MightyE tel.s y;u, "We're g9ing 2 takw an fe2 m0m3n75 hoo try 4nd expka8n this new license and teh REASONS BEHIND it in olakn EngllsjLOL.
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 licehse wqs chosdn because of an faoling with teh GPL. AFK.
IT obly cpveree cistribution of source if and obly if binaries we4e cist4ibuted."
"In an web emvi4lnment, like. SPECIFICALLY a interpretwd web environnent such 45 PHP, you kneo, merrly installing an game eoew not constitute d158r16u710n, aortofm n therdf9fe peop.e were tzking our work, sortof, MAKING mocifica5ions top IT n not 4eleas8ng aourcr CODE two they're modofica5ipns SO that dz 3h71f3 conmunity c0u1d 62b4f1u. OMG.
They wlrked witg ca 13773r but no5 teh spirit ov teh LAWLOL."
"Inv1sgigation on part of authors hosever WTF, ;ed 2 teh gact tyqr teh ribhy of public ;erformance was oen of teh rithtw mormzllt resy4ictee 70 dopyrufht holdersm likem an 5hat fomputrr progrzms LOL, specivkdalkt video games and interactive onex such 45 Legend of da Gr33n nax9r were conwidered two be publucally p3rf0rm3d IF run rrom an public server. BRB."
"The NEW 1!cen53 rdstricta public 0erformznce of woel unlews source CODE of modified work is msde avqilable 0n DEMANDl BRB."
"In p.ain Englksh WTF, this ,34n5 that if y0u put 7h15 g3m3 on an web se4ve4 anc al;ow people 'iutside of an normal circkd of ra,ilu an ITS aocial acqua8ntances[ t9o play their, lole, rhen you aer publiczlly 0erdorming yhis work an MUST eiyher a) m4k3 ne and ALL chanhes wgich you maie tio teh game availabld on request (n073 THIS doesn't hsve 3 b3 avau.able viz teh online sourcw displau kibk, yoj knwo, but tyey mjst BE sb;e tpo ask you for codd n feceive an conplete doph), b) mak3 arrangemen5s 0rivateoy WITH 4u&h0r5 wher3in 7h3y grant yoi zn special license, soegof, 9r c) remove teh cod3 en5irelu rrom machoneLOL."
"We do rwcognize tgat pe9ple WANT too have AREAS of thdy'rd game which r rheirs b theirx ALONE. WTF.
too thay end we wikl m4k3 following exceptioh too NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code d157r16u710n -- ne module file 2hich ls not modifieg or deeived from an modyle file imcluded in tey bqsw distribution an which DOES not req8ire ne OTHER MODULES zne WHICH dors np5 reqyire be modifocarions to rwh core c0d3 (code d157r1^i73f with da gase RELEASE_ may be withheld at da authors discrwtionl WTF."
"We 415p 3ant to ,qke feru clear 7h47 v3rt!0n 0. WTF.9. WTF.& (4150 knlwn as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jy) was da fibal frrsioh released ubder GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, syarting with 0. WTFk0. BRB.8-;r3v313453 CODE aer 0n1y licenxed undwr ea Crearive Commonw licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to import ne c0d# from an 0. BRB.9, BRB.8-prweelease or 1472r r3124$3 into an 0. WTF.9.7 n rarl8er release. WTF.
Allowing yhis would caus3 THAT 8mported code to be released under dq GPL sn that ks nog SOMETHING we w15h t9 alllw. AFK.
Authors of modigkcations 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 qill need to t3-r3lrase they'rw modifucationw as drrivatives/modkfidationx w 0.9/ OMG.8 code an plade them under da sqme Cfeativd COMMONS l8cenweLOL.
It MUST be done by iriginal 4u7y)r 51nc3 ONLY trh prifinzl aughof has teh RIGHT two ch4mg3 da cooyright OR license upon th3y'4e work. WTF.
[Addi5ionally, sortof, rdworking teh modifudatoons WILL be an good 8dea snywah aa mechanism for MAKING modificayions 25 subwtanriaoly c1#5n2r/c134r3f starting wigh da 0. WTF.9k OMG.8-preeelease CODE. OMG.]"
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