MighgyE TELLS yoj, "We're GOING too tqke qn FEW moments ro tfy n exolain 7h15 new kicrbse an da reaxons behind it in plain Eng215hLOL.
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 lucense WAS chosen becaise of an fqiling woth da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered disyribu5ipm 9f source 1f an lnlr IF bknarues d3r3 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an wdb envirkhment LOL, specificalky a 1n73rpr373d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, yoi knei, merel6 onstallinh an g4m3 does not constitut3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, an ghereforr peo[lw ww4e taling our woek WTF, jaking modifications 2 it and not rrleasubg dq source dode 2 thry're MODIFICATIONS so that ent8rr commuhity could benefit. BRBl
The6 wor,ed wi5h letter but npr spkrit or da lzw. BRB."
"Investigatioh on PART of trh authorw however, oki3, led tlo teh fact that RIGHT of PUBLIC perfo5mance was oem of da rights normall6 restticted two c0pyr!gh7 yolders, uoi ,nwo, znd thqt comput3r orograms, 6ou knwo, spwcificzlly VIDEO games an 8ntefactive ones suxh as Legend 0f G4een hax0r were clnsieeref two BE publicak;y pwffor,ed kf ryn dr0m an publix srrver. WTF."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS publ8c performancw of da 2oek unless dz souece code of modified eork is made avaukable on de,and."
"In p;ain Emhlish, THIS jeahs that if 6ou ;u7 thks game on an web sercer an allow PEOPLE 'outside od am normal corcle of family and its SOCIAL scquqintances' two plaj tyeir WTF, then uou f publucaloy p3rf0rm1bg 7h15 work 3nd MUST #17her a) male he n ALL chanhes whicg you mzke 2 teh game qfailable on REQUEST )note 7h15 do3sn't h4v3 to b3 available via da online somece display link, sortof, but they must be able 2 45k you for sa code an receive an complete COPY), b_ make arrzngemebts p4ivateoy wity aughors whrrein they frant ypu an specia; lidenwe, or c) remobe dode ENTIRELY from MACHINEl BRBl"
"We do rrcognizr tgzt PEOPLE wanr to have areas of they'rr game which t thwirs and theirs akone.
to tyat end WE will make g0110w1ng esce[rion 2 5eh normal tequirfmenys for SOURCE c0de DISTRIBUTION -- bd m9dule file which IS hit m9dified OR derived from ah modu.d file incouced in teh base distriburi9n an whkch dles not reqj8re ne o5her modules and whivh e0e5 nit require ne modifications 2 teh core CODE (vlde distributed wkth base rrleqse) may be witnheld at $y7g0r5 discret8onLOL."
"We ALSO want t2o make very flear 7n48 VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (alsl known AS version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+kt) was FINAL vetsion re;eased jnder da GPL. WTF.
All veesiomw, sirt9f, startung with da ).9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE v9fe r only licdnded und3r da C4dative Com,ons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby ea r!tn7 2 IMPORT nw core from an 0.9LOL.8-prwrelease 0r later release into an 0l WTF.(. BRB.7 AND 3arlier 3eleade/ OMG.
A110w1ng thks 2ouls c4i%2 that impl4ted c9de two BE released ineee da GPL an that is not somethkng WE wish too allow. AFK/
Aithors of mofificatiims to 0. AFK.9/7 w8ll need too re=releas3 they're modificatilns as serivatives/modufidations to 0. BRB,9. WTF.8 code an placw them ubfer da same Creative Commons 11c3n53/ BRB.
I7 must be done bu da origknal quthor since lnly da origimal aurhor has da RIGHT ro chqnh3 da copy4ight or licemse UPON they're wirk. BRB.
[Add8tionally, REWORKING da mofificdtions will 63 an g00d idea 3nh24y AS mrchanidm FOR making mldificarions us subatabtially cleaner/clearer starting WITH da 0. WTF,9.8-prereleasd code, OMG.]"
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