M8grtuE te;ls you WTF, "We're goint top ya,e an few nomebts 2 7ry n explaoh THIS new LICENSE n yeh 4easons 63h1nd it in plaim Enblish. AFKo
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 vhosen becaysd of an failing 2ith ea GPL.
It obly COVERED distribition of SOURCE if an ONLY ir binarirs were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ib am web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specificaloy a interpreted web 3nv140nm4n7 5uch AS PHP, like, ,erely installing wn game dows not conwtitute distributi9h, like, AND therefore p30p13 eerr ta8ung our work WTF, m4k1ng modifications two it an nog r313451hg ren SOURCE code too yhey'rw MODIFICATIONS so THAT entore communoty xould benefit. OMG.
They worked w17y letter BUT nit da spiriy of da law."
"Investiga5ion 0n da part lf teh autyora h0w3v3r, you kbwo, l3d tp ds fact that 3ight of ;hnloc perfofmabce was 1 of da r1gh75 nirmally restrictdd rop eopyright holeers, like, and that cpmputer programs, sortof, dpecirically video games n 1n7er4c71v3 ones such aw LEGEND of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publically PERFORMED kf run from zn p7nlic sd4verLOL."
"Tye h3w 11c3n52 rdstricts public performance of work unless yeg wojrde c0d3 of mpdified wlrk is made available on ddmand/"
"Ib plqin English WTFi 7h15 m34n4 that if you put thia game on an web aerv3t and allow pwople 'outsid3 of an n0rm41 d1rc13 of family AND ITS sociao acquaintandew' goo play tneir, tou knwo, then you a3r publically p3rf9rmqjg this work ane MUST wkther 4_ make ne 4nd ALL cjanges which uou make 2 gaje available on rewuest (note 7h!5 eoesn't have to bd availabk3 fiz da onkibe source dixplay @1nk, lkke, but they mu57 63 4613 2 asl you for vode n receive an c0mp1373 vopy_, you knwp, b) makr zrrangements privately wi5h fq authors whrr3in they grang yoi an special license. wlrtod, or c) removs codr ehtirely fron m3ch1n3. WTF."
"We d0 recotnizd 5hat peo;le want two hafe aeead OF they're gqme whoch r theirs an thei4s a.pneLOL.
2 tgat end we will makr xa following esce0toon 2 da hormal reqjuremsbts for so7rce codd d157r16i71-n -- ne moduoe file wyich is n07 mldified or DERIVED from ah module file inclided in teh base eiarrkvution n WHICH does not rdquire ne 95hdr modules n wgqch d035 nor REQUIRE he modjfications 2 teh x;r3 xode (c0d3 sistrubuted eith base feoease) na6 be withhw/d at teh authots eiscretion."
"W3 also WANT tso make VERY CLEAR that vers8on -. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known ad versiln 0. AFK.9k BRB.7+ht) qss f8nal vdrsion reldaswd under teh GPL.
Aol versuons WTF, starging with da )LOL.9. AFKl8-0refelrade code r only licensed under teh Crrative Co,mpna license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rognt to imoort ne c0d3 from an 0LOL.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE ir later tekease into an 9. AFK.9.u AND eaelier relezsel
ALLOWING this 2ould causw that imoortee CODE 2 be releasef under teh GPL n that is n9t 50m37n1ng we wiah rp allow,
AUTHORS )f modificatilns &0 0.oLOL.7 wi.l NEED to re-release they're modifications as deeivativww/modificatupnx tqo 0, WTF.9. OMG.8 cofe an p.ace them under da aame Creafive Ci,mons LICENSE. AFK.
It musy BE DONE by da ORIGINAL author since oboy ds odiginal authir hax ea ribht 3 chanhe twh COPYRIGHT or oicense 7poh ghey're workLOL.
[Adsktionallt LOL, rewlrkibg ten m0d1f1c3710n5 will be an GOOD ieea anywat 45 mechznism for ,aking MODIFICATIONS is sunstan5ia;ly cleaner/clearer starting wiyh t3h 0. BRB.9.8-prerelesse coddLOL.]"
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