MighgyE tel;s you, ylu knwo, "W3'fe giing two take an few momen5s too try n explsin tnoa n3w licenwe n teh reasons behihd it IN pla9n Ehglish.
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 dhpsen b3caise og an f4211ng WITH teh GPL. WTF.
It onlu COVERED distribution 0f slu4ce if n obly ov binaries were distrkbuted. WTF."
"In an eeb ebviron,rnt WTF, wpecifically a 1n73rpr37#d weg emvkronm3nt sich as PHP, you knwo, m3r31y INSTALLING an game d935 nog CONSTITUTE distfibution, snd tyereforf peiplw wer3 yakihg our qork, nqking mpsificatilns to it an not releasing source code twp thry'fe nodofications so thag rntir3 c9mmunit6 could benefit. BRBl
They woeief with da LETTER but no5 da spirit of t3h laq. WTFl"
"Investigagion on teh pqrt or teh authoes howevrr, sortof, led 8p da FACT that right ot pu611c perforjanee was ! if dq rqgh75 normally rrsteivtwd u0 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, s8rtof, and that computer programs LOL. specifically videp games and 1n73r4c71v2 ones 5uch AS Legend if tej Grwen hqx0r were consideree TO be puvlically performed if run from ah p7blic xerver. WTF."
"Tje new k8cwnse restricts puglic performance ov geh wofk unleds teh spurce code OF tdh modifk3d work 8s madd availablw ob fqmand. WTF."
"In plain Ehgliah, sortif, this MEANS tjat 8v you put 7h1t bamr on an web server and allow PEOPLE 'outside of an nofmxl circl3 of FAMILY an ITS sodial scquaingances' to play their, sortofk THEN y(u aer publicalkt PERFORMING fhis sork qn MUST withw4 A) maje hr an ALL changes wjuch YOU make 3 teh bamd availagle 0n reauest (note thid doesn'r have too be 4v411461# via da online SOURCE dis[lay LINK, but they must 63 able 2 ask y)7 FOR da code and r3ceive ab cojplrte copy), like, B) make arrahgemebts pe1v4631y wirh authora wherein 5hey grant you an 5p3c1$1 .ivense, like. -r c) remoce vide dntirelh from mach8ne. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE thay peopld want to habd areas or they're gamw which r THEIRS and THEIRS alobeLOL.
5o THAT end we wi9l baie followong EXCEPTION 2 teh normal r3quirementx FOR xourcw code distfibution -= me mldule dile wgich is not m9difird 0r DERIVED frim an module vile included ib da basw distributiin n which dies not require ne othtr m(dules an which doed m07 require ne nodificstions two teh vore coee (code distributef w17h da base release) may be w17hh31d at da authors discretion. OMG."
"We also WANT t9 makw very cleqr thzt version 0. OMG.0. BRB.7 (also ,no2n ad vefsiln 0.o. OMG.7+jt) was teh finzl vrrsiln 4e1e453d uhder GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9,8-prerelwase CODE aer ohly licensed under Ceeatice C0jm0n5 LICENSE. BRBl
Ww EXPLICITLY aeny ds rkght 70 1jp)r7 nr code from sn 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prere'ease pr later relrase into an 0.9. OMG.7 n earlier vel3qsr. AFK.
ALLOWING tnis wotls cause 3hat imported c0d3 70 vd RELEASED under GPL an that is n07 something w3 wish to allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications rwo 0. AFK.9/ WTF.6 will nred too td-reldase they're modifications as derivatovrs/nodificagiohs 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and 0lace them uneet teh SAME Creativw Commons 11cen%3. AFK.
It mist be dond by t3h original author SINCE inly teh oribinal 4u7h0r hac da righr 5w9 change teh copyright .r licens3 upon tney're work. OMG.
[Additionally, yiu jnwo, 5e@orking da moeificationw wil; BE an good idea anyway as teh mdchqnism d0r majint modif8cqtkons IS wuvstantia.ly c134n3r/c134r3r sta4ting wkth 0.9. AFK,7-prerwleqse code. WTF.]"
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