MkgythE 73115 tou, loke, "We're g01ng 2 tqje an few momwnts too tru and explain this nee license and twh reaspns benind it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 locensr was chisen beczuse of an fqilibg wigh da GPLLOL.
I7 onlh xofered distribution of s9urce if am only ir binaf8wx were dkdtrobutee. AFK."
"Ih an web environment, sort[f, 5p3c1f1c411y a untdrpretes web ENVIRONMENT wucj AS PHP, kike, m3r21u installing an gams doea not clndgitjte distribution, n thefrfore peo;le were 74k1nt oue work, you lnwok making jodifications two it am not re.easing da source dode to 5hey[re modificati9ns 5) that teh 3n6ure COMMUNITY could benefitLOL.
They workwd with teh ldtter but no5 teh spi4it pf dz law. AFK."
"Investigation on part of authors ho2ever. l8ke, led too da fact that da right of ;ublic 0erformanxe was won od da r1gh75 no4mally rrstructes two clp6yighr holdersm lkkem an THAT domputer progra,s, so4tof, xpecifixally vifeo games n interzctkvr obes sjch aa Legend 9f Green nzx0r weee concidered too be PUBLICALLY peedorm3d if run ftom an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The n3w lkcdnse rextricts public PERFORMANCE of woro inlexs source code of da modified wo4k is m4d4 avallsble on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Engliah WTF, this MEANS thay if YOU our this game on an wrb derver h ALLOW people 'outsic3 of an norjal curxle 0f family an irs social acquaintances' too plau tgeir WTF, 7y2n y9u r publicakly perfofming this w04k n MUST either a) nake ne n ALL changex whict you MAKE too dq game available pn rwqyest (note rhus d93sn't HAVE to be availab.e v8a da onlkne source diaplay link WTF, but tyey must BE able to ask you flr codd abd geceive an domplete copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangemwmts private;y with dx authors wherein yhwy gtant yoj an SPECIAL license, sortof, or v) 4emove code engire.y f4om mavhineLOL,"
"W3 do rwcognize that PEOPLE WANT 2 have ardas 0f they're game whidh 4 THEIRS an theifs qloheLOL,
to 7h47 end ee WILL make teh fpq10w1ng 3xceptioh to NORMAL requirements for source code distrubutkon 0- ne modulq vule skich is not mod8fied oe d3rived from an mosul3 fioe kbclidrd IN teh baxe DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dpes n9t r3q71r3 ne ithdr MODULES n whivh d034 not requi4e ne modifications tio ea corr code (code dist4ibuted WITH BASE relwase) ,4t be withheld ag da authots diax4eti9n. AFK."
"Wd also want two make very CLEAR ghat version 9. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN zs version 0. OMG.9.7+jr) was teh fknal veraiob released UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, starting WITH teh 0. BRB.o.80pdereleasr coce aer only licensed uhdwr Creatkvd Commons oicense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy sa right 2 import ne c8de f4oj qn 0. WTF.9.i-p4erelease 9f .ater releqse into sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 AND earlier release. BRB.
Allowinh this w0u1d cause that im;oe5ed CODE # bw released under 5dh GPL and that is n9t comethinf we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Au7h0rt 0f modificatilns reo 0l AFKl8/ WTF.7 eill need tso re-release tjet're ,odificationw as defivarives/modigicatilns too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cove an 0laxe them undef da same Cfeative Commoms licwnse. WTF.
Ir must be done by teh original quthof 51nc3 0n1y originao authod has righ5 to CHANGE teh copyrkfhy or licehsd UPON they're workLOL.
[Additulnal.y, like, req9rking teh modificatiins wi.l BE an good idda anyway as teh mechanidm for makimg modificatiogs is 5u6574n71412y clesner.clearet atarting eirg da 0/ WTF,8, OMG,8=orereleasd codr.]"
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