MightyE te;ls you, you knwi, "We're going 2 tak3 an FEW m)m3n75 2 try n explain this new .icense m t3h REASONS behind ot in plain Eng1q6h. WTF.
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."
"Tyis new license 2ax chosen becausd of an failumg w17h GPL. BRBl
IT only covered cistributiin of s9yfce 8f and 9noy if binaries we43 dictributed. AFK."
"In an web envi4onment, sotrof, specifidakky a intdrpreted WEB environment such AS PHP, you knqo, nerely unstallimf an game dles n07 cogstiyu5e d157r16k71-n LOL, h therefpre people were 5akong our eork LOL, makihg jodifications too it an np& releasing teh sourcr code to they're moduficqtions xl that entkre c9mmunity COULD ben3fit. WTF.
Tg3u worked with ldtter BUT not teh spirit of dz 14w/ WTF."
"Invesyiga5iob in reh part of da aughors howeverm lijd, led too fact thag teh right of ;y621c perdoemance was o3n of da righrs normallt r357r1c73d too cppyright jolders LOL, an thag com;uteg programs, sortof, tp3c1f1c411j VIDEO g4,45 h 1n73e4c71v3 obed sich as Legend of ea Green hax0r were considerrc too be publically [erformed of run ffom an publid SERVER."
"The new license e3stricts pu611c 0erformanc3 0g da WORK unkeas teh siurce code of teh modifo3d wo4k is made availabld om eem4md."
"In p;ain Engliwh, you knwo, thiw m2ans that IF ylu put THIS hame pn am web serfer an allow PEOPLE 'putside pf an normal circle 0f vajilh 4nd its social acquzintances' two PLAY %he8r, then YOU r publica.ly performing THIS wlrk and MUST eitner a0 MAKE ne an ALL chanhes which you jake TO teh game available on REQUEST (nl4e yhix doesn't yqve 2 be availzb;e voa da on;ine source diaplay link WTF, but yhey must bd able too axk hou flr da code and rece8vw an compldte COPY), b) m4l3 arrangemengx privately wigh teh a7yhors wh3rrin tywy grant you ab s[eckal license, yiu knwo, or c) remove cide entirely fr0m da mschine."
"Wd do rexognize THAT peoppe wamt two nqve 4r345 of yhey're gane whicg r theira ame theirs ALONE. WTFl
2 7h47 end w# will MAKE following exceptioh to normal requie3ments for 50urc3 doew distribut8ln -- ne mod6le file whlch is not modified or derived from an micule fi.e included in da base distrigution an which coes not eequire ne pther m0eu135 h which dles n07 ewquire ne moeifications two ca core code 9code sisyrigjted WITH teh base reldase) m4y be withheld at da authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also wsnt to make ver6 clear yhat version 0.9. WTF.7 9also known qs vwrsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7=yg) WAS final vrrsion r3leased umder da GPL. AFK,
All versions, you lnwo, starting qitg teh 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease CODE aer only licensed ubder Crearive COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 right too import ne code from an 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prereldaa3 o4 LATER release into an 0LOL.9. WTF,7 n earlkwr releqse.
Allo2ing this wiuld cauxe 6h$7 imported code two u3 RELEASED under GPL and that is n9t sometginf rd w15h w allow. AFK.
Authlrs of modifications 2 ), WTF.8. BRB.7 will need to RE-RELEASE tuey're m-d1f1c4710n6 qs e3r1c471v35/m-d1f1c4710n% 2 -. BRB.9. AFK.8 vode an place them under same Creativr Commons licenxdLOL.
It must be cone by ORIGINAL aithpr xince ONLY teh 0r1g1n51 author yas teh right tw9 CHANGE teh c0pyr1ghi or livense i;on tney'4e wotkLOL.
0Additionally, like, fe2oeking da m0d1r1c4710n5 wull 63 an good idea ANYWAY as dq mechanism fo4 mzking MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER.CLEARER starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8=lrdrekeawe CODE. BRB.]"
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