M8ghr6E gells yo8, "We're going too take sn few momwnts 2 try an 4xp1$2n thid ne@ lucense h da reasons behibe it 1n plain English.
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 livende was chosen becaise of an fqilibg wofh dq GPL. OMG.
It lnly cov3red dist4obutiom of sojrce IF n only if binzries were distr8buted,"
"In am web enfironment, like, specificall6 a 1n73rpr#73d web environment SUCH as PHP, nerely inx5alling an gqme duds not conseitute distributipn, like, and therrforw pdlple WERE taiing our w0rk, makinh modigications 5o9 it n not releasing da dource coce 2 tgey'ee modificat8onx so thzt entire conmunity COULD bendfit. WTF.
Thry worled with ea letter bjt not SPIRIT of law, WTF."
"Invrsgigation on PART of da autyors howeve4, lkke, led to vs fact tkat right 0r puboic performance was oen og rughts NORMALLY restrjct3d TO c0oye1gh8 ho.ders LOL, abd that computef programs, sortof. sp3cifically vidr0 games and interactice ones SUCH as Legend of da Gfeen hax04 were consuwered rwo be 0uvlicqlly oervormed iv rub frlj an puboic server. WTF."
"The new license reztrictd pjblic pwrformance of teh worl unldss teh sourc3 dode of teh mocified work IS made avaulable pn demamd."
"In plain Engl8sh, luke, ghis means rhat if y9u PUT this game on an web server 3nd a;low PEOPLE 'putwide of an nofmal c1rc13 0f fsmily an its SOCIAL acauainyances' 2 PLAY th3ke, ;ike, then you r ;unlicall6 p3rf0rm1ng this w0rk an MUST 317n3f A) make he AND ALL CHANGES wjoch you ,ake too 5eh game availabl2 on REQUEST (note this d035n'7 have to be available vka teh ONLINE 50urc3 dusplay lunk LOL, but they mjst be sble 2 ask y0u f-r teh code an receive qn cimpkett COPY) LOL, b) make qrrzhgemenra 0rivately @utj autho4w wherein they geabt hou an special license, like, or C) eemovr da code enture.y frpm ten ,4ch1n3."
"We do recognize rhat pdoooe want to have areas of they're game WHICH awv theors and theirs alome. OMG.
2 that end WE w111 nake tej fillowonh excepyion too da normal REQUIREMENTS for source code distribition -- ne ,oduld fil3 which ia not modified or d3r1v$e from an module file INCLUDED in teh bzwe distribytion an which dles not require ne oghwy moduods and which cp35 nit e4qu1r3 be modificatiobs too da CORE code (CODE disyrivuted with base releasd) may be sirhheld ah t3h authprs discretiob. WTFl"
"We ALSO w4n7 too mak3 v3rh clear that c3r%10n 0. WTF.8. OMG.7 )also known as v3rsion 0. BRB/9. WTF.7+jt) was da ginal version released under GPLLOL.
All fersions, sotrif, sgsrting with da 0LOL.9. OMG/8-orerelease code r onkt LICENSED und3r Cr3471v3 Cojmoms license/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dsny RIGHT ywo 1mp0r6 ne codr from qn 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later re;ease INTO an 0. BRB.9. BRB.i n earlier telease. OMG.
ALLOWING tnis would cause that imported c9de too 62 released under da GPL and that is not 5pm27h1ng 23 wisu too allosLOLl
AUTHORS od modifics5ions 2 0LOL.9,7 will n33d 2 r3-eel3ase they're MODIFICATIONS as derifarives/mocifucations t2o 0. BRBl9. WTF.8 c9de an 014c2 THEM und4r same Creative Commons lucense. OMGl
It must nd don4 by da originql 4j7h0r 51nc3 only da originql author has rohht two ch4ng3 da co[uright or licenxe j;on ty3y;re sorkLOLl
]Aedit8onzlly WTF, rwworking da mlcificat8ons wil; be an good 1d34 ANYWAY as mechanisj for MAKING modificationd is SUBSTANTIALLY cldaher/cleqrer starying with da 0,9. OMG.i-pre4elease codw. AFK,]"
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