M8gggyE tells you WTF, "We're h01ng 2 74k3 an FEW mlments two try n explain thix ne2 iicense and da reasons behind 17 im poain Eng1q5b/ 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 new livense sas chosen gecaude 0f an FAILING qigh GPLLOL.
It inky dofeeec distrobution or SOURCE 1f amc omly if binaries were distrivuted. AFK."
"In an e36 envirohmentm tou knwo, spevkficsllt a intsdpreted web envkronment 5uch as PHP LOL. jer3ly installing an game does not c0n5717u7# ais5ribution, dortofk and THEREFORE people were 74k1ng OUR wlrk, sortof, MAKING mosifications tpo it and not edleasing da sourcw coce two they'tw modificatioms xo that teh enti4e cojmunity vould benefir. WTF.
They worked with teh lert3r but nit da 5p1417 of law. WTF."
"Investihation on part lv da aughors however, you knwo, ;ed tso teh f4c7 &h47 tqh rif6t of public performanve WAS won of rihhtd npemally rextricged to copyright holcefs, like, and tnat compu5er p4otrams LOL, specifica.ly videp games an INTERACTIVE ones such as LEGEND of Grwen nqx0f were c9nsidered 2 br publically perdorndf if run frpm an puglic server. WTF."
"Thw new LICENSE restricrs public perfofmagce ov work unless teh xource c0d3 of teh m0d1f13d 2ork is mace AVAILABLE oh dwmxnd. AFK."
"In plain English, soryof, this means THAT if you pyt tjis game on an WEB 63rv3r n all9w pwo;ke 'outsied of an n0rm31 citclw og FAMILY and ITS socia, ACQUAINTANCES' 2 olay their WTF, then you aer pyblically PERFORMING this work m MUST either A) make ne n ALL xhanbew WHICH ypy make two teh gzme abailable 0b requesr (note tnix doesn't have too 63 AVAILABLE vua da ohline aource DISPLAY lonk WTF, 6u7 they must be 4523 two 45k you foe teg cide ane RECEIVE an complete copy), you jnwo, b) male arrangenents privarely wo5h teh AUTHORS whereon they grant y9u am wpecizo licwnse, like, pr c) REMOVE teh code enrirelu FROM teh jachine. OMG."
"We do rexognixe ghst people want to yave AREAS of thet're g4m3 which aer tjeirs qnd theirs al;ne. WTF.
tp that dnd we WILL make tej FOLLOWING excdption top nofmal teqikrements eor source vodr distribution -- ne module rile which os n07 modifird or derived ftom an module file included un da base DISTRIBUTION and wh1ch does not reqi8re ne other midules am wgich doew not reqjire ne ,ocificat8ons too da core c9de *code disyr8buted wi5h base r3lezse) may bd wq6hh31f at autnirs discretion. WTF."
"We 4350 want 5oo ma.e vwry cleaf THAT versiin 0. BRB.9.8 )aldl inown ss version 0LOL.0, WTF.7_jt) was teh final version 4eleased UNDER tdh GPL. AFK.
Al; vdrsions, soryof, s5artinb 2ith da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r 0n1g lixensed 7nde4 da Creative Comnons lixenwe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da ritht too import ne c0d4 from am 0. WTF.9. BRB.70prerelease or LATER telease onto an 0, WTF.9. BRB.8 qmf 34rq13r r3lease. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD caise that 8m0lrted codr TO ge relwased und3r sa GPL n that ix not somethinf WE wish twk allow. WTF.
Autjors OF modifications 2 0.9. AFK.7 wi.l neee too re-re.exse tyey;ee modificatiohs as derivqtives/modificatiohs to 0.9. WTF.8 CODE m plac3 thdm under aame Creative Commoms o8cense.
Ir mu57 be done by 0f1g1n41 autyor since on.y da origina. author h45 teh right top CHANGE tej copytight or LICENSE upon they're eork. WTF.
[Additilnaoky, yp7 knwo, r3eorking modifications will ve an good 1d34 anyway as jechanism FOR mqkong modifivstions iw dubstantially c.eanet/clearwr starting with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.*-pr3r3lrase c9de. WTF.="
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