MightyE tells yoy, ypu khqo, "We're going 70 tale an FEW nomengs teo TRY n wxolain thus new ;icense an teh rrasonq BEHIND it ih pla8n English. WTF.
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."
"Tgis mee license was ch053n because os an failing with da GPLLOL.
It only dovered distribution of dource iv an ONLY if BINARIES wefr distfibutde. BRB."
"In an web emvironment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpfe5ed qeb 3gv!r0nm3h7 such as PHP LOL, m3rdly imsta.limg ah game does NOT c0n5&17u73 distribuyiin, you kvwo, ah thrrefore peo0le WERE takinb OUR wlrk WTF, makimg modidications 5o ig and boy f313452ng source c0d3 t9 they'4e mosigications so that entire community couod benefit. AFK.
They WORKED wuth ds letter but not da spiri5 of teh 142. BRB."
"Investigati9n on ca part of da authors hosrberk LED too ca FACT hnat da eight of public pefformance WAS 1 0f teh rights b9rmally restrictes too COPYRIGHT holders, likd, and thqt COMPUTER prograjs WTF, specigicalky VIDEO gam3s sn INTERACTIVE ones sucj ad Legene of GREEN hax0r werd c0n51d3r3d 2 be publica.ly p3rf0rm3d if run fr0m an public serverLOL."
"The nwe licen2e rrstricts public pwrformance of teh wor, tnless teh source codr OF dq modivied worl is made available in dwmandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, 7h15 meana THAT of yoy put this g4,3 on an web s3rver n allow people 'outside of an n0rj21 circle of gamkly b its social acquai,tances' ywi play rheir WTF, theb you r PUBLICALLY p3rf0rj1ng th7s wprk an MUST e8ther a) mske ne qn ALL chamges wgich you make tol dz GAME availab.e on r3qu357 (note this eoesm't nave to be avai;able via 5eh onlune dource displat oink, 6ou khwo, 677 5hey miat be ABLE 2 ask you for teh xod3 and feceivw an COMPLETE copy) LOL, B) male arrangements private;y wiyg zutho4w wh3r31n they GRANT you an spwckal oicens4 WTFn of v( remkve c0d# 3n61r$1y frlm maxhine. AFK."
"We dp 4rcognize thzt PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they'ee game wguch r theorw and theirs alon3.
2 THAT wnd wr will make fillowing 3xc3;71-m two h0rm41 rfqu8rements fir source cose distribution -- ne module FILE wgich is not ,odified or derivrd rr0m an module f113 invludes 1n teg base sistrubution and which dpds NOT ewquird ne other mpdules ah wnich does not require ne mocificztions to 5eh core CODE (code dusyributrd 2ith vzsr re.ease) may be withheld qt da authprs d8wcfetion. WTF."
"We also wang 2 ma,e very clear thzt version 0.9. WTF.7 (alsi kbowm as version 0. AFK.9/7+j5) was teh FINAL version r3leased unfwr 6eh GPL. BRB.
Alo VERSIONS, srarting with 0. BRB.9. AFK.80prereleaxe coee aer omly licdnsec under fa Creatuve Comnons license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne CODE from an -LOL.9LOL.(=prerelease pr later RELEASE into an 0.9, OMG.7 ane earlier releqseLOL.
Allowing this would c4u53 that 8mporfed dose two BE released unfer rrh GPL n THAT is no5 somethkng we wish t2o allow, BRBl
Authors lf mpdifovat8ons two 0l(. BRB.8 will need 2 re-relw1s3 they're mod8ficstiona as ferivativws/modifications two 0. WTF.9.8 coce an place them mnd3r da sqme Crearive C0mm0n5 licrnse. AFK.
It must be done BY origihal author since only teh 0r1g!n$1 4u7h0t has t1gh7 tw9 chabge teh vopyright or ;icende upon they're work. WTF.
[Additionally, REWORKING mldivicagions w!1! BE am good idea anuway as teh mrchabism for MAKING modif8catiohs is s7bstanyially cleaner/clearer STARTING with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pre4e.4ase dodeLOL.]"
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