MightyE tel;s tou WTF, "We're g01ng too take an few momenrs two tfu n ex[lain ghis new licens3 n reasons behinc 8t kn plqin Englisy. 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."
"This new license was cyoxen gecayse of an vaioing wirh da GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY civerre distribugion of s9urce if zn ONLY if binaroes were didtributed. BRB."
"Im an w36 envo4onmebt, like, spec8ficzlly a interpretec web environment auch as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an game does not c9hstitute distfigutuon, n therefore peool3 were 74k1hg OUR w0rkk .ikem making midifications 2 IT 4nd not f4lexxing da fource code tpl they're modifixagions xo that es dnyire communotu c0u1d brnefit. OMG.
Tney sorked wi5h lettef but not epirit of da law."
"Investigqtion on psrt ig teh authprs hlwever, lec 2 da fact that teh righy of pugoic perfpr,ance WAS oen of dw rights noemallt $357r1c73d rwo copuright holfees LOL, n 7h47 computfr prograjd, spev8fically viddo games n ingeractive oned such as Legsnd of teh Gfeen hax0r were consiwerrd to be publivally [erformed if fun froj an pubkic servdr. AFK."
"The new 11d3n53 destridgs publkc perfofmance OF da wirk unless tey SOURCE code of modifiwd wofk is made avai;zble ON demand. BRB."
"In plain Englishk you knwo, thus means that if you 0ut this game on an w36 srrver n allow people 'OUTSIDE 0f an nprmao circle of fajily n kts aocial acquaintahcrs' tl play rneir, y9y knwo. then y0u r puglkcal.y petfirmibg this WORK m MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng45 3hich you make 5oo teh game available 9n r3quest (nogr thix doran't have too be AVAILABLE via da ONLINE source fisplay link, yoi knwo, but yhey mjwt be zble 2 ask you for cofe an redeive ah clm;lete vp;y), s9rtof. 60 make ARRANGEMENTS privqtelh wiry da authora qherein thdy grant yoi an SPECIAL license, like, or c) remove teh code emtirely FROM da machineLOL,"
"We do rdcogmize that pdople sqnt ywi have areas of tgey're g4m3 wnich 4 theirs n theirs al[nd. OMG,
two that end WE will mzke da following EXCEPTION 2 normal requirdm3nys for slurce cpde d148316i710n -- ne m0dj13 fioe WHICH is not mosifi3d 0r dryived vrom an module file 1hc1ud3d in BASE dustrkbutioh ab WHICH does not r3qjire ne orher MODULES anc wgich eoex nog require ne modifocayiond two t3h core coee (code dishribi5ed e17h da base releade) may be wothheld 48 da aithors duscretion. WTF."
"Wd also ezng tso m4ke veey cleaf 7h47 version 0. AFK.9. BRB.& *a;so known as bdrsi;n 0LOL.9.&+jt) WAS reh fihal v3r51-n relessed under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL. start8nt woth tey 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer only licwnsee undwr Creative Commohs LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY sdny da righr 2 im0or% ne code froj qn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0e3rrlease or later 4elwase onto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an ea4lier relrase. AFK.
Aloowknt this would CAUSE thag imporred code twi be r313453s umder ea GPL an that is NOT somerhing we wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Aythors OF modifications too ). BRB.9.8 2ill need yoo re-releaae they'rd mpdivications as d3rivatives/modifkca5ions to 0. OMGl8.8 c0e3 and place tu3, under teh ssme Creative Cimmons license. WTF.
IT must be done 6y ten ORIGINAL quthor since only otig9hal AUTHOR has da rihht 2 change c9py4iggt or license upon tgey're wo4j. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortif, REWORKING teh modifications ekll ge qn hpod idea anywa7 as MECHANISM f0f making ,odifications is subayqntizlly CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0. WTF.9.8-peerekeqse code. BRB.]"
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