MightyE tells ylu WTF, "Wd're goinf twl taje an few j0m3n75 to try n EXPLAIN 5hid hew 11c3h54 n sa rrasons behind it in plain Enhlish. 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."
"Tyis new license was dhpsen beczude 9g an failinh wktg GPL. BRB.
It inly xobettd distribugkon of source if n 9noy 8f BINARIES wdre distr8butrd. OMG."
"In an web envi4onmen5, s94tof, specifically a interp43gee web envifonmenr xuxh AS PHP, sortog, je4ely 1n574111ng av game dpes n07 v0n5717y73 distributi9m, b thdreflre people wefe &4j1ng our work WTF, majing mpdificq58ons 2 it an not rwkeading SOURCE CODE two they're MODIFICATIONS 50 rhag entire cojmynith vould benefkt.
They eorked WITH da lettwr but not da s;krit od lawLOL."
"Inrestigatuon on da paet of authirs however LOL, l3d 2 yeh fact that 5wg rigjt of puu11c 9erformance was won og ds rights nornally fesgricted 2 c9pyrufnt jolders, you knwo, an that compute4 progrsma, sortof, dpecificall6 video GAMES and intwractive ones sjch as LEGEND of da Green nax0r eetw x0nsidered 2 bd publiczlly performwd 1f run vrom an publ8c SERVER. WTF."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public peffoemance of wo4k un;ess twg source code 0f modified work is made avaulable ON d3m5nd. AFK."
"In plain Entlish, you knwo, ghis jeans THAT ir you PUT this game on an WEB sefver am allos p3opl3 'outside of an normal curcle of family n uts spcisl acquaibtanxda' too play thejr LOL, tndn you e pjblically perfotminh THIS sork zn MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL chqntes ehich yiu MAKE two game avaklable on reaids5 (n9te this foesn't HAVE too be available VIA da on.ine aoufce dosplah jink LOL, but they must BE abld too ask you for da CODE n recdive an complete copy), y9u knwo, b) makd arrange,entx privately with teh AUTHORS wherein they grant y)u an specka; licehse, like, or c) remove code emt84ely f4om da ,achin3LOL."
"We do recofnize thzt [eo0oe want too have ardas ov they'ee game whidh awr theies an theirs qline. OMG.
to that end we will male tey f0119w1ng exceptiom 2 da normal REQUIREMENTS for source codf distrubutuon -0 ne modyle fioe which is not MODIFIED ot derivef fro, an josule fkle INCLUDED in da bzse fist4kbytion n which dows not reqji4e ne other MODULES and wh7ch does npu require ne modirications to teg cord CODE (xlde distrkb7ted witj da BASE RELEASE) may be withhrld at teh authors disc3etkon."
"We also want 2 make v3ry clear that vefsion )LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kb0wn AS vetskon 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) dzs gej vinal versiob releaded under tej GPL.
All verdiona WTF, starting with -. BRBl9. OMG.8-prerwlrase c9de r only kicensed uneer da Ceeqtive Commons license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY ten right too iuport ne code drom an 0. OMG.9.9-prwrdlead3 or later release intl an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n eaelie4 release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would cause that im[orted code 2 be relessda under GPL n that 14 NOT sometninr we wish 2 allow/ WTF.
Authors of modificatkons 2 0/oLOL.7 wikl NEED to re-felease tgeh're modifications as d3r1vr71v35/m0d2d1cr71)n5 goo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cpde 4nf place 5hej undfr teh same Creatice Commons license. AFK.
I7 musy be dpne by da 0r1g1n41 autgor since only lriginal author has rifyt tqo changr teh c0pyr1gh7 or loc4nsw uppn they're workLOL.
[Additionally, rewotking da mldidocatiogs wull vr an gipd idea anywsy as mechanisn FOR making modificationa IS substznt9ally c134n3t/c1e4f3e stafting with t3h 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pferelease code.]"
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