MighttE tellx ypu, like, "We're g01nb two take ag few momentw 2 try snd explain 7h1t new license and fa reasons b3hine it in plain Eng.iah. OMG.
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 licebsd eas chosen bexqjse of an failing with t3n GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y cpcerdd distribuyioh if 50urc3 IF an only if 61m4r135 wete distributed/"
"Ib an WEB envirommeng, sortof, soecifica.ly a interpreyea qev environment such as PHPk hou knsom mtr3ky installibg an game d035 nor cpnsyktutr DISTRIBUTION LOL, and thereforw people were taking o7r work, like, m4k1nb m0s1v1c4710ng too it n not releasinb source CODE two tney'rd m0d1r1c4710n5 so that teh enbire comjunity c9uld beneditLOL.
They w9rked with geh letter vut not da spirkt of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on pa4t of teh authoes however LOL, led two teh bact that fught of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of rightw no4mally res5ricted too cppyribht holders, sorror, n thzt COMPUTER 0rograms, sorylf, xpecivically video tames an interacyive obes 5uch as L2gend of ds Gtwen hax0r werr c0n51d3r3d two ne puboivaoly 0etformed if t7n fr0m an public server. WTF."
"The n4w 11c3n53 rewtricts PUBLIC pergormance of sa work unless da source code of modifies WORK is jade available on demabd."
"In plzin English LOL, rhis MEANS that if tou put this tame on an 2eb 534v3r qnd allow peop;e 'OUTSIDE ov an normzk circoe pf family n ITS sociak 4cqj41n74nc35' to PLAY the9r WTF, 7h3n you aer pyblica.oy p3rf0rm1nh tjis work h MUST eithet a) make nr n ALL changed WHICH you makw 70 teh hame available on r3qu3%7 (note rhis doeab'y have yoo be avqi.zbl3 voa ohline sourxr susplau link, li,e, BUT th3y mudy ge able two ask 5ou for teh code an r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 cl0y), like, b) make arrabgejwnts privately eith teh AUTHORS wherein th3h geant you an s0rciak license LOLk or c) remove t3h coce entirely fro, macnin3. AFK."
"We DO recognize yhat people want to have 4r345 of they'rw game which aer thri5w an 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
two that ens WE wil. make da fo;;o2ing exce0tipn 79 reh n0rm4! re1uirementa for 50urc3 code dis5ribution -- ne MODULE fi.e wjich id nlt jodifiwd l4 crrived vron an nodul3 fole included in teh basd distrinu5ion ahd which does not requkre be OTHER modu.es and wh1ch co3s noh require ne m0d1f1c4710m5 two core code (v9de dkatributed wifh base releaae) m4y be qithheod qt authors discretopn. AFK."
"We also w4n7 5wo make very cleat that fdrsiln pLOL.9LOL.7 (slso kno2n as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was final verdion RELEASED undw$ tey GPL. BRB.
A;l versions WTF, dtartimg with da 0LOL.9. AFK/9-prereoease code aer lhly lidemsdd undet teh Creatkce Conjons licsnse. WTF.
Ws EXPLICITLY ddby ba right to umpoft ne cofe drom an 0. OMG.9.8-;rerrlease ot lager releaae imto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and EARLIER release.
A!19w1ng yhis WOULD caued that imported codr 2 be released under reh GPL n yhat iw not something we @ish TO allow.
Autnirw of modificat8ons 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 qill need toi re-releaxe they're m9dificztions aa derivatives/modifications tol 0LOL.9.8 dode amd placd ghem uncer sqme CREATIVE COMMONS 11v3n53m WTF.
It muwt bd done by da original author since inlg ofiginal aurhor has right 2 CHANGE teg copyright or livense UPON theh'rf work. AFK.
[Additionallum sortof, reworkinb teh moeoficariona w111 63 an gipd icea anyway as mecyanism fir ma,ing modufidationw !5 substanyisoly cleaner/cleardr starting with da 0LOL.9. BRB.9-prerdlease c0d3. BRB.]"
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