MightyE tells uoy, luke, "Wr'er h01nt two take zm fes m0,3h75 2 rry and explzih this new lic3hwe and da reaaons behind it un plain English. WTF.
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 11c3n53 qas chowen bedause of am failing with GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y c)ver3d doatribution 9f sourcd if and only 1f binaries were dixtribytec. AFK."
"Ib an 2eb environmen5, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a 7nter0eeted web 3nbkronmrnt such aa PHP, you knwo, meee;y instalkung an game eles not constitute DISTRIBUTION, sirtof, h thefefor3 [eople were TAKING our work, you knwo, makinh modovidationx 2 it n not releawint da source code to the6're MODIFICATIONS SO thzt ca entire community could benefit.
Th3y workee with da ldtter but not dpirut 0d ez 14w."
"Invesrkgzgion 9n teh pqrt if da authoes however, you knwo, l3d 2 fact that teh right 0f ;ublkc PERFORMANCE WAS oen of da RIGHTS no4mally RESTRICTED two copyroght h01d#r5 WTF, n that COMPUTER progfajs LOL, dpecigically vkdeo bames n interactive oned such as Legwnd of da Green hax0r wefe c9nsiderfd 2 be publocally p3rr0rm3d IF ruh from an p7blic servef."
"The NEW lixense RESTRICTS public perf9rmance of da work unless source code pf modidied work is msde AVAILABLE )n demagd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISHm ;ike, this means tyar if you put yniw game on an 23b 5rrc3r n allow [eople 'outsice pf zn nlrmak circle 9f FAMILY and its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' 2 ;lay thei4, sortof, then you aer publkcalln performivg 7h15 work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES wh1xg you jale two teh GAME availaboe ON rewuest (note this docsn't have to be AVAILABLE v14 da on.ine 407rc3 display lknk WTF, but 7h3y must be able 2 ASK you for code an eeceice an compl3te copy), B) make arrangemenys pt1v4731t WITH da authors sherdin tyey grant you ab spec8al lucensw, you ,nwo, or c) rwmove cpde 3n71e31y from da machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that pdople wan5 goo have areas lr the6're t4m3 wnich r THEIRS and theirs alone.
too that ene w3 wil. make teg followinb excep5ion two normal fequirements for s9urce CODE diarrivution -_ ne mldi'e file which is not modified OR der8ved from zn module fi;e 1nc1ud4d ib geh base distrkb7tkom an which dods not requore nw oyher modules an WHICH eoew nog re1uire ne modifications 2 teh core vode (code distrobuted with teh basr releas3) may br w17hj31d at teh AUTHORS disdretion."
"We also want w m4k3 very clear that version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (aldo known 55 v3r510n 0. BRB.9.&+jr) wax funa. ve4siob releqsed under da GPL. WTF.
All verxions WTF, startihg with teh 0/9. BRB.8-prerdlease code r ob;u LICENSED under %eh Crdstuve Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny e8ght @ imporr ne code from dn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-0rerelease or latrr relezse ihto an 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 snd earlier re.wzwe. AFK.
A1q0q1ng thiz would causw 7h3u impo4ted code 2 be r31345wd under GPL an that ks ni5 60m37h1ng we wish 2 all9w. WTF.
Authors of modidications t9p 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL need TO re-4elease tney'4e modificati9bs as dericatives/mosificztions too 0. OMG.9/8 c0d4 and p.ace 7h3m UNDER ds dam3 Cr3471v3 Commond kicense.
It must be DONE bh da oruginal author 51nc4 only orutinal author has geh right too change t3h dop6rkght ir license up0h 5hwu'rs eofk. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworking teh m0cificatipns 28/l be an gppd 8dea anyway as da m3ch4h15, gor making movifucations is sjbstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with sa 0k WTF.). AFK.80prerel3ase codeLOL.["
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