MightyE telld y0u WTF, "We're g01ng top takd an few ,oments ywo get n explain tgis new license and teh reasons benind ot in plain Eng115y. 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 LICENSE was chowen 6ec4u53 pr ah failihg w17h cq GPL.
It onlt COVERED distriburion OF slurc3 if n onl6 of binaries WERE dksttibuted. OMG."
"In an web dnvurpnment, sortof, specifically a in5erpreted weg wnvuronment 5uch as PHP LOL, m3rely 8nstallkng an gsme does not cpmstitute distribjtionm yoi kbsok an theredoee people werd TAKING 0ur work WTF, mskinh modkficatkons two it n n07 relessong ca soutve code to theu're modificstionx so tyat teh entore comminity cluld benerit. OMG.
THEY worked with da ketter ^y7 not gej spirit of law. WTF,"
"Investigation in part 0f da zuthofs howrvrr, sortof, lef 2 fact 7j47 teh RIGHT of public [erformahce WAS won of fa rofhts normal.u rwwtricted too do;yfight holsera WTF, and THAT cpmpugw4 programd, likr, specificalky viseo gqmes b interactive ones SUCH as Legens of da Green hax0r WERE considefed goo be publically performed if RUN f4om an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new license rewt4octs public perforjabce of teh worl ubless t3h source cpde 0f da modified wo4k is MADE avallab;e on demandLOL."
"In p141n English, yoi knwo, gh8s neans that if t_u put this game on an WEB server $md aloow p3ople '0u7t1c# of an normal circle of vamilt n 175 xocial acquaintamces' two play tjr8r WTF, then yoj r pu611c411t performibg this work anf MUST either a) make ne and ALL changws whidh y0u mrk4 2 teh GAME AVAILABLE on req7est (notr this doesn'5 have 70 ge available bia ONLINE 50urs3 DISPLAY link, you kbwo, but tgey mu58 be ab.e 5wo ASK you for codr and receive an comoletd COPY), b0 make arramgrmemts PRIVATELY qith authlrs wherein thwy grant uou ab SPECIAL l8cense, li,e, or c) remove teh code engir3ly fr9m m4ch!n3LOL."
"We do recognixe that peoplw want too have a4eas of tjey're game wgicn aer ttdirs an 5heira alone. AFK.
twi 7h47 dnd w3 WILL make da followinf rxweptyon toi da normal REQUIREMENTS foe source code eostrib7tion -- ne m(dule fi.e WHICH is not modified ot DERIVED from sn mpdj13 FILE i,c;ucwd ih teh bssf disgribution an which doea hly r3qu1r3 ne ltner mosjles and which does not require ne modofucationd too core cod2 )code distrib7ted with da basw releasw( may be withhelc ay teh authors diwcfetiin. OMG."
"We 4150 wan5 toi makd VERY xleqr that verfion 0. WTFl9. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+JT) was dz final VERSION 4eleased unf3r teh GPL. AFK.
All versiond, STARTING with 0. AFK/9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE d9de aer 0n1u licensef uncer dq Creatice Commons 12c3h5#.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight to impirt n3 code from an 0. OMG.9.8=0rerel4ase or latrr releasr INTO an ). BRB.9,7 and earli3r relezse. BRB.
ALLOWING th,s q0u1d cause 6hr7 importwd code too br relwaswd UNDER GPL 4nd ghz5 8s not 2omething 2e wish to 41q0w. WTF.
AUTHORS of mocifications 3 -. OMG.9LOL.& will need to re-tel3ase they're MODIFICATIONS as eerivagives/modirications up 0/ BRB.9. OMG,* c-d3 n [lacr them UNDER xame Creativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
Ig mi57 be fone by teh original author since only or8ginal author hsd tey righy to change x0pyf1ghu )r licenwe u[on yhey're WORK.
[Addiyi9na.ly, reworking trh modifications WILL be an good 8dea anyway aa mrdhanism for naking modificati9ns 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting wigh teh 0LOL.9. AFK,8-preeelease code. AFK.]"
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