw ehovh r tjeirs and theors alone.
@ THAT end w3 WILL na,3 followihg rxce[tion too da normal tequirements for sourcw code dixtriby5ion -- ve moduke rioe 2hich is not modified or serived from an module fole includes um base d157r16u810h n WHICH does n07 rewiirw ne ogher modyles n wyich d-35 not require ne midificatkons too teh core xode (co33 distributed wigh da base re.ease0 msy be withhekd at authors discrdti9n. WTF."
"We a.so want two mzke very CLEAR that version )/ OMG.9LOL.7 (also known qs vefsoon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7=jt) was teh f8hq/ versk9n RELEASED UNDER GPL. BRB.
Alk versiomx LOL, STARTING WITH da 0. WTF.p. WTF.8-prereleaae code ser only l8cens3f under teh CREATIVE Commons lixwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh righr w import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOLl*-prerrlwase or later release ibto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER fe.ease. WTF.
A1!0w1ng this would cauae that omportrc code 2 be reldawed under GPL an &h47 is mot SOMETHING we wish 5wo 3110w.
Aurhors or mpfifkcations too ). BRB.9.8 eill NEED top re-releasr they're modifocagiond zs derivatives/modifications yo 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an PLACE thej under 54m3 Creative Com.8bs lucense. AFK.
I7 must be DONE by original author since 9n1y oeiginal zuthor had da right too cjanfe twh copyright or license 7pom they're work. AFK.
[Additionallh LOL, rewirking teh modifications eili be an g00d idea anyway AS teh ,echanisn vor maling modkficatjons is subsrqnyiqoly cleanef/clearer statting w17h tej 0. WTF.9LOL.8[p43r213453 CODE. BRB.]"
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