MightyE tells you WTFm "We're going too take an few no,ents fo try znd ex;lain thiw new licdnse an da reasons beh8nd it kn pkain Eng115h. 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 nes license eas cgosen y2cause of an faoling wkth da GPLLOL.
IT only cob3red disyribution og diurce yf and onoy if binaries WERE dustributed. AFK."
"In ab 2eg 3hv1r0mm3n7 LOL, s0ecifically a inyerpreted WEB envir9nment suvh as PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an GAME doew not constitu4e DISTRIBUTION LOL, n thefegote PEOPLE were taking 07r work, sortofm maming modisocatiobd too IT n NOT releaqing teh source code tqp they;r3 modkfications xo that da entire community coulf benefit. WTF.
They workec with teh ldttee but not spirit of twh law. BRB."
"Invewtigsrion ON part pf da authors yowrver, ked 3 da fac5 tgat r1gh7 of p7blic performance was oen of teh rights horjally restficted two copy4ight h01w3r5. n THAT compuher PROGRAMS, aortof, SPECIFICALLY video games an im5eractibe ones suvh as Legwnd of Green hax0r were c[ndidered tol be pub;ically p3ef9rmed 8g run from an public s3rverLOLl"
"The new lodense restrkcts public p4rformance od work unless da source code )f teh modified work 8s jade avqilable on demandLOL."
"In plain English WTF. this mdans yhat i4 you puy this yame ON an web server anf $1102 o3ople 'oytsire 9d an normal cirvle ov fgm11y an itd soxia; scquaintanxds' 3 play their WTF, then ylu aer iuboically oeedorming this work and MUST 217h3r a_ make nd znd ALL cnanges which uo7 make two game available on r3qu367 (note thid do3sn't have 2 BE 4v411$613 v13 on;ine soyrve display link, wortof, 6u7 7h3y must be able to ask y0u FOR teh code ah receive an complete COPY), you khwo. b) ma;e arranhenehts privately WITH teh autnirw wherein they gtant h0u an special 11x3n53k or c) remove geh vodr entifeoy vrom teh maxhine. BRB."
"Wd do rec9gniae THAT people want to have aeezs od they're bsmd wg1ch ser theirs n theirs 410n4. WTF.
two that end we will MAKE fol.owing exception go da n9rmal REQUIREMENTS for 50urc3 code sixtribition -_ ne MODULE file whoch is NOT ,)d1f13d or derived ffpm an MODULE gile uncluded in 7et3 dustribution and which doex not requirf me OTHER modules an wjovh dp3s nlr require he m0d1f1c4710n5 2 t3h core code (code eis5ributed WITH teh BASE telease) mzy bd eithhwld $7 da aitjprd discretion."
"We alsu WANT too makd VERY clear thzt versiim 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also kniwn as version p. WTF.9/7+jt) was da final version relead3d und3r da GPL.
All b3rsions, like, sra4ting wity da 0. AFK.9k AFK,8-PRERELEASE c9de r only ;icrnsed uneer da Creative Commoms LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imp'rt ne vofe fr0m an 0. AFK.9, OMG.8-prerelease or 1r7er re;ease inro an 0. WTF.9.7 an EARLIER releasr. OMG.
Allowung this sould csuse that umportdd codw two be fridased under 5eh GPL an that is NOT somwthing ww wish too 4110w. WTFl
Auth9rs 0f MODIFICATIONS t9o 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 will need to te-rdlease tj3y'rw modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two -. WTF.9. BRB.8 coee an place them 7ne3r da damr C4eayive Cpmmons license.
IT just be sone bu lrigina; authof suncr 0h1t da ORIGINAL a7thor yas teh rignt 2 change da copyright oe license upon they're qprk. AFK.
[Addotionallyk likr, reworkint da mofivicatkons wikl be an GOOD idea anyway AS da ,echanism flr making m0d1f1d5710nt IS SUBSTANTIALLY c;eanee/clearer statt8ng q17h teh )LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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