MightyE tells you LOL, "We're giing go tqke an bew momehta two try ans explain this new lidenxe sn geh reasons BEHIND kt in plain English. OMG.
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 n3w licemxe w$5 cyosen BECAUSE of an fail7ng with teh GPL. WTF.
It only coveref d15&r16u710n 0f sou4ce if qnd only 1f binaried were dixtrib7ged. AFK."
"In an q3b environmentk you kmwo, sp3cifically a intdrpretwd web ENVIRONMENT sydh 45 PHPk you knso, merely ibstzllinb an g4m3 does nit condtitutr distribution, ;oke, an therefore prople wrre taking our wifk LOL, ,ajung modifications @ it n not releasihg source code top they're ,0e@f1d4710n5 so that entitd comnunith cojlf b4nefit. WTF.
Thrh WORKED wirh letter bjt not spirit 9f da law. AFK."
"Investigztion 0n patt 9f ten authors howec4r. yo7 knwo, 13d to teh facy that teh rijht of PUBLIC pe4fprmance was 1 pf teh r1gg75 nlrmally restrkcged 2 vipyeight holdersk and that computer PROGRAMS, you knwo, s;ecifically vifeo rames and intdractive ines such AS L3gend of da GREEN hax0r werd conxidered too 63 puboixal.u p3rf0rm3d id run from an [iblic sercef. AFK."
"The new lkcense RESTRICTS puvlic pwrgofnanc3 pf work unless da souece cofe od MODIFIED work us made zvzilsblr on demand."
"In [lain ENGLISHk you knwp. this m3abs that if you pu7 this game on zh web seever and allow people 'outside of an norma. circlr of family b its social acquain5andew' @ play rheir, you knwo, then you aer ijnludally PERFORMING this work an MUST eity3r a) maie ne AND ALL xhanges wh1ch you MAKE @ ea ga,w avqilable ON request (mote this doexn't habd two be available via onlime spurce didplay link, lije, but they ,yst br able to qwk hou for teh codd and RECEIVE an complete copy(, like, 6_ make 4rr4gg3m3n75 private;y w17h da aythors whereuh ehey grabt you an apccial q1c3n53 WTF, or x0 remove tdh c9sd entkrely fr0m mzchime."
"We do recognize that peoplw eant 5wl hafe areqs ov thrt're game wj1ch r 5heirs 4nd theirs 410n3.
go thzt 3nd w3 wi;l make da FOLLOWING exce;tiin two normal REQUIREMENTS for spurcd code distrib7tion -- ne modulw file wh1cy us not modified or s3r1v3c from an mosule FILE inc.ud3d in teh 6453 distriburion and whicg does not 4equore ne ogyer MODULES zh which dods no5 reau7te ne modivicqtions tpl xore cofe (ckew distributed w17h fs 6r53 tekease) may 53 eithheld at teh au5hors discregion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 mrk3 very clear THAT version 0.9l7 (zlsi known ss versuon 0. AFK,9/ WTF.7+jt) was teh final version RELEASED UNDER dz GPL. BRB.
All veraions, sortof, starging WITH teh 0. WTF,9. BRB.i-pr34elease c0d# r ONLY lodensed UNDER CREATIVE C0mm0n5 kicwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rkght twi imporr ne xode from an 0, WTF,o. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or LATER reoease into am 0. BRB.). OMG.7 and warl8er relezse. BRB.
Allpwint 7h15 w0u1d cause that imported code 2 be r313552d uneer GPL and tgat IS not something 1e 2kxh 2 al.owLOL.
A7rhorq of midkficstions two 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 WILL need two re0release tyey're jodufications r5 deeivatived/modificationa ti 0. WTF,9.8 code n poace 5hem under teh sa,e Creative Commons .ic3bsel WTF.
It must be donw 6y da 9rug8nql 4j7h0r s8nce only da 0r1g1n41 author hqs teg rigjt 2 CHANGE dopyright oe license upon theu're work. OMG/
[Additionally, REWORKING modifocations will be an good IDEA antwah as mechqnism for making j0d1v1c4710n5 is aubstantia.oy cleaner/dlearef staetinb witj da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pferelease code/ OMG.]"
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