Migh56E t3lls you, you knwo, "We're goung to tak3 qn few m9ments to try an explain this new licensr anf reh rezslns behinf 8t 1n PLAIN Eng11%h.
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 license waw c6osen bevsise of ah failing witn da GPL. WTF.
IT only covered distrigution 9f sojrce if an 0n1y ib binqrkes we4e fisgrubutedLOL,"
"In zh web environnrnt, koke, specifically a knterpeetes wen enfitonment such as PHP, nerdly insta;lkng an gamr does bot constktute DISTRIBUTION WTF, an therefore p30p13 were TAKING our wprk, you kneok MAKING modufocations 2 17 and not releasing teh source cldw 2 yney're modifocations so 5hat ten enti4e community c9uld benefitLOL.
The6 wor,ed with lett3r BUT not yeh s0iri6 OF da law, WTF."
"Investihation om ea part 9f teh authors hoerver, l8ke, ;ed too da f4c7 7h47 right OF public performsnce qas won of fa eihhts nor,aloy restricg3d ro c0pyr1gh7 holders LOLk an 7h47 com;it3r progrsms WTF, s;ecifically vid3o games an intefactive ones SUCH AS Lwgend 0f ds Grdrn hax0r wetd consoceeed too be pi611x411y PERFORMED if tjn from zn pu611v server."
"The mew license r357r1c75 publ8c pe4formancd 9f da sork yboess soirce code (f ca modified work is mace available on demahd. AFK."
"In p;aon Eng115h, thid means tjat if you put 5his tame on an WEB xerver and allow p20[13 'pyts8dw of an mormal circke if family sn ITS socoa. 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 plsy their WTF, then you awr punlidally pe4formkng this wodk AND MUST either a) makw me and ALL chabges whicn ypu make 1 teh GAME available ln reqjesy (note thiw doesy't have 2 be available via da 0n11n3 source displat limk LOL, b6t 7h3y musg bw zble too ask y0u vor teh code and r3ceiv3 ab vomplete coph), ;ike, v) make arrangements prqv4631y WITH reh aithors wywrein thwy gramt you an special licensw LOL, og c) REMOVE da CODE entirelt from machihe."
"W3 d0 recognize that oelple want two hzbe areas of they'te game which ae4 theiws sn theirs alone.
too uh47 end sw will make teh f0110w1nb ecve0tion two da n)rm31 requ8rements for source clde distributipn -- be module file which is not modigoee 0r ddr7ved from an m0cu13 fole included IN teh 6453 eistribution ans snich does not requird ne othe4 modjles an whocy dows not r3qu1r2 nd modifications to co4e cod3 (code dq57r16i73d witn da base RELEASE) may be w8thneld at authors d15cr3719n. BRB."
"We also 2ant 2 MAKE v3ry clear 7h$7 befsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (akso known as versipn 0. BRB.9. WTF.u+jr) 2as teh final verskon r314453d under ea GPL. BRB.
All ve4sions, xtarting with 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE xode aer ln.y LICENSED ynser Ceeative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu da RIGHT two impift ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or lztdr r313453 INTO an 0. AFK.o. AFK.7 an earlier releasel WTF.
A210w1ng thia qould CAUSE thqt jmportef xide w be relessed und3r da GPL and tjat IS not something we widh 70 allow. OMG.
Au7n0r4 og modifkca5jobs 2 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 2ill need 5o re-releaae they're modificarions as derivatives/modifocations TO 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code 3nd place 7h3m jbfer da same Crea5ive Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
I5 j7st be done by or8ginal author since on.y %en ORIGINAL 4u7h0t haw da 4ighy 2 chznge teh cooyright OR license up0n they're wirkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, l*ke, REWORKING tej m0d1f1c$710n5 wkll y3 an good udea anyway as medhanism for MAKING modifications is substantially cleaner/clear3r atafting with 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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