M7ghtyE tells uiu. "We're going tw9 take zn few momdnts t8 7ry n explain THIS NEW licrnse snd da reaaons behind IT kh p141n EnglixnLOL.
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."
"Thus NEW license was chosen bwcaude of an fzi.ing wirh sa GPL. AFK.
It lbly covered s8strkbutuob OF source IF an only kf BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENT, lile, specificaoly a INTERPRETED web envirpnment 5udh as PHP LOLm merely 8jstallihg an tame does not constirute dust4ibutioh, 6ou knwo, and therefore pro;le WERE ta,ihg oue worj WTF, making modkfivations rwp IT n not releasing tej source code too ghdt're j0d1r1c4710n5 so thar entire commumity coulc benefit. AFK.
They qorkee w17h teh leyter but not soirit of dw LAW. AFK."
"Investigatuon on part of authors gowrver WTF, LED tso da 4act thar trh right of public pdrdormance w45 9en of da rights normzlly restricted two dopyright HOLDERS LOLk abd rhat computdr programa WTF, specificallh VIDEO games and ibteractive ones xuvh as Lwgend of teh Grwen jax0r w3g3 considered to be publicqlly p3rf0fm3d of eun from an pub;ic serverLOL,"
"The new license RESTRICTS pug.ic perdormahce OF work unldss ga source code of 5eh m0d1f13d work is mqce availabke on DEMANDLOL."
"In p141n Emglish, rhis meqms that if you puy this game on an web 53rv3r and a;;iq p49p13 'oitside of ah n0rm41 circle of famoly 4nd its sidial acquaintancrs' 2 play theif LOL, then y0u r publicaoly pergorming 7h16 woek n MUST 3ither z) make ne ah ALL ch4ng35 which yoy make to gam3 AVAILABLE on r3qi357 (NOTE this doesn't h4v3 2 BE abailsble viz da ONLINE sourcd display link, nyt they must be able too aw; you fir da coee n reveive an complete xopy), xortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifat4ly with authorw whefrin they grant y0u an special lixense WTF, or C) removd CODE entirely from da MACHINE."
"We do recognize that peop;e WANT ti have afeax OF they're game which r theirs n thw8rs aloneLOLl
two THAT end we will mske da following EXCEPTION to normal reqiire,ents for source CODE d157r16u719n -- hw module file wyich 15 not MODIFIED ir derived ffom qn m(du13 rile 1nv1yd3d in teh baaw disrribution n qhich does vot requi4e ne other modulfw n whicj does not r3qu1e3 ne ,odificati9nx 2 tey cire codd (codw distributed with ea base release) jay 63 sityheld at dq 4u7h0r5 f15cr3719n. OMGm"
"We also wamt two make very clwar that version 0. OMG.9. BRB,7 (also KNOWN as berxiom 0LOL.o. BRB/7+jt) sas da final version RELEASED UNDER teh GPL.
All vdrsipns LOL, starting w17h da 0l BRB.(. WTF.8-prerelease codw r )n1u licenxed under da Cteztive Comjons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca RIGHT 2 1mp0t7 ne clde ftom an 9LOL.9. BRB.8-prerwlease or 1$73r re.ease inro an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and earliet releasw. WTF.
ALLOWING this sould cauwe that impottee code 2 be reldases undwr teh GPL and that id n07 x9mething w3 wosh 3 ALLOW. WTF.
AUTHORS of modifications rp 0. WTF.9LOL.7 qoll nees TO re-rekease th3y're modidications ad DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS roo ). WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 4nd PLACE them under same Creqtive Commoms licenseLOL.
I7 m6xy be done by da lriginal author since only da oeiginal autjor hzs da right too cjange co[yr8ght o4 oicense upon they're WORK.
[ADDITIONALLY, soegof, resorking da MODIFICATIONS qiol be an good IDEA anyeay as dq mechanism for makung mosodications IS suns5antially vleaner/cleafer sta4t8hg WITH 0.(. AFK.7-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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