MightyE 8e115 you, sortof, "Wd'te goong teo 84k3 an few ,oments glo TRY n explqin tgis new license n ea reasons 63y1nd IT kb plain Emglish. 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 new licemse was vhosem because of ab failing wirh GPL. AFK,
Iy 0n1y covrred disttibution of source uf n 0n1t if binaries were dis5rivytedl WTF."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, soecigical,y s interp4eted web 3nv@r0nm3n& such as PHP WTF, mere;y ins5alling ab game doew mot constitute fistribytion, like, n therefore pe9ple WERE taking our wor,, you knwok naking ,odifidatipns two i5 n npy rekeasing teh 50yrc3 cpde two tgey'r3 modifications do that ent8re cojmuhith could venefit. OMG.
They wirked WITH letter bit not reh SPIRIT ov tey lawLOL."
"Inves5khation ON fa [art of dz AUTHORS howevr4, xortof, LED tqo dz facy 5hat 6eh righr of pu611c perfotm1nce w45 odn of rightd mofmally redtricted tw0 cooytigjt holsrrs LOLk n tnat COMPUTER PROGRAMSm specifivally video games anf 1n73r4c71v3 ONES suxh as Legend of ten GREEN hax0r were c0n71d3r3d 2 be publivally prrformed 1f fun ffom an p7blic xe4vrr. BRB."
"Tne new .kcense restricta public pefdo4mance of wprk un.exs da 50urc3 code OF mosofied work 15 made avaklable on demand. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS tmat ig y0u put th8s GAME on an web werv3r and ALLOW peo;le 'outside 0f an normzl CIRCLE of family n its sodial acaua8ntanves' two plzu theirm 7h3n you r p6611c411y performong thia wor, an MUST either a) make ne an ALL chantes wjicj you make 2 t3h GAME available on r31u457 (note thid DOESN'T have 1 be avai.able voa online SOURCE f15p14h LINK, 6ou knwo, but thdy ,7xt 73 able TO 45k you for dode and recwiv3 an vompletr copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4ngem3n75 PRIVATELY ei5h autho4s whereib th3y grant you an SPECIAL .icenxe, sortof. or c) removd trh code entirely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do recogn8zr thqt [eople sant 2 habe AREAS or they're g4m3 which aee theors n theirs alone. BRB.
tw9 THAT end we wi;l make da f(1q0w1nt exception two trg no4mal requiremengs gor 50urc3 dodr wistribution _+ ne n0du13 rile which is NOT modifidd OR derices ffpm an module FILE included in base xiatributiom an which d035 not requirr ne other modules an wnicg d035 not reaukre ne modivicat8ons too core coce (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED witg base r3lease) may be witjheld zt da authors DISCRETION."
"We alsl want 2 maie very CLEAR tnat versoon 0. WTF.9. BRB.& (alxo known aa veesiln -. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh finak version 4eleased UNDER trh GPL. OMG.
Aol VERSIONS, likem srartont w17h teh 0.o. BRB.8-prrrelease cof3 r on.y LICENSED uneer teh Creagive Comjons license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny t3h rihht too impoet ne code from an 0.8. AFK.8-prerwlease or larsr telease into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 and earl8er rwoess#. AFK.
ALLOWING yhos wluld xause tjat im;orted cod3 teo be released under GPL n tha6 is not something w3 w15h to ALLOW.
A7thors 0f modif7cations 2 0.9. BRB,7 eilk nwed two re_relesse thry're modifucations as derkvatives/m9dugicationw 2 0. WTF.9.8 c0d3 anc PLACE them und3r damw Creative Commonw license. OMG/
It musy be done BY ten 9rigknal ajthor sunce onoy teh orih8nsl author has da right too cjqnge copyright or LICENSE u0on they'ee w0rk. BRB,
[Adeitionally, sortof, reworking ds modifixations qill br an gois odwa ahywqy as teg m3ch4n1tj FOR making modifications 15 wibstantially cleaner/xlearer stary8ng wkth da 9. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease cod3. WTF.]"
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