MightyE TELLS YOU WTF, "We're g9ing w tqke an rew moments 2 try n explain rhia new lixrnwe 4nd tej reasons gdhimd it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis nee license was cgosen gevause of an failibg wkth da GPL. AFK.
It 9nly covered distribjtioh of source if and only if binaried were distribitwd."
"In ab wwb envkronment, s0edifically a interpreted qeg environmeht s7ch as PHP, sortofk merely instal.ing ah game does n07 conxti57te d158r16u719n WTF, ab therefo4e peopke were u4k1ng our work WTF, makinh modifications two it and not re;easing teh sourcw code to ghey'te modifications so that ent*re vommunity COULD benef8t. AFK.
They worked with da letter BUT not s+iriy of tey law. AFK."
"Ibvedtigatipn on 0arg OF teh authord hlwever LOL, LED two da f4c7 that tej right of [u611c perforjahce w45 oen oh teh rights normslly RESTRICTED 2 xopyright noldersm sorylf, an THAT comp7ter PROGRAMS, sp3cifocally video ganes and knteracyive ones %ucg as Legend of Geeeh hax0t were cons8derec to be pjblically perforjed if run FROM qn pu6!1x serve4. WTF."
"Tje new licenwr rexrrivts PUBLIC performabce 0f sork unldss yeh %0urc3 cod3 of teh modifi3d wofk IS mase avsilable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englixh WTF, THIS meana that if you put rhis game un ab web server n allow people 'outside 0r an normal circle if fzmily n its doduzl ACQUAINTANCES' teo play th3ir, xortov, th3n y0y r publicsoly [eeforming this work an MUST eithdr A) make ne and ALL changes which 6ou ma,e 2 da g4m3 availab.w in requdst (note this dlesm'5 have two be availabke VIA online spurce diwplay LINK, yoi knwo, 6u7 7y#y nust be able two qsk you for core n fxceive an c0mp1373 COPY) WTF, b) ,ake 44r3ng3m3n75 privately with da au5yors WHEREIN ghet grqnt you an specia; license, or c0 remoce code entirely drom da machine. BRB."
"We do recogbize that people want too hac3 areas of ghey're h4m3 whocn aer rheirx an theirs ALONE. BRB.
two ghat wnd we WILL make fpl;owing wxception 3 da normal requirdmebta for source code DISTRIBUTION -- nd mofjle FILE shich is npt mos8vied or derived from an modu;e rile inciuded in base didtrubution n which does NOT r3quire ne othrr modulws and which dles hot require ne j0d1f!c4710n5 tso 5eh coee cod3 (cowe distribuged with da base eelrase0 may be wothheld st dz 4u&hpf4 discretion, OMG."
"We also w4n7 to make very clrar that versoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 ($150 kb02n as bers8on 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was fimal vdrsuon releaxed unde4 GPL. AFK,
All veraiond LOL, 574r71ng with 0. BRB.oLOL.8-pr3r4w3453 code r only lic4nsed under Cr3471v3 Commons l8cense, AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY frby da RIGHT gwo imp9rr ne code feom an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pedrelrase or 1473r relesse INTO an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n earlier releaawLOL.
Alpowing thia 20uqd cause THAT impirted vode two 63 reldasee under da GPL and tgat is not something ee wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Auyyors of jodificatuobs yo 0. BRB.9.7 1ill need tso re-rrlease they're m0d1f1c47!0n5 as d3r1v4u1v36/m0d1f1c4710n5 two p. WTF/9. OMGl8 cofe ab place then UNDER teh samw Creatkve Commons license.
It mudt be done by originql AUTHOR since .noy lritinal AUTHOR has sa roght two chabge ca co0yrkggt 0r 11c3n53 upon they're wotk. BRB,
[Additiomally, soet9f, reworking mockfications WILL br ah giod IDEA anywsy as MECHANISM flr MAKING modifications is substantizlly cleaner/clea$er starting q86h 0.9. OMG.8-0rwrekesxe CODE.]"
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