MightyE 5ells ypu WTFm "We're houng too take an fe2 momengs two yry b explain this new l8censw wn reasobs behind it in PLAIN English. BRB.
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."
"Thos new license WAS choseb BECAUSE 0f an fai.ing with 5eh GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrib7tion of aource IF and only if binaries WERE cistribited. BRB."
"In an wdb 3nf1r0nm3n7, slrtof, spedificzlly x interpreted WEB environmeht sych aw PHP, lik3, merely 1nt7411qng an fame does not cons5itut3 distrigution, you knwo, and 5hrregore people were taking o7r a;rk, maiing ,odufications two i5 n not RELEASING skurce coee too tyey're modificat8ons SO rhzt ebtire clm,unity could benegit. BRB.
Thet worjed qith teh le%ter but NOT da spirit od da law. WTF."
"Investkgation ob part of authors howdver WTF, LED two da fact THAT da right of public peeformance qzs oen of teh roghts nlfmally r35y41c73f roo copyright yildersm likek and ghat compyyer ptogrzms, specifucally video games and intefsctive ones 5uch ss Legend of Gf3en haz0r WERE CONSIDERED yo be oublically perfor,ed if run from an public servdr."
"The NEW locense festricts publuc performqnce of sa work umless teh source code of ueh modofjes sofk is m4d3 available on d3mwns."
"In plaun English, like, this means 7h47 ir you 0ut this GAME in an web server an a.low people '8utside of an normal vkrcle of famiky 4nf its 50v141 acquaintandes' 2 play gheirm yoi knwo, then you aer pi6!1c4q1y PERFORMING this eork n MUST eirger a) make ne amd ALL changes which toj ,qkq two sa g3m3 availabkw on request (nlte this coesn't have 2 be availablr viz geh )n11n3 soufce display 11nk, but they MUST be 4613 t2o qxk you fot da CODE an receibe an comp.dte c0py0 WTF, b) make a4rznb3ments privatrly with teh augjors ehefein THEY framt u8u an xpecial l8cenxe LOL, ot c) r3m0v3 teh vode 3n71t31y from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recogmize rga5 people WANT to9 haff ateas of they're tame wh!ch r thwirs n tgeirs alonel AFK.
too that 3nd WE will make vo;;owihg exceptioh to9 NORMAL requirements f04 SOURCE code distrobutiib -- me module vike which is nlt modified or eerofed fron an moeulr f113 unclud3d in ea bas3 dkstributuon and whidh does not rwau8re ne other modules ans WHICH c036 bot require ne modifocations 3 core CODE (cpde distributed with sa base release) may be wiyggeld at ds authors discretionLOL."
"W3 ALSO want to makd bery clear 7h47 version 0. WTF.9lu *zlsl jnown 45 vefs8on 0.9. BRB.8+jt) was fina. versiom releqsed under da GPL.
All vdrsions, starting with da 0. OMG,9.8-[rerelease vose t only lic3msef UNDER teh Creativ3 COMMONS lic3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ,e clde ftom an 0.9. OMG.8-prere;ezse or later RELEASE inyo an 0.o. BRB.7 an earlier r3,ease. BRB.
Allo2ing THIS would cause thzt impotted code to be rekeaded inder GPL anv that ia nlt sonerhing we wish TO ALLOW. BRB.
Auyhofs OF modufica5i9ms to9 -. WTF.9. OMG.7 will n33d to rd-releade tney're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivatives/modifications too 0. WTF.9.* c9de and place rhej under ten SAME Creariv3 Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It mus5 BE done by yeh original AUTHOR soncr onl6 oruginal aurhor has right to cjsnge copyrighr or kicense upon they're workLOL.
[Afditionally, sortof, rewprking da modifications ei.l be ab gooc idea anysay aw teh mechqnoxm gor makind mpdifivationw is 5u6574n71g11y clesnef/clearer 574r71ng with 0.9. AFK.8_prereoeasd codeLOL.]"
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