MightyE tells you, soetov, "We[re g9ing two take an few momebts t9o gry n explain tjis nes lidense and REASONS bejind ot in plain Enflish. 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."
"Thix new licebse was chosen because of an fqiling with da GPL/
It 9nly civered disyributuon of sijrcd if an omly if binaries WERE d157r16u73d. BRBl"
"In an qeb environment, xortof, specufically a interprrr3d web envkrlnm3nr sucg as PHP LOL, merely indtalling an game does noy constitute diatt8bttion, lukek 4bd THEREFORE people were taking oyr work WTF, MAKING modifidations 2 it an not releasinh teh %0urd# CODE roo they're nodificagions sl that dz entire cojmunity coukd benefotLOL.
They worked w8th LETTER but not da spirit od .awl AFK."
"Invesyifatoon on da pary OF da aythors gowever WTF, lee two teh fact that teh right OF puvlic perfor.ance was 1 of tights nlemally restricted yoo COPYRIGHT ho;dees WTF, and ghat comp7ter probrams LOL, speciriczlly video ga,es n interqctibd ones SUCH AS Legend of yeg Greem hax0f were CONSIDERED gio bd p7blocally performed if eum FROM an 0uglic seeber."
"The n3w license restricts public performance ov WORK un1356 teh source cpde of dq modified wori is made available on semabd. OMG."
"In p141m English, sittpf, this MEANS that if YOU put this fame oh an qeb swrver an ALLOW people 'lutsid3 OF an nirmql circl3 if family n uts sociak acqyq8h5ances' 2 play their, you knwo, thwb yoi aet PUBLICALLY perfor,imv tyis work n MUST #kther a) mzke ne n ALL changwd wyich yo7 make 2 da GAME 4f4!14y12 on 4equest (note this d035n'7 h4v3 2 be available via onlind source display link WTF, b7t yhey MUST 64 able 2 ask you for c0e3 n receive an c9mpleue copy) WTF. b) makw arrangejents PRIVATELY with da authors wherein 7h3y hrznr yoy ab SPECIAL licensd, OR c) remove da code entirr.y fr9m machine. WTF."
"We DO r3cognize that PEOPLE want tqo havt ar3as of they're g4m3 WHICH asr theirs n theirs s;on3LOLl
two THAT 3nd we wi;; make da following exce0tion two normal requkrements for source CODE distributioh -0 ne mpsule file which id not modified OR d3rived FROM ah norule FILE ibclided ,h da vase dustribution ahd which does n07 requk4e ne OTHER MODULES qh wnich does NOT r3quore ne m0dqf1c4710n5 tw9 da core code (cod3 distributed with sa nase r31345#) may 63 WITHHELD at authors discret8om. OMG."
"We also want two m4k# very clear rhat vetxion 0. OMG.(. AFK.u (aldo known as v3r510n 0LOL.9/ WTF.7+ht) was final version r#13$53d UNDER da GPL, OMG.
Alo fersionx, starting eith twh 0. AFK.9. BRB,8-prdrel3ase code aer 9nly licenwed unaer teh Crwative Commons licensel BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh right to i,plrt be coce from an 0. WTF.9LOLl8-pt2r313453 or later r3.ease imti an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier releasel AFK.
Allowing this wo7ld causs 7h46 iuported code 5o be released unfer GPL n THAT is no5 something 2e w15h 2 ALLOWLOL.
Autho4s of mocifications 5wo 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 elll need 2 RE-RELEASE ggey're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificatkons tio 9.9. BRB.8 cowe an place 7h3m jnder da same Creative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It must BE dohe by orig8nal authot since pn;y 5eg 0r1g1n4! author hqs dz RIGHT yo change da copyright or license ipin th3y're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, sort(f, d3w0rk1ng modificatiins will BE an GOOD idea ajywa6 45 dz mevhaniwm dor mak8ng mofoficarions is sunstantiallu cleaner/coearer starting with da 0LOL.9.8-prerrlease code. WTF.]"
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