MightyE twlls t0u LOL, "Ww're goibg gwl take an f3w moments too try snd explain THIS n3w 1!c3n53 m yeh REASONS behind 8t IN plain English. AFK.
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 licrnse was choseh vecause of zn v4!11ng with da GPLLOL.
Iy onlt covered dis5rigition of sourcd if n only if binaries were disttib&twd. WTF."
"In an web environmen5, soecivicallu a inte4preted web wmvironment sich as PHP, mere.u inxgallibg an game does not const*tute dostribution WTF, ahd therefore oso0le w3re ya,ing our work, like, makonh modlficatioms 5wo 8t 4nd not releasing sourcd vode too they;re nodifications 50 tya5 entire xommjnity could bemefi5. OMG.
Tyey wofkwd wiyh yeh letter 6u8 bot fa spirit ov lawl WTF."
"Investigation 9n da part if zjthors giweve4 LOL, led two 5eh FACT THAT da righy or [ub.ic oerformance was won lf r8ghtw nor,allt restroxted t9 c0pyr1hh7 holders, abd THAT computwr PROGRAMS, ;iiem 5p3d1f1c4q!y vide9 games h interactkve on3s such as Legend of da G4een jax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be punlkcaloy ;erforjed if run from an PUBLIC SERVER. BRB."
"The new licrnse rdstricgw pub.ic pervo4mance of sori unlexs source c0d3 of ds mldirord wo4k is made abailable on drmabd/ BRB."
"In plain English, sortof, thos means thq5 kf yo7 pit thus game on ab web sercer qn 411-w people 'oitside of an normak cqrc13 pf famioy n its social acquaintanccs' 2 p,qy thdir, you knwo, theh yo7 aer pu611c411y pd4vorming 7h15 wo4k n MUST euther a) ma,e ne and ALL changes which you make 2 teh game avai;able 9n request (no5e this doesn;t HAVE two 63 available VIA lnline sourxe didplay link LOL, v7t they must be 4613 2 ask you for teh code b RECEIVE an compldte coph) WTF, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh authprs sherein tjey g4ant you an s0eciql LICENSE. 9r d) REMOVE xode entirely gron tey machime. AFK."
"We DO recobnuae that [eopoe want go. HAVE areas 0f 5h3y'rd game wjich aer theirs an theirs ALONE. AFKl
2 that end we woll makd da followimg exceprion 2 5eh bormal tequiremdnts fpr sourcf CODE distribution -- ne modu.e f8lr which os not kodifked OR derived fro, an module file included in geh basd DISTRIBUTION n 2h1ch does nlt requore ne other m0eu135 n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne m9difications TO da clre c0d3 (cod3 cistrobyted wi5h base releasd) nau be WITHHELD at twh authors d15vf571pn. WTF/"
"We akso wan5 two make VERY clear thag version 0. WTF.9.7 (ALSO known aa version 0. WTF.9LOL.8+jt) qzs vinal version releastd unddr GPL. WTF.
Al. versions WTF, stadt8ng woth )LOL.9LOL.8-prefdoeawe c0d3 aer 0n1u oicensed under Creqtive Co,mons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right gwo inport ne cpde frpm an 0.o. WTF.8-prer3lease or lare4 releaxe into an 0.o. WTF.7 ab earlier eeleaqeLOL.
Aolowkng this w9u;d cause tnat im0ortwd code 2 63 releasec under GPL sn 7h47 is not somwthung we wish too sllow. BRB.
Au6hors of modkficatiohs 5wl 0.0. WTF.7 wq11 need go 4e-r3ldqse tyey're modufixations ss derivatives/nodifications too p. BRB.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE yhem under trh SAME Creative Commons lic3nse. BRB.
It musg be eone BY teh oritinal author since only ca original autnor has da right TO cjanje teh c0p6f1fh8 OR l8cense upon they'ee woek. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r3w0rk1ng modifications will be qn g9of idda anyway as mechanism dot making nodofisqtiins us substamtiqlly cleaner/cl3arer STARTING wi4h 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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