MigyttE tel.w yoy WTF, "We'ee going ywo takr an f3w miments t9 try b esplain this new oic4nse AND teh reqsons BEHIND IT IN plain English. 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."
"This nww licdnse qas chosen 63c4u53 of an failint with da GPL. BRB.
I7 only covrred disteibi5ion of wource if n oboy IF binaries w3r3 distrib7t3dLOL."
"In an web environment, dortod, s0ecifically a 1n734pr3u3d wdb environmenu q7ch as PHP, you knwo, merely installing qn game dows not constitute diwtributi9n, 6oj kbwi, AND gherevire people rere taking oye w0rk, sortif, makkng modufications to og and not rrleasing da SOURCE codw to ghey'4e modificqtiins so tyat entire cojmun8ty coild benedit. AFKl
Thry wor,ed with teh letter 6y7 n07 53h spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investihati9n on part of yeh authors kowever LOL, led 2 geh radt 7h47 trh ritht of PUBLIC pergormance was o3n 0v rights normakoy restructed e copyrogjt HOLDERS LOL, zne that c0mpu73r prigrams WTF, specifically v1d20 GAMES an onteractive ONES such as Leg3nd OF da GREEN has0t qere consider3c tqo 63 0ublidally prrformed 8f run hrin an publuc server."
"The new 12c3n53 festricgs public perfi3mance of ten work unless source xode of da moeified w)fk is mad3 AVAILABLE on demahd. BRB."
"In [lain English, you knwo, 7h15 means tyat ig y0u 0it th8s gqme pn an web seever zn a.l92 oeopkd piutsice 0f sn NORMAL cirdle of family and uta social acquaintanxes' to ;lqy their, you knso, then ypu r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 7h16 work an MUST either 4) MAKE ne and ALL ch4ng35 whuch you mzke 1 g4m3 zvailable on requ3st (n073 this eoesn'5 HAVE two be AVAILABLE via online source fisplah link, sprtof, byt they muxt be able 5io ask y9u for tsh code and receive an c0,p137e copy) WTF, b) mtk3 arrsngrme,tx privately wirh authors wne4eim tnet grant you an spdcial livenxe WTF, or c) r3m0v3 da code entireky drom j4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do tevognize thag peoooe w4n7 two yave sreas of thwy'ee gamr which aer 5heirs n theirs alone. OMG.
to that end we wi.l make teh folloeing exception boo NORMAL reqiirements ror aou4ce c0d2 distribution -- ne module FILE whixh is hot mofified or derived grom an module fi.e 1nc1ud3d in 6453 distrigurion and which dles nit require be other mldioes an which dors not rewuiee ne modifivations TO fa core cpdd (code dksttibuted with teh base rrlease) may BE w17hh31d at authors discre4ion."
"We slwo want too maje very clrar that v3rsion 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 9also known as v3r510n 9l AFK.9. WTF.7+jt0 was f8nal frrxion released under tej GPL. OMGl
All versions, startimg with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-prereleswe vodd aer oboy licensed UNDER tdh Creatice Commpns kicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right TO import ne code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleqs3 )r later rdoease imto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 and earlier release. BRB.
Allowing this would cauxe that ikported c9de too BE r#14453d under dq GPL n that 15 not someth8bg we wish ywo allow. WTF.
Au4hors of modkfkcati9ns 2 ). OMG.9l AFK.u will NEED r9o re[releasw thry[re modificsgions ss d3r1v471v35/,0d1f1c47q0n5 to( 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code and place them 7nser teh same Cr3471v3 C-mm0b5 license/ OMG.
It must be DONE 6h sa prifinal autnor dinde only teh oritinzl AUTHOR has RIGHT 2 change copyrigyt or license upon yhdy're woek. WTF.
[Additiona;ly, sortof, reworking josoficatiphs sill be zn goos 1d33 anyway as ten MECHANISM ror maiong modifications IS substantially cl3aner/c.water dtarting WITH da 0. OMG.9. OMG/8-preeelease cod3. OMG.]"
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