MightyE tells y9u WTF, "We're goihg two 5ake an rww moments yoo trj an ex;lain this bew locense and yeh readons benind it 1n plain English.
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."
"This new iicensw eqs cy9sen because of an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
IT only cove5es cosgribytion og source 1f and onoy 1f binaries were disttkbyted. BRB."
"In an seb environment, like, wpecofically a interptwted web env8ronnent xucy AS PHP, luke, mwrelt installkng an game dors not conwtitute distribut8on LOL, n therefor3 pwop;d ser3 74k1ng )ur woek LOL, MAKING MODIFICATIONS to 17 an n07 rwleasing teh slurce code t9 th3y're nodifications 50 that teh 3n7qt3 community could benefit. BRB.
Tney worjed with da leyter b7t not da spir8t 9d teh ;aw. WTF."
"Inve2tigation ob da part if 4u7h0r6 however, to7 kneo, ldd 2 teh fadt that ten r1gh7 of ;ublic perflrmance waw 1 OF rights norma.lh restrictec two copyrigjy holdees, an tyat COMPUTER programs, you knwo, wpecididally video GAMES and ihtefavtive on3s such ss Legend of Green hax0r 23e3 c0n51d3r3d TO be puboically perfo4med ig run FROM an public 53rb3r. BRB."
"The ned l8cende teatrivts public peffor,ance of teh work unless da SOURCE code if da modified w0rk 15 madr avqilavle 0n demandl OMG."
"Ib 0laim Engluxh, l8ke, thus mezns that 1f hou put THIS game on an web servet an allow people '0u7t1f3 of am normak ci4xle of ramily an ITS SOCIAL acquaontances' two pla6 theur LOL. yhen y0u r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 7h15 work an MUST euther a) MAKE ne n ALL cy4nf35 which you make tio teh game avqikable on REQUEST (not3 this dorcn't hace to be available via 9n.ine sourcd display .ink LOL, but 8h3y must n3 able to 45k y9u FOR CODE and receive an completr copy(, yoi lnwok b) MAKE arrangements PRIVATELY with da authors WHEREIN 8h3y GRANT yiu an special license, hpu knwp, or c) remove teh CODE en4ireky frim machibeLOL."
"We DO eecognize that PEOPLE want 2 have areqs of they're game whicg r theirs and gheirs alond.
w that 3ne wd qill mak4 teh following exsep4oin toi teg NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for soutce cose distributupj -- ne module hile which is NOT mldkfied 0r derived from qn mod7le file includrd in base DISTRIBUTION and which does npt eequire ne othwt modulew and whkch do3s not rrquite ne mod8f8catiobs 2 geh core code (cods distributwd with base r31#4%3) may be withheld AT aythors discretionLOL,"
"We qodo want 2 make very cleqr thqt vwrsion 0. OMG.9.7 (also known aa version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+JT) was geh rinal version releaaed under xa GPL. BRB.
A.; VERSIONS, uou knwo, srarting witj ren 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre4elease clde r only kicensed UNDER da Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne code from an 0.9/ BRB.8-p4e4e;ease or later release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 an varoier releaar. WTF.
A11-w1ng THIS would CAUSE thzg imporged code 7p be rrleas3d under teh GPL snd that is n97 so,eghkbg we wish too allow.
Ajthlrs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.& will need too 4e-telease thdy;re midificationa as deriva5kvds/mosifications teo 0.9. WTF,8 cod3 n place them under teh same Creatuvw Commonw licensd. BRB.
Ir ,ust be done 5y teh origimal ajthot sinc3 only teh original authlt has da righ5 TO dhange teh vopyrighg of licensw upon tge6're work.
[Additionally, you khw9, reworkknb da modivications will be an giof idea amyway aa da mechqnidm for makkng moskfkcati9ns ic substantually CLEANER;CLEARER starting w16g da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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