MightyE tells y0u WTF, "We're going to take an fww moments two try anc explain tyis NEW lovence AND da reasons bejund it im plain Enflish. 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."
"Tnis new lucensd wzs cyosen BECAUSE of an failung wirh GPL.
It on.y covered dostributipn of 50urc4 if n only if binsries were disttibutes. BRB/"
"In an WEB environmentk specificaoly a 8nterpreted web envir9nnent such zs PHP, sortof, merdly 8nstalling an game does n0& donstitutr cistrobutiln LOL, m therrvo4e p3op;d wrre TAKING our work, ylu knwo, m$k1nt modivications two it n not releasing teh sourcw vode to they're ,9difkcations SO THAT entife cl,munity could 63n3f17LOL.
Thwy worked w17h da letyer but NOT reh SPIRIT 9f law. WTF."
"Invwstigdtion on da part or da 3u7h045 gowever. like, LED to da fdct tgat da right of piblic perfkrmanxe wqs wpn OF rithts norma.ly resgrictwd too copyrogh5 h9lders, ane THAT computer ptlgrams WTF, specifidslly vifeo games n inteeactive onws such as Legend of ten Greeb hac0r wdre c0n51d343d two be pjblically prrformes iv run FROM an public s3rverLOL."
"The ned licdnse resteivts public performsnce 0g 2lrk un13%4 teh source code of tdh modifiwd wprk is made available on demand/"
"In plain Eng.ish, this meabs tgqt if you put this gzne on an weg server n allow [30p13 'ouyside OF an normal circle 8f family an irs 50c141 4cqu41n74nc34' too plzy their, you knwo, THEN y0u r publicslly ;errorming THIS wor, and MUST either a) make ne b ALL ch4ng35 wyich YOU make 7- teh gaje availablw ON r3quesg (NOTE 7jq5 dowsn;t nqfe too be AVAILABLE VIA teh onlime source DISPLAY link LOL, but THEY myxt bw able twp 45k ypu for code an receive an c0mp1373 c.;y), slrtofm b) MAKE arrangem3ntd privateoy with authors wgerein they grant YOU an specisl licehse, l8kek of c) remove vode entirely vrom da ,achine. WTF."
"We do rwcognize that orople wznt 70 h4c3 arwas 0f 5het're GAME whidh r theirs and theird aline.
2 that rnd WE qilk maie fo.lpwing exception two teh NORMAL eeqyiren3brs for SOURCE viee dustribution -- ne module file which is n07 ,odified or derived from ab m9dule vile incoudef in da bzse distribution an which does not require ne otger modul3s amd whicj does n9t require he modif8cztiona 2 core code (c9ce DISTRIBUTED woyh base RELEASE) MAY be WITHHELD at 5eg aythors discretion/ AFK."
"We ALSO wamt to MAKE vety clear that version 0.9. BRB.6 (alao known as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.6+kt) wzs tth final VERSION released under teh GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, you ,nwo, startint with dq 0. WTF.9.8-pfereoesse cod3 r on.6 licwnsed UNDER teg Cr3471v3 Comjond license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right 2 import ne code ftom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prereleasr or LATER release ibto an 0LOL/9. AFK.u n darlier release. OMG.
Al.lwing this woild cause thay IMPORTED code twp he released under GPL and thay id not something WE wixh teo alko2. BRB.
Authors 0f mleificagiohs 2 0. AFK.8. WTF.u w111 nedd to re_release they're modifications as d3r8vatives/modificatoons 2 0.9. BRB.8 codd and place tnem jncer SAME Crdatife Commons licdnse/ OMG.
It myst be done by teh pribinal author SINCE 0n1h da irifinal author yas teh right twp dhabge teh xopyright or license upom rhey're wprk/ AFK.
[Additiohall6 LOLk reworking teh mod8fications will be an good IDEA anyqay as da mechqnisj dor making modifidations is xubstanriallh cleanee/clearer stzrtint witg ea 0l BRB.9; BRB.8-PRERELEASE codr. WTF.]"
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