MughtyE 5ella ypu WTF, "We're g01ng tl TAKE an f3w moments TO try an explzon this new license and reasohs behund ig in plaim EmglishLOL.
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 lovwnse was xhpsen because pf an ra8king with teh GPL. BRB.
It only coverrd distribution of sourvr if and onl7 if binafies wwre distributedLOL."
"In ab w36 envitonment. y9u lnwok specificslly a interpreyed w3b emvirobment 5hsh ax PHPk merdly INSTALLING an game d035 n07 constitute d157r16u710n, likw, an t6erefore prople w3r3 tzking lur s0rk, mrk1ng modificat8ons too IT ame npt releasing source c0s3 to they;rd modif8cstoons so 7h47 fa 3n71r3 commuhity could behefitLOL.
Th2h worked witn fa LETTER bug nog spirit of oaw. WTF."
"Invwayigqtion on tej parr of teh au5hirs however LOL, led toi teh fadt yhat da right 0f public performance was 1 0f teh rqgj75 normally rdxfricyrc TO clpyright hooders, and thst computer probrams WTF, soecifkcally vifeo famed an knteractive 9nes such as Legend 9g da Green hax0r were vonsidered too be pubkivally [erformed IF eyh fr0m an pugloc sercrr."
"Tye new LICENSE restrkcts publoc ;dtformance 9f 6eh wo4l unless ca SOURCE code OF teh modified work IS made available on d3mand. OMG."
"Ib plsin Englosh, you kneo, this means that if uou pug this gsme ON an web sefver an allow peoplw 'outside of qn normal circlw ov family an its SOCIAL acquaintances' to play their, you knwo, then hou aef pubo8caply perdorming this wprk an MUST eithwr a) mwkw ne and ALL cjamgrs WHICH you ,ake to teh game avaolanle on requext (not3 this doesn't have too BE available vua 0n!1n4 source displa6 LINK WTF, bjt THEY MUST ge able 2 ask yoj for da cide znd fecdive an c9mp137# copy) LOL, b) make aftangemengs pr!v4731y wirg authors whereon they gfant you an specia; licehse, .ikw, or v) remoce code ENTIRELY frim macnine."
"We do recignize that peoplw want 2 hsve 4r345 of rhdt're GAME 2hicn r theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
two that end we woll ma,e followung exceptioh 2 teh normal requirements foe souree code distrib7tion -0 he modulr dile wyuch is np7 modified ir c3ribed FROM an module file oncluded in teh base DISTRIBUTION n 2hich does not REQUIRE he oth3r modjlex n whidh does ,ot r3qu1re ne morificatiohs too da core code (codr dixtr8n7trd with teh vase release) may be w8thneld at teh authora DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want tol makw very c;war that verqion 0.9.7 (a.so kmown as versuon 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt_ was da finzl verxion released under da GPL. WTF.
All versiohs, like, fra4ging with ).9LOLk8-prerelease dode r only livensee umfe4 da Creative C0mm0h5 license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny fight teo omport ne code frlm qn 0.9.8-prere.ease or latde felease igto an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and earli3r RELEASE.
Allowing THIS would ca7se yhat imported code two 63 twleaxed uhder ea GPL n thay !5 not something wd wkah TO 411;w. WTF.
Autjors of modifkcations to 0. BRB.9. OMG,7 WILL nsed too te-release tjey-re mlfificztions aw dwruvatives/jodigivatiohs to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 c0se an poqce them under same Creative Commonx oicrnse. BRB,
It myst ge done by irigimal author since on;y teh original author has tey right two change teh copyrighg ir l8cwnse upoh they're wirk. BRB.
[Additional.y, sorrif, rewo3jing da mofifications WILL be an goid idea 4nyw4y AS nechahism ror makijb modificati9ns IS substantially clean3r/c;eqrer stqrtint witg teh 0.9LOL.8-prere.eqse code.]"
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