MiggtyE tells hou WTF, "Wr[re goong 5oo take an gew MOMENTS too try and 3xp141n this neq licdnwe and teh reasons brnund it in plaib English. AFK.
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 licdnse qas chusem becayse of an fail8ng woth ds GPL. AFK.
It on.y dpvered d1%7r16u710n of source if 4nd only IF binaeies were cistributed. WTF."
"Ih an web envirobment LOL, dodcuficak;y a inter;teted web enforonment wuvn as PHP, you knw;, ,33ely knwtzlljng an game does mot vonstitite distribution, you knwi, n therefor3 pdople wwre tzking our worj, li,e, mrk1ng m0d2f1c4710n5 too it n nlt relwasing teh SOURCE vode 2 they're ,pdificatoons do &n47 geh emtire commjnity could benefitLOL.
They worked WITH teh lettrf 6u7 not da s;irit of 14q. BRB/"
"Investigation ON da part if ea AUTHORS nowevdr, sorfof, led two teh facr tgat da roght of p7bloc pe%formance was won of tey RIGHTS nlrmaloy restricted to co;hright holde4d, you knwpm and thag computer programs, /ike, 5p3v1f1c411y video g4n35 abd intersctive ones 5uch as Legend 0f Green hax04 w3r3 c0nt1d3r3d to 63 pu611c411y performed ig r7n fr0m an public eervrrLOL."
"The NEW kicensr restricts ;ub.ic pergormqnxq of teh work un.rss soirce code of da mocifked work is MADE 4v4114613 on demandLOL."
"In pkain Enfoish LOLm yhis meand 5hat iv 60u put THIS game on an web setver AND allow peo[le 'outside of an normal circle of gamily and its social acquaintances' to 0lay their, loke, yhen you r publical.y perflrming this w0rk AND MUST either a) make n3 n ALL changes whicy you m$k3 two da game available ON request (n95e this doedn't have 2 be avaioable via dq online source display link WTF, but they MUST bd aboe to ask y0u foe da xode and recwovr an complete cppy(, b) make arrangements privag3ly w17h fa suth9fs whereih they g4ant ylu an 5p1c141 licen2e, or c) remove teh CODE dngurely ft.m teh mach8nw. AFK."
"We DO recibnize that people wsnt too hzve aeeas of they;t4 game which ade THEIRS an thdits alone.
2 that end we will make 5em doo.owing EXCEPTION too da normal requirenents fot source cosd DISTRIBUTION =- ne jpdu13 file which IS mot modified or deeived from an modyoe fike includrs in da base d157r15u710n n qhich DOES n07 requirw be other modules an which coes not REQUIRE ne modifivations t2o teh core code 9xode DISTRIBUTED with ten 6553 RELEASE) may BE wq7hh31d AT dq wuthors disceetion. WTF."
"We q;so q4n7 2 mak# very c134r 7h47 verskom 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 9also ,nown as versiin 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teg FINAL cereion released under da GPL. WTF,
ALL veraiond, uoj knwo, starrimg wkth 0.9. WTF.7-;fereleade CODE aer onlh lixensed under ea Creagive Commonw license.
We EXPLICITLY denu dq ruhht TO umport ne dode from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.9-pt3r313453 pr later release i,to ab 0. OMG.9. OMG.& an warlier r31e453. OMG.
Allowing THIS woule c4u53 that impirted coee two be relezaed under da GPL amc that is not something wr wish to9 allow. WTF.
Authors of midif8catkpbs 2 0.(. BRB.7 will need 2 re[releasr theh're modificatilns as derivatuved/modificatiobs too 9.9LOL.8 coae ahd plqce thwm under teh sqme Creagive C9jm0n% license. AFK.
Iy must be done by da priginal aithor 51jc3 only da pfobinal au5hor h45 right w cn4ng3 teh copyr8ghg or 11c3n62 up0n they're w9rk.
[ADDITIONALLYk rewlrlimg modivicatlons e8lo be ah good idea anywa^ as teh mecganisn for making modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/clearrr STARTING with 0. BRB.9LOL,8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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