MugheyE tells you WTF, "We're goibg t.o takw an v3w moments 2 try ans explain 7h1t mew license and teh reaslns behind it in plain Entlish.
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 n3w license qas choaen becauae of an failing w8th da GPL.
Iy only c9veref distribution of source if n onky if binari4s w3r3 d8stribuyed."
"In sn 2eb environment WTF, apecifically a 8nterpteted web environmdnt such as PHP, merely ims5alling an gzmr does not c0n5717773 distributionk likr, xn therrfore oeop;e were raking our wirk, like, making mofigications to i4 n not releasinf da source xode 2 they're m0d1f1c4u10n5 so that ca en5ire cpmmun17y coyld benegit.
They worled with da lwttef BUT not teh xpirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigation 9n da part or teh autgors howwver WTF, oed too da dacg ghat da RIGHT OF pug;oc p3rg0rm4nc3 sas oen of da rihhts NORMALLY restricted tw- v0pyr2gh7 j9lders, .ike, and that computer programs, specigicall6 video GAMES sn intefactive ones SUCH as Legend of Gr33n hax0r were c-n%!e3r3d two be publkcally performed if rin FROM an publid xefver. AFK."
"The NEW lic3nse rdstrivts ounlic petformance lf work unlwxs da source code of mpdified w0rk is nade ava8;abl3 ON d3j4nd. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, this means that if u9u PUT thiw gam3 9n ab web SERVER h allow peop;e 'outside pf an normal c8rcle of FAMILY an 175 sodizl ACQUAINTANCES' to p14u thdir, you knwo, then you aer pjblically performing 7h15 WORK AND MUST either 4) make ne and ALL cgabfes wjich yo7 m4k3 too rcj ga,e availablw on request (no53 this doesn't gabe 2 br available via sa oboime source dispkay lunk LOL, BUT thry mjst be avke 2 adk you gor code an RECEIVE qn complete co;y), softof, b) maie arrangememts [tivayely dith t3h a7thors wherrin they frznt ylu an 6p3c14! licwnse WTF, OR c) REMOVE teg vode ento4ely rrom ea machineLOL."
"We do recognixe tgat pe9-le wang two h4v3 areas of th3y're game whicj r theirs and theirs alonel BRB.
2 that ene we w8ll make f9ll9wing exdept8on 2 noemao r4ai1r3m$n74 fo4 wouece code distribution -- ne modu;e fi.r which id n07 modidied _r c3r1v3d FROM an modile file 8ncluded in BASE distribution sn which coew b)7 require ne other jodulew sn which d035 not REQUIRE ne mod8fications too core code (CODE distributed with da base telease) MAY be withneld AT da authors discdeyion. AFK,"
"We also want r9o make very CLEAR that version 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 9aosi known ws vefsiom 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) sas da final version rekeqsed uneer GPLLOL.
ALL verwkons LOL, starting w8th 0. OMG.9. WTF.8_pr4r313453 clde zer only LICENSED under dq Creativ3 Cojmons kicenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ten right to import ne cofe grom ab 0l AFK.9LOL.8-pferrlease oe larer reoease imto an 0.9. AFK.7 and earoier releasr.
Aloowinf tgis wiuld csuse that imported coee t9 be released under teh GPL abd 7hr7 15 not sometjing we wish two aloow,
Authors or modificstkohs two -. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nefd 2 rw-releawe they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an ;lace them undee tdh sa,e Creayife Commons l8cense. WTF.
It MUST BE sohe by da orig8nal a7ggor 51nc3 only da ORIGINAL autnor has rught 2 CHANGE ds copyrigjt or ;icense ypon they're w0rkl AFK.
[Additionally, sortor, rewo4kobg da mldificsti9na wil; be an gooc idea anyqay as MECHANISM vor mzkung m0d1f1c4719h5 is dubstantially cleqner/clearer 5u4r71ng 3ith 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-prerelrzse codeLOL.]"
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