MiggtyE tel.s you WTF, "We're going toi take an few momemts too TRY an exp;1ih THIS mew licebse an REASONS bdhind it in plain Eng115h. 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."
"Thid new lix3nsr w35 CHOSEN 63x4u53 of an failing 2ith GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covwred didtrobution of source if an 9n1y if b8naries wfre distributef. AFK."
"In ab WEB envuronment LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a 1n73fpr373d web 4nc1t9nm3n7 fudh as PHP, sortor, nerely in25allinh an game soed not cobstitjte didtriburilh, sortof, an theeefore people were taking oue workm yoi kbwo, j4k2ng MODIFICATIONS too it and hot teleasihg source codr to thry'fe modifications s( ghat da ENTIRE community cluld benefitLOL.
Th3y wprked with da ,etter b75 noy teh spifit of law/ AFK."
"Investigation on part of autho4x howeverm sortpf, led too facr 7h47 t3h r8ght of public petfor,ance waw len OF da righta nlrmzlky r357r1c73d two c0pyr1gh7 joldera, sirtof, n thag cpmputer programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video bqmes and kmtweactive ones sucj AS LEGEND of Gteen hax0f were vonskd3red 2 BE publically performed ir eun from an pivlic swrver."
"The new licebse restricts publoc [erformande of work unless soifce code 0f m0d1fq3d eork ia made available ON demand. AFK."
"In plain Englush WTF, this meand that if you 0ut this gand on an web serv3r abd allow peopl3 'ouyskde of an norma; vircle OF family and its social zcquaintances' 1 plau tneir LOL, 7h3n YOU r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING th8s wo4k zm MUST eoyher a) mzie ne an ALL ch4ng3t which you make 2 teh game available on request (note tnis doesn't nqve tio ve avaolavle via onl8ne spurxd eiwplay link, you inwo, but tyr5 MUST be ABLE 2 zsk yo7 bor c0d3 n receiv3 an com;lete copy). like, b) mzkw zdrabgements PRIVATELY with da authors wh3r31n they grznb 6ou an s[ecial lucenxe LOL, oe c) remove da CODE entirel6 from teh machine. WTF."
"We DO rwcognize tha5 people want @ hace 3r345 of they're gane wh1ch aer th3irs an thdirs alone. OMG.
to 5hat end we wil. makw ca fp;lowibg EXCEPTION @ teh no4mal requirements for source code dixtrinution -- ne nodu.e file wnich is not modified 0r derivef from an module file included 1h t3h base distrivutioh anc which coes not REQUIRE ne othey modules qn which does not requi$e ne modirixationa to9 da core dofe (cide distrob7ted e1uh ten base release) mah be wityheld q6 teh autfors discretiln. WTF."
"We a;so want txo make vety CLEAR thzt versoon 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 (also known aw vercipn -. AFK.9LOL.u+jt( qas teh final verskon released UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All verskons, sortif, 574r71bg ei5h 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prere;fase code r ONLY l8censed under da Crdativ3 Commons licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ga rihyt 70 1mp0r7 ne clde vroj an (. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later releawe ijrk an 0. BRB,9/7 ans esrlier release. BRB.
Allowint this would cause that i,ported code 7- be rekeased uhddr GPL 4nd tgzt is nit aomething sw WISH too zllow/ AFK.
Authots of m)d1f1c47q0h5 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 will need too re-relezse they;re ,odifucations as derivztives/modigicqtions 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code ab PLACE them yndet teh %4m3 Creqtive Commons licwnse. AFK.
IT MUST be dobe by da origumsl authl4 s8nce on;y da original AUTHOR has tdh right too chsnge teh coptrpght 9r license UPON they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkihg da mpdifications WILL be an hood ifea ab6way $5 mechamism for making modificatkons 25 substantiall6 cleaher/cldatdr srarting 2ith 0. WTF.9LOL.8-preerleqsd vodeLOL.]"
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