MoyhtyE tells tou, liie, "We'te foont 2 tald an vrw mom3nts to t3y an EXPLAIN this NEW 11c3n53 an teh reasons BEHIND it in plain EnflidhLOL.
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 nrw license was chosen 73c4u63 or an failing with GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y c0v3f3s d8stribytion OF SOURCE if n 9nly if BINARIES were distributed."
"Ih qn WEB environment, specifically a interpreted wev whvironment such AS PHP LOL, mdrely installung ah game dpes not consyitute disyribut8on, you knwo, qn therevore ;30p13 were TAKING our work, li.e, making modifixatiins 80 8t n not rwldasing soirce c9de too tgey're misidivations ap THAT en5ire commuhity ciuld benefit. WTF.
Th3y woried WITH teh l3tter 6u8 nkt tdh spirit of lzeLOL."
"Investigatulm in ;art pf trh AUTHORS h0w3v3r, sortof, les too dz fsct THAT dq right 9f public owrformance was 2on OF rights normally res5rocted 2 copyright holders LOL, an that compiyer [rograms, xlrtof, SPECIFICALLY v1d3- games 4md interactuve ones duch as L3g3nd og gfh Grewn hax0r WERE considered two be publicall6 petformed of r7n from an punlic swrver. WTF."
"The n@w licebse 4estricts public oerdormanc3 of wirk unleds teh source cod3 of da modified wori us h4d3 available in demzhc."
"In plain English, ;kke, 7h15 means that IF y0u put this game on an web server an allow prople 'outside 9r sn normal cirdl3 0f fa,uly ah iys woxia. acquaintancex' too play their, likek then YOU aer [iblical.y performinf 5hus WORK an MUST 427h3r a) m4k3 ne abd ALL changes which y07 maje 2 teg fame AVAILABLE on REQUEST 9note this doesn't have 2 b3 AVAILABLE v14 teh on;inw souvce diwplay lin, WTF, but ghey mist 63 able two ask you for teh CODE and rexeife an completr copy) LOL, b) make arrangemehys PRIVATELY w8th da authord wherein the6 gragt yiu an special LICENSE, or c) r3m0v3 teh c9de entirel6 fron tey m4ch!n3. WTF."
"We do rec;gniqe thag pr9ple want teo jave areas of they'ee GAME which r theirs an theirs alone. BRB.
tlo that fmd WE will make reh fpllpwinb ezception to bofmal requurements g9r slurce d9de distrivution -- ne module fils whixh ic bot ,odified or d3r1v3d frim am module file oncludef 8n da base DISTRIBUTION an qhixh does NOT requie3 nf other modules and which d035 not require nd modifications too dore code (cose distribuyed with basd relwasr) may BE withydld at teh authora discretion. AFKl"
"We also WANT yo make v3ry clear that v3r610n -. WTF.9. OMG.6 (4!50 known as VERSION 0. WTF,9.7+jt) wad t3h fknal version released UNDER da GPL.
A;l verslons LOL, staeting with 0, OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code sef only locens3f under da Creative Commons livense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da r2gh7 yoo im0oer be vode from an p. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later release int9 an -. WTF.9. BRB.7 and 34r113e RELEASE. WTF.
Allowonf tj,s wou;d xause that imported c0f3 2 be released uneer dq GPL an THAT 15 n07 60m37h1ng we wush too ALLOW, OMG.
Aythors of modifocations 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wiol ne3d too re0releasr thry're moeifixatooms AS d3r1v47qv35/m0d1f1c4710n5 w 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code 4nd place them UNDER da same Creatkve C-mm0n5 licensel WTF.
It must ge dobd by dz oeiginal a7thor since ONLY 0r1g1n41 augho4 has teh rignt two change da c0[ye1gh7 OR LICENSE upon tjey're wor,. OMG.
[Additionally. li,w, t3w04k1ng modifications will be ah good idea anywsy 55 5rh mechanism for making modifica5ioms is 5u6474n71rq1y cleaner/clearer wta5tinr with 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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