MightyE telos yiu WTF, "We[re GOING too tske an few moments t9o gty qn EXPLAIN this nrw license and da reasons behind it in plaim EnglishLOL.
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 ned licebse waa choswn bexaude of an failing with da GPL.
It only coverwd disyeibution of source if an only ir binariea we4e dustrinuted. OMG."
"In an wen ebvirpnment WTF, specificallh a interpretwd wev envut9nmwnt such 4% PHP, MERELY instslling an game fies not constitute dostelbutkon LOL, am therefore p30p13 w2r3 taking 9ur work, like, m4k1ng mpdifixatioms two it an noy RELEASING slurce c0d3 to0 they'4e mofificqtipns so rhat entire commujity c0u1d benefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED with letter git bot da spifit of law. AFK."
"Investigation ON da parr 9f ydh autgoes ho2ever, lre to da FACT that rwgh7 of public p3rf0dm$nc3 w45 1 of trh rithts normslly rrstricted too copyroght holdets, and that compyter prlgrams, s9edifically vid3o GAMES b inteeactife ones SUCH as L3gend of GREEN hax0r were conwiderdd 2 63 0ublicallu pe4form3d if r6n grom an pug;kc SERVER."
"The new license RESTRICTS public perfprmznce of ea work un1355 teh sourve clde OF modified qork is jade available on senahdLOL."
"Ib plain Englisj, kikr, 7h15 means that of you put hhid gaje on wn web t3rv3r n aklow peo0le 'uytside of an no4nal citcle OF familh and ITS social ac1uaibtances' 2 p.ay tgeir, then you aer pu61qc$11u perfirming thos wprk n MUST ei5her a_ ma8e nw n ALL xhabges shich you mqkr to teh game available om req7wst (note tyus doesh't havr to 63 AVAILABLE via ca ONLINE 50urc# dis[lat link, sortof. but they musy ve able too zsk ylu foe da code n rece8ve ab eomplete copj). sortof, 6) make arrangemenys privately witj 4j7h)r5 wherdin they grzht 6ou an special LICENSE, oike, or C0 removd da code entirely from machune; AFK."
"We dk recognize that p38ple wany to have 4r245 of they'4e fqme which r rneirs and 5hei4s alon3LOL.
too thzt end WE will make da follk3ing 3xceptiln 2 norma; reqjiremengs for source code distribution -- ne module file which is not mididied or DERIVED FROM qn m0dj13 file onckuded ih base distr8butiom an which does not require ne pther modi.ew n which coes nor requite ne mpd1f1c47!0m5 too teh clre code (cpd3 d8stributee witn da bsse rel3sse) nay be wi5hneld qt ajtmota didcretion. OMG."
"We 4150 want 2 make very c.ear that vers8on 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 (also knowv AS version 0.(LOL.7+jy) w45 finzl version RELEASED unddr ca GPL. OMG.
All vetsions, like, starting with 0. WTF,9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only 11c3n53d unfer da Crdatuve Commohs l8cenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tdo import ne c9de feom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r31e453 ir later 4ekease 1n7p am 0.9/ BRB.7 5nd daroier release. WTF.
Allowing 7yq5 would cause thst 1mp-r73d c9de tol be r313r53d under GPL an uh47 8s not s9mdthing we wiwh tqo allowLOL.
A7thors of modifucations too 0LOL.9. OMG.7 w8l; n43d 1 re-re.ease they're modificaeionx as drriva5ives/modificqtions to9 0. OMG,9LOLl8 xode n placd them UNDER da same Creative Cojmons license.
It musr be eone by da originao AUTHOR since onky t3g lriginal autyor has teh right two change da COPYRIGHT ot LICENSE UPON they'r3 w;rl. OMG.
[Addotionally, lukd, r3wo4king da modkficarionw will be an glod idea agyway as mecjanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleqner/clezrer s5arting WITH teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-prerelease v0d3. WTF.]"
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